Campus Aide

Vine Christian Academy•Franklin, TN

7d•$19•Onsite

About The Position

The campus aide is a support staff position, covering the outdoors and classrooms at times pre-scheduled and being available for immediate needs to support any behavior or coverage issues that arise. The ideal campus aide is ready and willing to do what is necessary to support campus flow, the students, the classroom experience, and the director. An array of skills can and will be utilized, but mainly those sought in an aide are strong leadership, coachability, assertion, and an eye to see what can be done to improve the campus experience.

Requirements

Strong leadership skills
Coachability
Assertion
Ability to identify areas for campus improvement
Ability to maintain a warm and kind presence among students
Ability to intercept late arrivals and issue late slips
Ability to walk students to class or chapel
Ability to bring in late lunches/water bottles
Ability to keep a watchful eye on lost and found items
Ability to provide a supervising presence for students waiting for pickup
Ability to stay in communication with Campus Lead and Director
Ability to assist Campus Lead with daily tasks
Ability to pull items for projects, crafts, or experiments
Ability to step into a classroom to support teachers
Ability to set up and oversee recess supplies or activities
Ability to facilitate and enforce rules with clear leadership and consequence structure
Ability to intercept volunteers and assign them positions
Ability to escalate behavior situations to Campus Lead and/or Director

Nice To Haves

An eye to see what can be done to improve the campus experience

Responsibilities

Have a presence among students that is warm and kind in the hallway.
Help make copies or field questions as a touch point for teachers popping out or students being sent for additional help.
Actively roam the hallways looking for ways to create a tidy footprint within the church walls.
Be aware of the classroom settings—both up and down stairs—evoke leadership in the upstairs hallway area where students may leave the classroom to use the restroom and watch for behavior or incidents from that process.
Be involved in intercepting late arrivals and issuing late slips, walking students to class or chapel, bringing in late lunches/water bottles, and the like.
Have a feel for the lost and found items - keep a watchful eye on items left in the hallways.
Attend to students, if or when necessary, who are waiting at the front desk/office area to provide a supervising presence while waiting for pickup [i.e. illness or behavior].
Stay in communication and step with the Campus Lead and Director to ensure campus flow and structure of safety remain in tact.
Assist the Campus Lead in any daily tasks [from straightening storage cabinets to other one-off type of needs].
Pull items for projects, crafts or experiments that teachers may need in support of the campus lead.
Be available to step into a classroom to support math transitions or teaching, help with binder preparation, backpack tidying or storage, any subject changes, or centers/activities depending on the teacher’s expressed needs for their classroom.
Be proactive in finding tasks that improve the campus experience for staff and families.
Set up and see through recess supplies or activities in tandem with the campus lead.
Become familiar with the set of students and the area you serve, facilitating and enforcing the rules with clear leadership, consequence structure, and communication in advance to all campus students.
Be ready to intercept volunteers and assign them positions within the play yard on campus [and follow through with correcting behavior if or when necessary].
Be prepared to escalate any behavior situations to the Campus Lead and/or Director as trained or laid out in the correction structure.