Building Aide - Safety (8 hours/day)

Muscatine Community School District•Muscatine, IA

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Muscatine Schools is hiring a Building Aide for Susan Clark JH School. This is a nine-month position during the school year, scheduled for eight hours per day, Monday through Friday, with an approximate schedule of 7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. The principal assigns hours based on student needs. Starting pay is $18.31 per hour. The Building Aide supervises students in various settings and manages appropriate student behavior. Assignments may include lunchroom, gym foyer and patio, free-period supervision, enrichment or study hall, in-school suspension, parking lots, hallways, office duties, or assistance in kindergarten. Not all assignments are present in every job. The role requires an interview, pre-employment background check, and onboarding and training before beginning work. The principal evaluates the employee at least annually.

Requirements

High school diploma or GED.
Ability to get along with a variety of people in a variety of settings.
Ability to work well with adolescents from varied racial, socioeconomic, and cultural backgrounds and with staff, administrators, teachers, and support staff.
Ability and willingness to discipline students and correct inappropriate behavior.
Ability to learn rules and procedures quickly and ask questions when unsure about job responsibilities.
Flexibility to adjust assignments and daily schedules to meet immediate needs.
Effective human relations skills, patience, and a genuine interest in working with children.
Ability to distinguish a student as an individual from the student's inappropriate behavior and to respond sensitively to individual needs while maintaining expectations.
Ability to work under stress with large numbers of students, parents, and coworkers; mental acuity and the mental and physical ability to manage the workload.
Must be capable of the physical demands described, including frequent standing and walking; handling and grasping; bending, twisting, squatting, stooping, kneeling, and reaching; and frequently lifting or moving up to 50 pounds.
Ability to work outdoors when supervising students outside the classroom.

Nice To Haves

Bilingual ability is preferred or highly desirable.
Attendance and demonstrated proficiency in behavior management may be required.

Responsibilities

Supervise students in assigned areas and manage appropriate student behavior.
Assist in kindergarten when assigned.
Monitor students entering, moving through, and using the cafeteria; support orderly lunch lines and enforce lunchroom rules.
Circulate among students in lunchroom, foyer, patio, free-period, and other assigned areas to maintain appropriate behavior and enforce rules and procedures.
Monitor building doorways, student exits, restrooms, and designated outdoor areas.
Maintain a quiet study environment; take attendance and maintain accurate daily records in study hall or in-school suspension settings.
Check study hall passes and monitor student movement, including bathroom use; escort students serving in-school suspension to the cafeteria for lunch.
Provide feedback to students about behavior, address inappropriate conduct, and communicate behavior concerns and observations to administrators.
Monitor parking lots, report vehicle damage, apply parking violation stickers to improperly parked vehicles, and check passes of students found outside.
Check student passes in hallways during class and assist administrators when called upon.
Perform office and clerical duties and other duties assigned by an administrator.
Complete other duties of a similar nature as assigned.