Building Aide Security Support at Muscatine High School (8 hours/day)

Muscatine Community School District is hiring a Building Aide to support the Security team at Muscatine High School. The person in this position will work closely with Building Aides and the Administration to ensure the daily safety and security of our students and staff. This is a full-time position scheduled for 182 days/year. The current starting rate is $17.44/hour. All essential functions must be performed on-site. Bilingual preferred or highly desired. 

Please see below for a full list of the duties and responsibilities of the Building Aide Security Support position. All positions are open until filled. 

All candidates chosen for hire will be required to pass a comprehensive background screening and complete an onboarding process with the Department of Human Resources. 

Contact the office of Human Resources for questions regarding the application or application process: 563-263-7223.

OBJECTIVE:

Supervise students in various settings and manage appropriate student behavior in these areas while ensuring that the school building and grounds are safe and secure for students and staff. 

MAJOR DUTIES:

*A Building Aide may be assigned to one or more of these duty stations. The following areas are examples of these duty stations but may not be present in every job:

                                        LUNCHROOM DURING LUNCH PERIODS

1. Monitor students entering the cafeteria during passing period to do so in an orderly fashion.
2. Watch students as they go through the lunch lines to make sure they are paying for all items selected and abiding by lunch line rules as time allows.
3. Assist in the orderly movement of the lunch lines and manage appropriate student behavior in these lines.
4. Circulate among the tables to make sure students are following lunchroom rules.
5. Confront students about inappropriate behaviors and discipline them with regard to cafeteria rules and standards.
6. May have to confront hostile and insubordinate students.
7. Communicate observations, trends in student behaviors, concerns and questions to administration.
8. Help maintain a clean lunchroom by throwing away food containers left on some tables.

GYM FOYER AND PATIO AREAS DURING LUNCH

1. Monitor students as they enter and pass through the gym foyer during lunch segments.
2. Circulate among students in this area to maintain appropriate behaviors.
3. Monitor building doorways and student use of these exits.
4. Monitor restrooms.
5. Supervise the patio area and/or the area at MHS on the north side the building between the pool and remaining building. Maintain appropriate student use of this area.
6. Confront students about inappropriate behaviors and discipline them with regard to rules and standards.
7. May have to confront hostile and insubordinate students.
8. Communicate observations, trends in student behaviors, concerns, and questions to administration.

                                  ASSIGNED AREA - FREE PERIOD SUPERVISION

1. Monitoring students entering and leaving the designated area during passing period so it is done in an orderly fashion.
2. Enforce building procedures.
3. Circulate among the students and manage appropriate behaviors of students in their free period.
4. Confront students about inappropriate behaviors and discipline them with regard to designated AEA rules and school standards.
5. May have to confront hostile and insubordinate students.
6. Communicate observations, trends in student behaviors, concerns, and questions to administrations.
7. Complete other duties assigned by an administrator.

ENRICHMENT/STUDY HALL

1. Maintain a quiet study environment in a large study hall setting.
2. Take attendance and maintain accurate daily attendance records.
3. May work in conjunction with a teacher in supervising up to 90 freshman students.
4. May work alone maintaining a smaller study hall of only 25-30 students in another classroom.
5. Move about the classroom to answer student questions and maintain appropriate student behaviors.
6. Check students in and out of study hall with appropriate passes.
7. Confront students about inappropriate behaviors and discipline them in regard to study hall rules.
8. May have to confront insubordinate and hostile students.
9. Communicate observations, trends in student behaviors, concerns and questions to administration.

IN-SCHOOL SUSPENSION

1. Supervise a smaller (20-25 students) quiet study hall area that contains students who are serving in-school suspensions, detentions, disciplinary assignments and in general are in this setting due to disciplinary reasons.
2. Maintain accurate attendance records on a daily basis.
3. Monitor student use of passes and bathroom facilities.
4. Escort students to cafeteria to get their lunch when serving an in-school suspension.
5. Confront students about inappropriate behaviors and provide feedback to students in regard to structured study hall rules.
6. May have to confront insubordinate and hostile students.
7. Communicate observations, trends in student behaviors, concerns and questions to administration.
8. Direct students and communicate specific behavior problems to an administrator.

PARKING LOTS

1. Drive through the vehicle in either assigned vehicle or your own.
2. Report any vehicle damage to appropriate administrator.
3. Apply parking violation stickers to the side windows of any vehicle not parked appropriately.
4. Check the passes of any student found outside.

HALLWAYS

1. Check passes of students found in hallways while class is in session.
2. Check rest rooms.
3. Assist administrators when called upon to do so.

                                                                       OFFICE

1. Perform office/clerical duties.
2. Complete other duties of a similar nature as assigned by an administrator.

                                                                      MISC

• Supervise the arrival and departure of students.
• Responsible for observation of outside areas including parking lots and walkways. 
• Become acquainted with the students and assist in directing their activities in the lunchroom, corridors, and grounds.
• Work with the school resource officer as necessary.
• Maintain total campus awareness and identify imminent problems.
• Provide leadership to committees working on building/security and safety issues.
• Become familiar with available technology that is related to campus security.
• Lock doors and secure building after school.
• Carry and operate a walkie-talkie and escort students to restroom/office as needed.
• Deliver messages from the office to students.
• Lunchroom duty as directed by high school administration.
• Outdoor supervision of students as necessary.
• Clear halls at the end of the day and monitor boarding of busses.
• Other duties of a similar nature to be assigned as needed. 

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

Qualified candidates must have a high school diploma or GED. Must demonstrate the ability to get along with a variety of people in a variety of settings. Attendance and demonstrated proficiency in behavior management may be required. Bilingual preferred or highly desirable.

LOCATION:  Muscatine High School

American Disability Act Statement

Employee must perform a wide variety of professional duties under stressful conditions working amongst large numbers of students, staff, and community members.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

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 disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to stand; walk; use hands and fingers to handle and/or feel objects, tools or controls; talk and hear.  The employee frequently must squat, stoop or kneel, reach above the head and forward 0 to 24 inches and on occasion up to 36 inches.  The employee continuously uses hand strength to grasp items.  The employee will frequently bend or twist at the neck and trunk more than the average person while performing the duties of this job.  The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds 0 to 12 feet and occasionally up to 20 feet, such as curriculum materials, desks, chairs, and boxes.  The employee will sometimes push/pull items such as tables and carts.  Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision and the ability to adjust focus while supervising students and working with computers, written materials, reports, assessment data, etc.

WORKING ENVIRONMENT:

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

The noise level in the work environment is usually quiet.  The position requires the commitment of professional working hours that may require the employee to extend beyond a typical 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. workday.  The employee will frequently work in different areas of the classroom including in/at desks, on or near the floor, standing, in movement while supervising indoor and outdoor activities, etc.  The employee will usually work in indoor temperatures but will work outdoors when supervising students outside of the classroom.

The information contained in this job description is in compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and is not an exhaustive list of the duties performed for this position.  Additional duties are performed by the individual holding this position and additional duties may be assigned.

Knowledge, skills and abilities required to carry out the job satisfactorily:                  

• Excellent oral and written communication including letters to students, group/public speaking, presentations, supervisory and instructional to the public, staff, and students
• Able to work well with students, teachers, counselors, parents and other job-related persons.
• Ability to intervene in crisis situations
• A basic understanding of computer technology
• Human relation skills, particularly with students.
• Proficient with audio equipment, video equipment and other electronic devices.
• Understand the operation of building systems including security, intercom, telephone, fire and alarm systems

The statements contained herein describe the scope of the responsibilities, essential functions, physical requirements, and working conditions of the Security Guard position, but should not be considered to be an all-inclusive list.  An employee serving in the Security Guard position may perform other duties as assigned. Nothing in this job description restricts the District’s right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to the Security Guard position at any time.  A copy of this job description will be given to the employee serving as a Security Guard and a copy of this job description will be placed in that employee’s personnel file.  The employee understands the responsibilities, essential functions, physical requirements, and working conditions of the Security Guard position and affirms the employee can perform the essential functions of the Security Guard position without accommodations or with the following accommodations:

Salary : $17