Marin Country Day School
Position: Student Activities Assistant
Reports to: Lower School Division Head
Marin Country Day School in Corte Madera, CA seeks a part-time (max 19 hours/week) Student Activities Assistant to supervise and engage with students during recess and lunch and support our teachers each day. This is an excellent opportunity to broaden educational skills as part of a vibrant learning community.
Situated on 35 acres adjacent to the Ring Mountain Nature Preserve, our indoor/outdoor campus has been fully utilized to provide the safest possible environment for students, teachers and staff. We strictly adhere to COVID-19 safety procedures including daily health checks for students, teachers and staff and universal mask wearing. High-grade air filters are present in all classrooms and we have increased the number of outdoor teaching spaces on campus. Students are in stable groups (cohorts) and our schedule limits the total number of students on campus each day.
About Marin Country Day School
MCDS is an independent, K-8, co-educational day school enrolling approximately 590 students from across the Bay area, drawing equally from San Francisco and Marin.
Our mission at MCDS is to
create an inclusive community of learning
that inspires curiosity, empathy, and action.
We actively seek diversity in our administration, faculty and student body. As a school, we affirm that human diversity includes, but is not limited to: age, family structure, gender, gender identity and expression, race, ethnicity, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, socioeconomic class, physical ability, and learning style. As our Statement of Community and Inclusion indicates, “Ours is a Community that would be uncomfortable without diversity and, therefore, has been intentional about creating and nurturing a diverse group of adults and children who share the core values of respect, responsibility and compassion.”
At MCDS, every employee is integral in creating a learning community in which all seek to improve as practitioners, learners and team members, and we support our outstanding faculty and professional staff through our strong professional development program.
Responsibilities Include But Are Not Limited To:
- Supervise and engage students during lunch and recess periods
- Mediate conflict resolution between students
- Support and monitor adherence to school’s COVID-19 safety procedures
- Assist teachers and Division Head as needed
Qualifications:
- Experience working with children as a childcare provider, teacher, substitute, camp counselor, extracurricular program coordinator or a related field
- Strong communication and organizational skills
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team
- Dependable, responsible and reliable
MCDS is an equal opportunity employer and promotes the principles and practices of diversity throughout the school community.
Please send a cover letter and resume to employment@mcds.org.
To apply for this job email your details to employment@mcds.org
