Playground Assistant

Job Title: Playground Assistant

Job Summary

Monitors student behaviors in the lunchroom, playground, and classrooms during inclement weather. Provides supervision to ensure student safety. Refers students involved in inappropriate behavior for disciplinary action.

Key Responsibilities

• Monitors student behavior in the lunchroom, on the playground, and in classrooms.
• Moves about to provide constant supervision for student safety.
• Monitors student activities for inappropriate behaviors, such as bullying, unsafe activities, and rough play.
• Reminds students of expectations based on school procedures.
• Refers students for discipline for inappropriate behaviors to administration.
• Inspects the playground for hazardous equipment or materials.
• Acts as the first and last person on the playground to ensure student safety.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Positive interpersonal and communication skills.
• Ability to deescalate potential volatile situations.
• Ability to remain calm during emergencies.
• Physical, punctual, reliable, and predictable regular attendance is an essential job function.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent preferred.

Interactions With Others

• Interaction with students, staff, teachers, and administration.

Working Environment

• Works inside and outside the building.
• Working conditions can be in hot and cold weather.
• May experience stress from disruptive students.

Physical Requirements

• Ability to speak and/or hear.
• Frequently required to stand, walk, reach with hands and arms, and stoop, kneel, and crouch.
• Occasionally required to use hands to handle or feel.
• Must occasionally climb or balance.
• Specific vision abilities required include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, and depth perception.
• Must be able to stand for long periods of time.