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Staff Orientation
Core Staff
Consists of caretakers, management,
program builders. Paid position.
Facilitator
Community members and/or parents: facilitate 1-2 hour specific offering. They have experience working with children and their offering. Paid position.
Volunteer Caretaker
Parents/guardians who wish to exchange hours for "Body Bucks", which they can use to pay for daycare services or other offerings at Body.
Volunteer Facilitator
Come to facilitate an offering, they have little or no experience with children and/or their offering. Not Paid.
Pre-Parenting & Re-Inner-Childing Internship
A program for interns who wish to become parents, are soon to become parents, wish to reconnect with their inner-child or want more experience with children to start “pre-parenting”.
Expectations & Desired Qualities of Staff
- Parents / Experienced Teachers / People who love Children
- Compassionate, Loving, Trusting
- Reliable and Timely
- Wish to share and express their unique gifts, skills and talents & wish the same for the children
- Willing to continuously evolve their methods of engagements, teaching & relationship with themselves, the children and team members
- Promoting & supporting sovereignty & self-responsibility
- Willing to be a team player & co-create
Daily Staff
2 core staff and 1-2 volunteers / interns = 4 - 8 hours a day
1 facilitator or 1 volunteer facilitator & 1 volunteer or Intern = 1 - 4 hours a day
Services Offered
LONGTERM (Set amount of days & hours per week)
OPEN DROP-OFF (Any day & time)
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Maximum children: 15 - 20
Age Groups: Infants, 2 - 6, 6 - 12
Operating Hours
Start:
Mon - Fri 5 hours a day
2 - 3 x evenings a week: 2-3 hours
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Growth:
Mon - Fri 5 hours a day
Sat - Sun 3 - 5 hours a day
3 x evenings a week 2 - 3 hours
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Potential:
Mon - Friday 8 hours a day
Sat and Sun 3 - 5 Hours a day
3 x evenings a week 2 - 3 Hours
Curriculum
Encouraging Expression & Creativity,
Emotional & Conscious Communication,
Embodiment & Presence,
Respecting & Encouraging Age-Appropriate Sovereignty
Consensual & Conscious Touch Practices
Activities
Dance, Art, Song & Music
Storytelling, Performance
Emotional intelligence
Nature Expeditions
Embodiment Practices: somatic tracking, relaxation / grounding techniques, self-awareness practices
Conscious consent & touch
Conscious communications skills
Supporting independence and unique gifts
Education in the seasons, nature, alphabet, animal, the world, calendar, food preparation, cleaning, responsibility & more