Metro New York & Southern Connecticut

After Camp Teacher
Children's Programs - School for Children
Start Date: mid-June 2026
End Date: July 31, 2026

Role: After Camp Teacher for students ages 4-14.
Schedule: Part-time (15 -20 hours/week), with opportunities for occasional substitute work
Pay Rate Range : $18- $25 per hour dependent upon experience.

Overview
Bank Street School for Children's After Camp program supports families by providing a dynamic range of opportunities for students to pursue creative, intellectual, physical, and social interests outside of standard Camp hours. It includes snack, outdoor play on the play deck or roof, and choice time in classrooms where students are grouped by age.
Job Summary
The After Camp Teacher supports the After Camp "Kids Club" program, a childcare program that cares for Bank Street Campers from dismissal from the camp day until timed pickup by families. Under the supervision of the After Camp Director, and in conjunction with other After Camp teachers, each Teacher will create a supportive and collaborative classroom environment and use classroom management skills to run and support an energetic classroom of children.
The typical schedule for After Camp is Monday-Friday from 3:00-6:00 PM This position runs from mid-June through the last week of July in accordance with the Bank Street Summer Camp calendar.

Responsibilities:
The After School Teacher's responsibilities might include but are not limited to:
- Leading a group of 15-20 students in a schedule of activities including snack time, outdoor play,Teachers will plan, gather materials to run 45 minute classroom activities such as Paper Arts on Mondays, Builders & Makers on Tuesdays and Thursdays, Cooking on Wednesdays and Movement Games/Activities on Fridays.Taking daily attendance. There will also be time for children to engage in free choice time inside the classroom to work with materials such as blocks and other building manipulatives, drawing, and book looking.
- Mediating conflicts between students and helping them work towards resolution.
- Reporting any incidents or conflicts to the After Camp Director so that they can follow up with families, etc. as needed.
- Participating as a member of a collaborative, cooperative after school program - sharing information and strategies to sustain a healthy classroom community
- Overseeing the safe transfer of children to after school and dismissal to authorized adults

Qualifications:
- High School diploma required and Bachelor's degree preferred
- Experience managing a classroom and teaching children preferred (experience working with young children a plus)
- Experience with progressive education preferred
- Prior experience working as part of the Bank Street community preferred
- Willingness to collaborate and work as part of a team, as well as develop skills in working with individual children, small groups, and the whole class.
Please submit an application and resume online.

About Bank Street College of Education

The mission of Bank Street College is to improve the education of children and their teachers by applying to the educational process all available knowledge about learning and growth, and by connecting teaching and learning meaningfully to the outside world. In so doing, we seek to strengthen not only individuals, but the community as well, including family, school, and the larger society in which adults and children, in all their diversity, interact and learn. We see in education the opportunity to build a better society.

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