Campus Attendant - Elementary Schools

La Mesa-Spring Valley School District; La Mesa (CA); On-site; USD 21,000 - 28,000; Part time

Job summary

La Mesa-Spring Valley School District is seeking a Student Supervisory Aide to monitor playground and lunch areas, organize age-appropriate activities, and support a safe, respectful learning environment at elementary schools.

Current vacancy hours are 3.5 hours per day with varying shifts; positions are filled through Merit testing; you will be notified by email if you pass and placed on an eligibility list for hire. This role emphasizes positive behavior and teamwork with school staff.

Qualifications

• Paid or volunteer experience working with children.
• Ability to organize age-appropriate activities.
• Knowledge of school discipline policies.
• Ability to supervise students in indoor/outdoor settings.

Responsibilities

• Assist students to organize and find appropriate activities.
• Encourage courtesies and student development.
• Implement school discipline with proper follow up.
• Monitor students to ensure safety and a positive learning environment.
• Oversee movement of students around campus.

Skills

Playground supervision

Student engagement

Discipline management

Safety awareness

Communication

Job description

Job Summary & Examination Date

#2627-08 (Open)

This recruitment will establish eligibility lists to fill vacancies at our elementary schools.

Under the direction of the school's Principal, monitors the playground and/or lunch area during periods when students are present; organizes and directs age-appropriate activities for school age students; encourages students to observe fundamental courtesies at school; implements school discipline policy and assists in maintaining a clean and safe learning environment for students.

Current vacancy hours are: 3.5 hours/day, shifts vary and some sites may require a split shift.

Monday - Friday, August through June months only.

The La Mesa-Spring Valley School District is a Merit System District; all Classified (non-teaching) positions must be tested into. The Merit exam process for this recruitment includes the requirement of answering supplemental questions. Based on the number of questions you answer correctly, you will be placed on an eligibility list for hire.

You will be notified via email if you pass the merit exam process.

Essential Duties

• Assists students to organize and find appropriate activities for the purpose of providing a positive learning environment.
• Encourages students to observe fundamental courtesies at school and encourages student development.
• Implements school discipline policy with appropriate follow up to convey and/or receive information required to perform job functions.
• Monitors individual and/or groups of students in a variety of settings and provides a safe and positive learning environment.
• Organizes quiet or active, age appropriate indoor and/or outdoor activities.
• Oversees students moving about the campus; ensures the safety of children and meets the District's requirements.
• Responds to inquiries from a variety of sources and provides information and/or direction to other sources.
• Transfers children directly from/to parents or designee; ensures safety of children and meets the District requirements.

Other Duties

• Attends and participates in meetings, in-service trainings, workshops and conferences.
• Performs related duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE: Paid or volunteer experience working with children.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Diverse academic, socioeconomic, cultural, disability, and ethnic backgrounds of students.
• Interpersonal skills using tact, patience and courtesy.
• Positive reinforcement techniques.
• Safe and age appropriate activities.
• Stages of child development.

Ability To

• Act as a good role model.
• Establish and maintain cooperative and effective working relationships.
• Gather and/or collate data.
• Maintain discipline with students.
• Operate equipment using defined methods.
• Positive student discipline using appropriate communication skills.
• Problem solve when equipment is limited to moderate.
• Schedule activities.
• Understand and carry out oral and written instructions.
• Use basic, job-related equipment.
• Work with a diversity of individuals.
• Work with data utilizing defined and similar processes.
• Work with others.
• Work with similar types of data.
• Utilize specific, job-related equipment.

Environment

Indoor/outdoor

Physical Demands

• Bending at the waist, kneeling or crouching to assist students.
• Dexterity of hands and fingers to operate standard playground and classroom equipment.
• Hearing and speaking to exchange information.
• Occasional lifting, carrying, pushing, and/or pulling.
• Seeing to monitor student activities.
• Sitting or standing for extended periods of time.

Hazards

• Potential contact with body fluids.
• Potential contact with blood-borne pathogens and communicable diseases.

The District provides excellent benefits for permanent employees who work 20 or more hours per week, including

Substitute positions do not qualify for District covered benefits

• Medical: Choice of VEBA (Kaiser or United Health Care)
• Dental: Delta Dental or Delta Care HMO (District-paid for employee only)
• Life: Life ($50,000) and Accidental Death & Dismemberment ($50,000). Also includes MEDEX Travel Assistance (for medical care situations 100 miles from home or international trips up to 90 days; with some exclusions)
• Vacation: (10+); Sick (9.50+ days per year) - vacation/sick accumulation days increase with years of service
• Employee Assistance Program: (at no cost to employee): through San Diego County EAP
• VEBA Optum Health: Employee assistance program Note: Benefits are subject to change.

Voluntary Plans

• Dependent life insurance coverage
• Disability plans through American Fidelity
• Vision: VSP Vision Care $10.20/monthly paid by employee
• 403(b) Retirement
• MetLaw prepaid legal through Hyatt Legal Plans

In Addition

• Bargaining unit eligible employees may elect to become a CSEA member.
• Employees working 20 hours per week or more are enrolled into the CalPERS retirement system.

The La Mesa-Spring Valley School District is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Board Policy 4030 prohibits unlawful discrimination and/or harassment of district employees and job applicants based on actual or perceived race, color, ancestry, national origin, nationality, ethnic group identification, ethnicity, age, religion, marital or parental status, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression or association with a person or group with one or more of these actual or perceived characteristics. Board Policy 4119.11 prohibits sexual harassment of district employees and job applicants. Complaints alleging unlawful discrimination or sexual harassment may be filed with the Coordinator for Nondiscrimination in Employment, the Assistant Superintendent of Human Resources.