Center Assistant

Center Assistant Needed!

Are you passionate about working with young children and making a positive impact on their lives? Do you enjoy creating a supportive learning environment? If so, we have an exciting opportunity for you to join our team at Kumon, a leading education and instruction company.

Job type: Part-Time

Pay: $13-$15/hour

Center Assistants support the Instructor with Center management tasks. Job responsibilities are assigned by the Instructor. This position is part-time and require you to work evenings. No weekends.

Early Learner/Primary Instruction:

• Working efficiently and effectively with one or two younger or new Kumon students at a time to provide instruction through utilization of the Kumon Method and worksheets
• Ensure proper study habits and work skills are being developed and train the students in center routine
• Individualizing strategies for student development based on student goals and communication with Instructor
• On-going assessment of student skills development
• Work closely with Instructor to develop and understand lesson plan and goals for each student in order to properly administer instruction individually

Grading:

• Grading of student classwork, homework, and corrections and organizing of Student worksheets
• Ensuring Student classwork is completed and corrected to 100%
• Assessing oral reading ability with reading students and providing necessary feedback
• Provide assistance/guidance to students, as needed, adhering to Kumon Method standards and center procedures
• Provide Instructor with written or verbal feedback, as needed, based on student observations and/or student performance on worksheets
• Work with other grading assistants to create a balanced workload to ensure grading is completed before the end of class

Front Desk:

• Answer incoming phone calls
• Communicating with students and parents during class-time, addressing student and parental needs, professionally, quickly, and quietly
• Assist with book check in/out
• Booking Center Appointments
• Assisting with the enrollment process

General Responsibilities:

• Relay messages and Parental concerns to the Instructor or Assistant Instructor in a timely manner
• Prepare student files
• Developing own knowledge of Kumon method and worksheets
• Assisting with marketing initiatives and retention events (ex: student awards, goal-setting parties
• Support Customer Service issues as they arise

Qualifications:

• Strong verbal communication skills, intermediate written communication skills preferred
• Proficient math skills a plus
• Proficient in basic computer usage
• Customer service minded individual

Kumon has consistently aimed to help students not only develop a high level of academic ability but also to become people who are capable of learning on their own. Kumon maximizes students’ ability by discovering the “just-right” level of study for each student and provides students with optimum learning materials. All our employees contribute towards improving the quality of education and life for all children, regardless of their age, background and abilities. Our employees possess various areas of expertise, but we all share a common goal: to make the world a better place now and for generations to come. Our mission is to help all children acquire basic academic skills and become self-learners.

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