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Location: Kids Academy of Learning & Excellence

Address: 601 Southlake Blvd, North Chesterfield, VA 23236

Schedule: Monday–Friday, afternoon/evening hours during the school year; summer hours may vary

Position Type: Part-Time / Seasonal / Possible Year-Round Opportunity

Reports To: Center Director / Program Lead

Kids Academy of Learning & Excellence is seeking an energetic and creative individual to support our school-age scholars during aftercare, school breaks, and summer camp programming.

This role is ideal for someone who enjoys working with children, creating fun hands-on projects, leading group activities, and helping children feel safe, engaged, and excited to learn.

We are looking for a teacher who can bring energy, structure, creativity, and strong classroom management to our school-age program.

The right candidate should be able to lead cool projects that children actually enjoy — including STEM activities, robotics, art, building challenges, science experiments, cooking projects, outdoor games, creative writing, entrepreneurship activities, and team-based challenges.

Kids Academy of Learning & Excellence is a licensed child day center in North Chesterfield, Virginia, serving children ages 6 weeks through 12 years old.

We provide safe, structured, and nurturing care with a focus on early academics, STE(AI)M, robotics, character development, school readiness, and whole-child growth.

Our school-age and summer camp programs are designed to give children a safe place to learn, explore, build friendships, create, and grow.

The Aftercare / Summer Camp Teacher will:

• Provide a safe, positive, and structured environment for school-age children.
• Plan and lead engaging daily activities, projects, and enrichment experiences that are fun, age-appropriate, and educational.
• Support children with homework, reading, quiet time, and structured transitions during the school year.
• Lead summer camp activities such as STEM projects, arts and crafts, robotics, sports, games, water play, themed weeks, and group challenges that are memorable and engaging.
• Maintain active supervision at all times, including indoors, outdoors, during transitions, and during field-trip-style activities when applicable.
• Build positive relationships with children, families, and staff, and help children practice kindness, respect, responsibility, teamwork, and problem-solving.
• Manage behavior using positive guidance and clear expectations, and assist with snack/mealtime routines, clean-up, and classroom organization.
• Keep activity areas clean, safe, organized, and ready for children, and communicate child updates, concerns, incidents, or needs to the Director or Program Lead.
• Follow all center policies, licensing requirements, safety procedures, and emergency protocols.

Preferred candidates should have:

• Experience working with school-age children in a childcare, camp, school, tutoring, recreation, or youth program setting.
• Strong classroom management skills.
• Creativity and willingness to plan fun, meaningful activities.
• Ability to supervise multiple children at once with confidence and calmness.
• Dependability, professionalism, and strong communication skills.
• Patience, flexibility, and a positive attitude.
• Ability to follow child care safety and licensing requirements.
• CPR/First Aid certification preferred, or willingness to obtain.
• Must meet all background check and child care employment requirements.

Our ideal candidate is someone who:

• Enjoys working with children and can create a fun and engaging environment.
• Can lead a room without yelling and maintains a positive attitude.
• Is able to make learning fun and engaging for children.
• Brings ideas and creativity to the table, rather than excuses.
• Is dependable, professional, and team-oriented, and can help create a program parents are excited to pay for and children are excited to attend.

The employee must be able to:

• Stand, walk, bend, kneel, and move throughout the day.
• Supervise children indoors and outdoors, and maintain visual and auditory supervision at all times.
• Lift or carry classroom materials and supplies as needed.
• Participate in active games, projects, and child-centered activities.

• Child Care Discount
• Professional Development

Kids Academy of Learning & Excellence (KALE), powered by the CORE Foundation, is a next-generation early learning ecosystem built to nurture the whole child—mind, heart, spirit, and future potential. Rooted in compassion and community impact, KALE blends strong early childhood fundamentals with STE(AI)M™ innovation, literacy foundations, and character development. Our work is purpose-driven, family-centered, and excellence-focused.