After School Elective Assistant

Coram Deo Academy; Dallas, Northern (TX, KY); Hybrid; USD 17,000 - 22,000; Part time

Job summary

Coram Deo Academy in Dallas, TX is seeking an Elective Assistant to support after-school programs for Pre-K to 2nd grade. This part-time role focuses on safety, engaging activities, and displaying Christ-centered care.

You will assist with snacks, supervise playground, and lead indoor activities, including carline duties and fostering a loving learning environment. Candidates should understand child development and communicate well with families while using online tools as needed.

Qualifications

• Strong communication with parents and staff.
• Able to collaborate with faculty across grade levels.
• Patience and active listening in busy settings.
• Understanding of child development for early grades.
• Professional appearance and conduct on campus.
• Competence using online tools to support remote learning.

Responsibilities

• Provide and serve snacks to students during designated time.
• Ensure safety and well-being on playground.
• Provide and supervise engaging indoor activities.
• Carline duties (15 minutes).
• Demonstrate Christ-centered care and encouragement to students.
• Support a loving, disciplined classroom culture aligned with CDA values.
• Assist in building a vibrant, collaborative school community.

Skills

Communication

Collaboration

Patience

Child development

Professionalism

Online teaching tech

Job description

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Part Time Dallas, TX, US

9 days ago Requisition ID: 1074

Position Summary:

The Elective Assistant is passionate about working with Pre-K to 2nd grade students after school.

CDA Mission Statement:

The mission of Coram Deo Academy is to train ethical servant-leaders and wise thinkers who will shape culture for the glory of God.

CDA Vision Statement:

Coram Deo Academy is a leading private school in North Texas, equipping graduates for a lifelong pursuit of Truth, Goodness, and Beauty in the presence of God. We disciple students to love Christ and His kingdom andto think, create, and compete with wisdom and virtue in a challenging world.

Our community is missionally aligned around the historically orthodox Christian faith, classical education, and our collaborative, University Model® approach. We aim to honor Christ in all that we are and do. CDA seeks to cultivate virtue in students through the training of the whole person: mind, body, and spirit.

CDA’s faculty, staff, and leadership are at the forefront of our campus culture. Each is a servant leader and, in addition to exhibiting subject mastery, loves the Lord deeply and champions the diversity of gifts present in our student body. Our alumni carry deep gratitude for the dedicated men and women who helped shape and prepare them for faithful lives of influence.

CDA humbly serves as a thought leader in classical Christian education. We are a financially healthy, fiscally responsible, and generous school. Our facilities provide a welcoming space, telling a story of stewardship and stability.

In all things, excellence, for His glory.

Spiritual Requirements:

Coram Deo Academy hires individuals that profess the historic Christian faith. The Nicene Creed describes the minimum understanding of and subscription to Christian belief required of employees of the Academy. Every employee must also profess to be a Christian believer and subscribe to this statement. As evidence of the indwelling of the Holy Spirit in their lives, Coram Deo Academy expects all employees to be actively involved in alocal church here their faith in practice is consistent with the Academy’s mission and statement of faith.

Essential Job Functions:

• Provide and serve snacks to students during designated time
• Ensure safety and well-being on playground
• Provide and supervise engaging, fun activities indoors
• Carline (15 minutes)
• Display the love of Christ and encourage students in developing a relationship with Him
• Demonstrate Christian love, faith, truthfulness, and virtue in all facets of life and teaching
• Establish a Biblical understanding of authority and commit to Biblical peacemaking
• Focus on the heart when training, instructing, and disciplining children
• Work to build the school community toward a love of Christ and one another
• Create a vibrant learning atmosphere that fosters wonder and joyful engagement
• Lead students through meaningful learning activities in alignment with the CDA Curriculum

Knowledge, Skills, and Qualifications:

• Utilize effective oral and written communication skills in collaboration with parents and staff
• Collaborate effectively with faculty members within grade level or department
• Demonstrate patience and humility in stressful situations, good listening skills, and strong planning and organizational skills
• Demonstrate an understanding of child development with a focus on the age being taught
• Prompt and timely attendance, modest attire, appropriate social media presence
• Possess the technological ability to utilize online platforms to teach classes remotely with a computer and at-home wi-fi

Education and Experience:

• Knowledge of children required
• Knowledge of Christian, classical, and collaborative educational model preferred
• Love of learning and commitment to continued personal growth
• Must be able to read, write, and communicate both verbally and in written form to express and exchange ideas
• Must be able to stand for extended periods of time
• Occasionally lift up to 30 lbs
• Work in a traditional climate-controlled classroom environment with occasional times outdoors