40100 I.S. 061 Leonardo Da Vinci - Group Leader

The Child Center of NY; New York (NY); On-site; USD 36,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

The Child Center of NY is seeking a Group Leader to provide a safe, engaging after-school experience for a consistent group of youth in New York. You will plan and facilitate pro-social activities and project-based lessons to support healthy youth development.

Responsibilities include supervising children, taking attendance, and collaborating with families and school staff. The role emphasizes behavior management, program delivery, and ongoing professional development.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or equivalency.
• Minimum 2 years direct experience working with children.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office.
• Ability to plan and carry out assignments independently.
• Ability to prioritize, adhere to timelines, communicate with stakeholders, and manage competing tasks.

Responsibilities

• Provide homework help, facilitate activities, and supervise children in after-school programs.
• Develop high-quality project-based lessons with leadership support.
• Support showcases and exhibits to share student work with families and stakeholders.
• Maintain positive relationships with participants, families, and school faculty.
• Take daily attendance and document participation.
• Implement behavior management with clear expectations and rewards.
• Assist activity specialists and tutors in managing behavior and logistics.
• Maintain and organize activity supplies for program delivery.
• Assist with data collection and participant documents.

Skills

Independent work

Prioritization

Stakeholder communication

Education

High School Diploma or equivalency

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

New York, NY, USA

Job Description

Posted Tuesday, July 21, 2026 at 4:00 AM

Summary

The Group Leader is responsible for providing a safe, fun, and enriching after-school experience for a consistent group of youth. Group Leaders plan and facilitate engaging pro-social activity lessons and curricula to support the healthy development of youth in a variety of areas.

Essential Functions

• Provide homework help, facilitate activities, and safely supervise children in programs outside of school day hours.
• Develop, with program leadership support, high-quality project-based lessons that are hands-on and engaging for students.
• Support the implementation of showcases, exhibits, etc. to share student work with families and other stakeholders.
• Develop and maintain positive and professional relationships with participants, families & school faculty.
• Take daily attendance.
• Implement positive behavior management systems, focusing on clear expectations for youth behavior; verbal acknowledgment; and systemic rewards for demonstrating desired behaviors.
• Assist activity specialists, tutors, and subcontractors to manage and document behavior and facilitate activity as needed.
• Maintain and organize activity supplies for your program delivery.
• Assist and maintain in data collection and upkeep of participants documents.
• Attend all necessary program meetings.
• Attend related professional development opportunities to build personal/professional skills.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

Supervisory Responsibilities

None

Minimum Qualifications

• High School Diploma or equivalency.
• Minimum 2 years direct experience working with children.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office.
• Ability to plan and carry out assignments independently.
• Ability to prioritize, adhere to timelines, communicate with stakeholders, and manage competing tasks.

Job Behavioral Expectations

• Maintain regular consistent and professional attendance, punctuality, personal appearance, and adherence to relevant health & safety procedures.
• Safe and successful performance, including meeting productivity standards.
• Maintain established departmental policies and procedures.
• Maintain established departmental policies and procedures including maintain strict confidentiality and adherence to all HIPAA guidelines at all times.

Physical demands and work environment

The physical demands and work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally required to walk, sit for long period of time; use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or control; reach with hands and arms; balance; stoop; talk or hear. Employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 20 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus.

Work environment

Work is performed in an office environment with normal heating and cooling.