Student Support Team Member - TK - 8 Substitute

Purpose Statement:
Under supervision of the site principal or designee, to provide safe and constant 
supervision of students during recess/lunch periods and at other times as assigned by the site principal or designee; and to do related work as assigned.

Minimum Job Requirements:
High School diploma or equivalent.

Knowledge:

• Activities and interests of children grades K-5.
•  Positive reinforcement skills and supportive rapport with children.
•  Thorough understanding of AEA student discipline policies, practices, and philosophy.

Skills and Ability:  

•  Exercise equity, tact, patience, kindness and positive attitude.
•  Remain energetic and enthusiastic about children.
•  Be physically involved in group activities.
•  Be reliable in attendance and execution of duties.
•  Follow oral and written instructions.
• Establish and maintain friendly, cooperative and effective working relationships
   with all persons contacted in the course of work.
   Establish and maintain friendly, cooperative and effective relationships with students.
•  Maintain objectivity, confidentiality, and respect when interacting with students.   
•  Exercise brevity, confidentiality, efficiency and tact when using Walkie Talkie radios for communication.

Essential Functions:
Duties may include, but are not limited to the following:

• Be aware of and consistently implement all AEA site playground and lunch area rules and regulations.  
  
  
• Supervise and monitor students during assigned supervision periods.
  
  
•  Utilize appropriate disciplinary procedures and techniques in accordance with the AEA  site discipline plan.
  
  
• Be aware of and enforce school safety standards at all times. 
  
  
• Report any unsafe site in particular lunch area conditions, including equipment, to the site principal or designee immediately.
  
  
• Maintain a clean environment (tables, condiment carts, etc...) in which students may eat.

• Demonstrate strong communication with other staff and classroom teachers when necessary.

• Make physical contact with a child only in cases of health/safety issues or in an appropriate and caring manner.

Essential Physical Requirements:
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 disability to perform the essentials functions. 

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, walk, talk and/or hear.  The employee is occasionally required to sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.
Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.  
While performing the duties of this job, the employee frequently works in outside weather conditions and noise levels which is usually moderate but can get loud on occasion.