Building Aide - 2.25 hrs/day (To begin in August 2026)

Muscatine Community School District•Muscatine, IA

3d•Onsite

About The Position

Muscatine Schools is hiring a Building Aide for McKinley Elementary School to supervise lunch & recess. Building Aides are assigned to work 9-months/year while school is in session. This position is scheduled for 2.25 hrs/day, Monday through Friday, with an approximate schedule of 11:00am - 1:30pm. Starting pay for this position is $18.26/hour. Bilingual preferred or highly desirable. An interview, pre-employment background check, and onboarding/training session will be required prior to a candidate beginning as a Paraeducator with Muscatine Schools.

Requirements

High school diploma or GED.
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.
Must work well with school adolescents from a variety of racial, socioeconomic and cultural backgrounds
Works well with a variety of staff members, administrators, teachers and support staff
Not intimidated by students and willing to discipline and correct inappropriate behaviors
Can learn rules and procedures quickly and asks questions when unsure about a job responsibility
Flexible about sudden changes in their daily schedule and willing to adjust work assignment to area of immediate needs
Have effective human relations skills and must genuinely like working with children
Have patience and not easily discouraged
Able to separate the student as an individual from the inappropriate behavior
Be sensitive to the needs of students and find the balance between holding high expectations for appropriate behaviors and being flexible about individual student circumstances
Not get upset by occasional inappropriate language and help students correct this behavior

Nice To Haves

Bilingual preferred or highly desirable.

Responsibilities

Supervise students in various settings and manage appropriate student behavior in these areas.
Monitor students entering the cafeteria during passing period to do so in an orderly fashion.
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.
Assist in the orderly movement of the lunch lines and manage appropriate student behavior in these lines.
Circulate among the tables to make sure students are following lunchroom rules.
Confront students about inappropriate behaviors and discipline them with regard to cafeteria rules and standards.
Communicate observations, trends in student behaviors, concerns and questions to administration.
Help maintain a clean lunchroom by throwing away food containers left on some tables.
Monitor students as they enter and pass through the gym foyer during lunch segments.
Circulate among students in this area to maintain appropriate behaviors.
Monitor building doorways and student use of these exits.
Monitor restrooms.
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.
Monitor students entering and leaving the designated area during passing period so it is done in an orderly fashion.
Enforce building procedures.
Circulate among the students and manage appropriate behaviors of students in their free period.
Maintain a quiet study environment in a large study hall setting.
Take attendance and maintain accurate daily attendance records.
May work in conjunction with a teacher in supervising up to 90 freshman students.
May work alone maintaining a smaller study hall of only 25-30 students in another classroom.
Move about the classroom to answer student questions and maintain appropriate student behaviors.
Check students in and out of study hall with appropriate passes.
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.
Monitor student use of passes and bathroom facilities.
Escort students to cafeteria to get their lunch when serving an in-school suspension.
Provide feedback to students in regard to structured study hall rules.
Direct students and communicate specific behavior problems to an administrator.
Drive through the vehicle in either assigned vehicle or your own.
Report any vehicle damage to appropriate administrator.
Apply parking violation stickers to the side windows of any vehicle not parked appropriately.
Check the passes of any student found outside.
Check passes of students found in hallways while class is in session.
Assist administrators when called upon to do so.
Perform office/clerical duties.
Complete other duties of a similar nature as assigned by an administrator.