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Implementation and execution of strategy to recruit and develop leaders to lead in all areas of Children's ministry, including hospitality team, classroom leaders, Sonrays (special needs) leaders, and leaders of leaders. In conjunction with the Children's Pastor, provides leadership of all Children's Ministries, including, but not limited to: Weekly ministry, servant leader development, and strategic events, including Jesus Centered Life for Kids and other events.

SUMMARYThe Children's Associate is responsible for assisting the Children's Pastor in implementing and promoting Children's Ministry, from first through fourth grade, that helps kids and families learn from Christ, live in Christ, and lead others to Him. This position will help the Children's Pastor to develop and implement a growing Servant Leader process that ensures servant leader team will grow spiritually, relationally and in ministry excellence. The Children's Associate will support process and procedures to create a safe environment and follow all the Our House Promise Policy.GENERAL RESPONSIBILITIES<ul><li>Learn<ul><li>Pursue a growing relationship with Jesus through consistent time in God's Word and prayer.</li><li>Continually grow in your understanding of the Jesus-Centered Life (salvation, identity, life, and authority in Christ).</li><li>Remain teachable and hungry, seeking feedback, learning from others, and developing both spiritually and professionally.</li><li>Cultivate awareness of God's presence in everyday life, listening to the Holy Spirit and responding in obedience.</li></ul></li></ul><ul><li>Live<ul><li>Practice and model the rhythms of Be the Church (Grow, Pray, Connect, and Share).</li><li>Pursue emotional health by engaging in self-awareness, addressing past wounds, and cultivating honest, healthy relationships.</li><li>Practice healthy rhythms, prioritizing your relationship with Jesus and your family</li><li>Embody a life of integrity and surrender, allowing your private life with God to shape your work.</li></ul></li></ul><ul><li>Lead<ul><li>Take ownership of disciple-making by personally investing in others and helping them move toward a Jesus-Centered Life.</li><li>Walk others through the Discipleship Pathway (Essentials JCL Be the Church), helping them discover and take their next step.</li><li>Shepherd people, not just programs, by listening for where God is at work in their story and walking with them toward transformation.</li><li>Equip and release others by developing Servant Leaders and multiplying disciples who Learn from Christ, Live in Christ, and Lead others to Christ.</li><li>Measure success by life change, spiritual formation, and multiplication—not just attendance or activity.</li></ul></li></ul><ul><li>Embrace the Culture<ul><li>Value and embody the staff values, which we call the 7 H's: Humility, Honor, Honesty, Hunger, Holy Spirit, Health, and Harmony</li><li>Communicate clearly, honestly, and proactively in a way that builds trust, unity, and momentum.</li><li>Work in alignment with the church vision and leadership</li><li>Participate fully in the life of your campus or team, contributing to the unity, health, and shepherding of the faith family.</li></ul></li></ul><ul></ul>SPECIFIC LIST OF DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES In conjunction with the Children's Pastor, provides leadership of all Children's Ministries, including, but not limited to:<ul><li>Weekly ministry, servant leader development, and strategic events, including Jesus Centered Life for Kids and other events.</li><li>Implementation and execution of strategy to recruit and develop leaders to lead in all areas of Children's ministry, including hospitality team, classroom leaders, Sonrays (special needs) leaders, and leaders of leaders.</li><li>Equipping for all servant leaders through scheduled leader huddles and coach meetings.</li><li>Shepherding children's ministry leaders to grow spiritually, relationally, and in ministry excellence to partner with parents in the discipleship of their children.</li><li>Provides consistent communication for families and leaders that shepherds them considering the mission and vision of Pinelake Church.</li><li>Builds relationships with children's families through personal contact, lunches, meetings, or correspondence.</li><li>Works alongside the Children's Pastor to implement materials, curriculum, and resources provided by One Church for the Children's Ministry.</li><li>Assisting with the Children's Ministry calendar and budget preparation.</li><li>Keeping the Children's Ministry safe by shepherding servant leaders through Pinelake's Our House Promise safety policy.</li><li>Assists other ministries as necessary in the successful completion of regular worship events and special events.</li><li>Perform other duties as assigned.</li></ul>SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIESSupervises and coordinates work with servant-leaders.QUALIFICATIONSTo perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE REQUIREDBachelor's degree minimum; and 1 to 3 years of previous experience working with children or in ministry and/or training.LANGUAGE SKILLSThe individual must have excellent interpersonal skills, ability to work with a diverse group of people, communicate clearly and effectively on the telephone, e-mail and in person, demonstrating tact and diplomacy. Exceptional interpersonal skills are required to develop and maintain strong working relationships with volunteers, co-workers, the public and church members and regular attendees. The individual must have the ability to understand written or oral instructions; read, analyze, and interpret complex documents, instructions manuals, policies and procedures is essential. COMPUTER AND MATHEMATICAL SKILLSThe individual must have demonstrated skill in the use of Mac/Windows OS to complete tasks, including word processing and spreadsheets and the ability to use the internet for information retrieval. The individual must have basic mathematical skills, knowledge of bookkeeping and basic accounting, and budget and expense monitoring. The individual must have the ability to read financial information and spreadsheets.REASONING ABILITYThis individual should be able to simultaneously conceptualize and plan multiple tasks, have the ability to project outcomes using different implementation strategies, and be able to apply creative and innovative thinking to problem situations. The ability to work effectively and efficiently under stressful conditions to ensure deadlines are met is essential.PHYSICAL DEMANDSThe physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit and talk or hear. The employee is required to stand, walk, and reach with hands and arms. Must be able to lift up to 25 lbs.WORK ENVIRONMENTThe work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.The noise level of the work environment is usually moderate.

Pinelake Church

Children's Associate (Madison Campus)

Accounting

Analysis Skills

Apple Macs

Bookkeeping

Budget Management

Budgeting

Coaching

Communication Skills

Establish Priorities

Expense Tracking

Information Retrieval

Interpersonal Skills

JCL (Job Control Language)

Leadership

Lift/Move 25 Pounds

Mathematics

Microsoft Windows Operating System

Microsoft Word

Multitasking

Physical Demands

Recruiting Strategy

Servant leadership

Special Needs

Spreadsheets

Team Lead/Manager

Team Player

Time Management

Training/Teaching Curriculum

Word Processing

Wound Care

Writing Skills

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MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: High school diplomas or GED preferred; forty-eight hours of college work or successful completion of ACTS work keys; with demonstrated basic mathematical and reading skills, ability to fulfill the dexterity and physical requirements of the work, and effectively attend to the needs of school age children; previous vocational training or work experience in a licensed child care environment preferred. May be assigned monitoring duties; i.e., hallways, lunchroom, restrooms, and bus duty; ensures appropriate student conduct during these periods; escorts students to designated activity areas, i.e., music room, computer room, art classes, assemblies, etc.

<div id="divJobDetails"><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><table><tbody><tr><td><h1>NATCHEZ- ADAMS SCHOOL DISTRICT</h1></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td>JOB DESCRIPTION</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><table><tbody><tr><td><table><tbody><tr><td>JOB TITLE:</td><td>Educational Paraprofessional</td><td>SALARY SCHEDULE:</td><td>Paraprofessional</td></tr><tr><td>REPORTS TO:</td><td>PRINCIPAL</td><td> TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT:</td><td>187 Days</td></tr><tr><td>FLSA STATUS:</td><td>Non-Exempt</td><td>JOB CODE:</td><td>86</td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2">POSITION SUMMARY:</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"> Under direct supervision, the purpose of the position is to provide staff support in an educational or child care environment, performing paraprofessional work in assisting teachers and students.  Employees in this classification work with children individually or in small groups by providing basic instruction in reading, writing, math, spelling, art, or other education-related activities.  Position is responsible for leading and supervising a variety of developmentally appropriate activities, as directed by assigned teacher (s).</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2">MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: High school diplomas or GED preferred; forty-eight hours of college work or successful completion of ACTS work keys; with demonstrated basic mathematical and reading skills, ability to fulfill the dexterity and physical requirements of the work, and effectively attend to the needs of school age children; previous vocational training or work experience in a licensed child care environment preferred.</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2">ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:1.     Monitors activities and behavior of children during and in the absence of classroom teachers to ensure the physical and environmental safe keeping of students, as well as adherence to appropriate conduct and disciplinary controls.2.     Assist teachers in the supervision of learning activities, circulating within the classroom and providing assistance and learning support to students.3.     Provides instruction to students as prescribed by the supervising teacher and reinforces skills introduced by the teacher; may utilize games, stories, other constructive activities to enhance students’ learning skills.4.     Assists teachers in checking and objectively evaluating students’ work; teaches students individually and in small groups reinforcing skills based upon instructional guidelines.5.     Assists in managing student behavior and maintaining classroom order; reinforces rules of the school and classroom; escorts students to time out and/or the principal’s office.6.     Assists in the preparation of lesson plans and teachers’ pre-planning sessions; provides input and assistance in the development of classroom activities and learning tools.7.     Assists in the diagnosing student math and communication skills; monitors students’ progressive learning skills; makes teacher aware of students learning deficiencies; documents records of learning activities and diagnosis.8.     Prepares or assists in the preparation of instructional materials; performs support tasks such as copying materials, laminating items, typing correspondence, and filing paperwork and documentation.9.     Coordinates with media center staff for classroom learning resources; sets up equipment in classroom for teachers’ instructional studies. Assists in preparing classroom bulletin boards, classroom decorations, displays of student activities, and other classroom projects.10.  Prepares instructional reports and completes required forms, schedules, and other data as required; maintains attendance records and assigns student seating; learns assigned bus route(s).11.  Maintains accurate and complete records of a variety of student information which may require the use of a computer terminal to enter student scores and other student data.12.  May be assigned monitoring duties; i.e., hallways, lunchroom, restrooms, and bus duty; ensures appropriate student conduct during these periods; escorts students to designated activity areas, i.e., music room, computer room, art classes, assemblies, etc.13.  May be assigned to various labs providing assistance to teachers and instruction/information to students; may translate lesson plan and other information to students for better understanding and comprehension.14.  Performs other miscellaneous job-related duties as assigned. NOTE:  This job description is a summary of primary duties and responsibilities of the position.  It is not intended to be comprehensive listing of all duties and responsibilities.  The Natchez-Adams School District School Board reserves the right to change this description at its discretion.                 </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2">ADACOMPLIANCE: Physical Ability:  The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Tasks involve the ability to exert very moderate physical effort in light work, typically involving some combination of stooping, kneeling, crouching and crawling, and which may involve some lifting, carrying, pushing and/or pulling of objects and materials of moderate weight (12-20 pounds). Sensory Requirements:  Most tasks require visual perception and discrimination.  Some tasks require oral communication ability.  Some tasks require the ability to perceive and discriminate sounds. Environmental Factors:  The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate. Duties are performed indoors and occasionally outside. The information contained in this job description is for compliance with the American with Disabilities Act (A.D.A.) and is not an exhaustive list of the duties performed for this position.  Additional duties are performed by the individuals currently holding this position and additional duties may be assigned.</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"> The Natchez-Adams School District will provide reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities to allow them to perform the essential functions of the job when such individuals request an accommodation.</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"> NON-DISCRIMINATION NOTIFICATION The Natchez-Adams School District is an Equal Opportnity Employer and does not discriminate against on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, sex, disability or veteran status in any of its educational employment programs or activities.</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2">The above job description supersedes all previous descriptions. This job description is intended to be a tool to describe the primary purpose of the job and the KEY duties and responsibilities. The job description may not be inclusive of all duties and job responsibilities. Management has the right to add to or change the job responsibilities at any time.</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><table><tbody><tr><td><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2">JOB DESCRIPTION APPROVAL SIGNATURES:</td><td>DATE</td></tr><tr><td>ADMINISTRATOR</td><td>Signature on File</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>SCHOOL BOARD APPROVED</td><td> September 14, 2006</td><td> </td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table> </div>

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