Children’s Movement Program Movement Specialist

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Post End Date:

February 27, 2025 at 11:59 PM

This job advertisement is to fill an existing vacancy in the Part-Time Contract Positions (Employee Group)

Department: Brock Recreation

Full-time Supervisors: Program Manager, Daniel Fyfe Contact: Daniel Fyfe (email: [email protected])

Pay: Contract (honorarium) position – Brock Student Position $650 for 10 weeks.

Start date: September 2025

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Work with the administration and curriculum coordinators in assembling information regarding participants who have special needs and the number of movement partners required.
• Recruit movement partners and train.
• Design and lead staff workshop (with other coordinators).
• Contact parents/guardians of students who have a special need before first lesson to get information of the particular likes/dislikes, strengths/weaknesses of the child(ren) and what they need to work on.
• Create movement profiles for instructors and movement partners working with children with special needs.
• Assign, with the instructor, staff members to work with students who have a special need on a weekly basis.
• Aid staff to work with children who have a special need. 8. Develop, with the other coordinators, a protocol to ensure that instructors are knowledgeable about safe use of equipment.
• Review lesson plans and give feedback to instructors regarding special needs programming. Review your lesson plans with faculty supervisor. Develop modifications to lesson plans where necessary.
• Assist with set-up of equipment when needed.
• Provide necessary information (i.e. handouts) on a variety of special needs.
• When instructors are absent, assign someone else to work with children who have a special need or fill in where necessary.
• Assist movement partners in adapting/modifying tasks for children who have a special need.
• Observe lessons, and provide appropriate assistance and feedback to instructors, apprentices, and movement partners at weekly meetings.
• Monitor the safety of the children.
• Maintain communication with parents/guardians.
• Provide a progress report for parents/guardians on child’s development.
• Assist with take-down of equipment.
• Help organize and lead aspects of weekly meetings with staff.
• Submit a final report to summarize the program one week after the completion of CMP.
• Review summaries submitted by movement partners on special needs children, and report findings to parents.
• Create reference letters for movement partners.

Qualifications:

• Senior Brock Kinesiology/Physical Education major.
• Current First Aid/CPR Certification.
• Knowledge of special needs and experience working with children who have a special need.
• Physical education courses in disability studies.
• Knowledge of the safe use of equipment and gymnasium space.
• Understanding and knowledge of the emergency action plan used in the event of an accident.
• The successful candidate is required to submit a police check once hired.

Conditions of Employment:

• Provide quality instruction and program to participants each week.
• Represent CMP and Brock University professionally.
• MUST attend all CMP classes.
• Administer first aid when necessary.
• Brock University is required to meet compliance with the Accessibility Standards for Customer Service (Ontario Regulation 429/07). All Brock University Recreation Services student employees must complete the required online training module prior to commencing employment.

We are committed to offering flexible work arrangements where possible as outlined in our Flexible Work Arrangement Policy. As a student-centered organization, all employees are required to work on campus as needed.

Brock University is committed to creating a respectful and equitable workplace. We strive to foster a culture of diversity and inclusion in our work and learning environments. We welcome applications from all qualified individuals and actively encourage applications from women, people with disabilities, members of the 2SLGBTQIA+ community, Indigenous Peoples, people who identify as Black, African and/or Caribbean, as racialized and/or as from ethnic and cultural minority groups, and other underrepresented demographic groups at Brock and in the Niagara region. Brock also recognizes intersectionality and the interconnected identities, histories, and experiences of these aforementioned groups.

We are committed to inclusive and barrier-free recruitment, and we accommodate the needs of applicants throughout all stages of the recruitment process, as outlined in our Employment Accommodation Policy and consistent with the requirements of the Ontario Human Rights Code. Please contact [email protected] if you require a disability related accommodation so we can ensure your participation needs are met.

Brock University does not use AI Technology at any stage of the recruitment process.

We appreciate all applications received. Candidates that are selected for an interview will be contacted.

Learn more about Brock University by visiting www.brocku.ca.

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