Crossing Guard / Building Safety Assistant (Part-Time) - ANTICIPATED

JobID: 5141

Position Type:
Support Staff/Crossing Guard

Date Posted:
12/10/2024

Location:
Round Lake Middle School, Round Lake Heights, IL

Date Available:
01/06/2025

JOB SUMMARY:
This class is accountable for helping to ensure the safety, welfare, and well-being of students at assigned buildings. The work of this class is involved with traffic control, supervising the children in crossing streets and roads, maintaining control of children while waiting at school bus stops supervising students during lunch and recess, and managing and monitoring student behavior, setting expectations, and responding to student misbehavior both within and outside the building as required.

Assist Round Lake Middle School and Indian Hill Elementary School students to cross over Rollins at Lotus both before and after school. Part time position from 6:45am-8:45am and again from 1:45pm-3:30pm.

DAYS/HOURS:
10-Month Position
Part-Time (0.5 FTE)

SALARY RANGE:
Starting at $17.34/hr

REQUIREMENTS:

• High School Diploma or a general education development (GED) certificate.
• Two (2) years of full-time employment or equivalent work that could reasonably be expected to provide the knowledge, skills and abilities listed.
• CPR/First Aid Certificate preferred.
• Bilingual, preferred.
• Working with Middle School students, preferred.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES:
1. Knowledge of and respect for the diverse backgrounds (cultural, linguistic, environmental) of students and how these characteristics affect the student’s life and learning;
2. Knowledge of relevant laws, rules, regulations, and District policies and procedures;
3. Knowledge of standard safety practices and procedures;
4. Knowledge of the similarities and differences between cognitive, communicative, physical, social, and emotional needs of students and the factors that influence these different needs;
5. Oral and written communication skills;
6. Interpersonal and social skills;
7. Ability to assist and reinforce elements that support a safe, healthy, and effective teaching and learning environment;
8. Ability to be sensitive and respectful in communications regarding all children and families, regardless of differences in cultural heritage, lifestyle, values, and home environment;
9. Ability to collect and record performance data on students under the direction of a licensed teacher, while respecting student confidentiality and the laws regarding ethical practices of assessment;
10. Ability to effectively employ a variety of strategies that reinforce positive behavior;
11. Ability to establish and maintain rapport with students;
12. Ability to follow oral and written direction, seeking clarification as needed;
13. Ability to participate as a member of the educational team when requested to attend conferences with families or primary caregivers, with an understanding of some of the concerns of parents;
14. Ability to reinforce the development of student social skills by using appropriate strategies to modify the environment;
15. Ability to remain constantly alert in order to monitor traffic, intersection signals and children in potentially hazardous situations;
16. Ability to use ethical practices for confidential communication about students;
17. Ability to work with individuals from diverse backgrounds.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:
The following identifies the primary and essential functions of the position and is not intended to be an exhaustive listing of all duties.
1. Assists in managing and monitoring student behavior, setting expectations, and responding to student misbehavior both within and outside the building as required;
2. Assists other school personnel as may be required for the purpose of supporting them in the completion of their work activities;
3. Assists students, parents, seniors, etc. for the purpose of providing safe access to and from school;
4. Communicates school policies and enforcement procedures to students, personnel and visitors for the purpose of ensuring their understanding and the potential consequences of violation;
5. Directs and controls vehicle and pedestrian traffic flow at assigned pedestrian stations;
6. Directs traffic for the purpose of ensuring the safety of students and other pedestrians;
7. Enforces school rules and regulations;
8. Establishes and maintains effective working relationships with students, staff members, the public and others contacted in the course of work;
9. Intervenes in potential emergency situations for the purpose of minimizing injury to involved parties;
10. Maintains equipment (e.g. stop sign, vests, street signs, etc.) for the purpose of ensuring availability of required items;
11. Monitors students for the purpose of ensuring release to authorized parties in conformance with state and/or school administrative policies;
12. Records license numbers of vehicles disregarding traffic signals, and reports infractions to appropriate authorities;
13. Reports observations and/or incidents relating to specific students (e.g. accidents, fights, inappropriate social behavior, violations of rules, etc.) for the purpose of communicating information for follow up by appropriate instructional and/or administrative personnel;
14. Reports unsafe behavior of children to school officials;
15. Performs other related duties as required.

Application Procedure:
Apply online at http://www.applitrack.com/rlas/onlineapp/default.aspx