Other Details

• Work closely with the Elementary Coordinator to assist in Sunday school procedures.
• Teach the Bible story to the class, communicate and enforce behavior expectations, and manage dismissing groups to their stations.
• Keep track of time and announce when it is time to rotate stations.
• Arrive at 8:30am and help set up the K-1 classroom stations with supplies needed for the lessons.
  • Make sure the supplies for the worship (projector/technology), memory verse, Bible discussion, and craft/activity are in place before the volunteer meeting at 9:40.
• Attend the weekly Staff and Volunteer meeting that begins at 9:40am each Sunday morning.
• Learn the attendance procedures and help the volunteers take attendance.
  • Identify and correct any attendance discrepancies after students arrive in their classrooms.
• Assist with taking children to the bathroom with additional staff/ volunteers within the guidelines of the Redeemer Downtown Children’s Ministry Policy & Procedures.
• Engage and talk with students about what they are learning.
  • Be willing to teach the story or lead a group of students when needed.
• Ensure that all security tags and nametags are collected at time of pick up.
• Spearhead classroom breakdown, making sure supplies get put away properly.

• Must be available on Sundays from 8:30AM to 12:30PM.
• Arrive on time each Sunday.
• Attend mandatory training sessions each year to review policies & procedures and build community as volunteers so the children at Redeemer Downtown are served safely and effectively.
• Give at least 2 weeks notice prior to being absent. If ill, please notify the Children’s Ministry Director or Elementary Coordinator as soon as possible.
• No more than 8 absences per year, including sick days.
• Must pass RDT’s background check and reference check.

• Heart for God, families and children.
• Need to embrace RDT’s vision and have a gospel-oriented heart for New York City.
• Experience in teaching or babysitting nursery, preschool or elementary children.
• Must be a team player and have character qualities such as integrity, wisdom and good judgment.
• Must be punctual and responsible.
• Warm and engaging personality that is welcoming to parents and children, especially those children who may have difficulty separating from their parents.