COORDINATOR, SCHOOL CROSSING GUARD PROGRAM

Denver Public Schools; Denver (CO); On-site; USD 36,000 - 43,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Time off

Health and wellness benefits

PERA Retirement

Job summary

Denver Public Schools is seeking a Crossing Guard Program Coordinator to support and strengthen the District's Crossing Guard initiatives across elementary schools. You will collaborate with campus safety, managers, community engagement specialists, and other partners to ensure grant compliance and measure progress toward stated goals.

Responsibilities include recruiting and onboarding applicants, coordinating interviews, training crossing guards, backfilling leaves, and ensuring safety of

Qualifications

• High School Diploma required.
• One or more years of related experience required.
• Live and work with a permanent home address in Colorado while working with us.
• Have the ability with or without accommodations to meet the physical demands of the position.

Responsibilities

• Works with school leaders to implement the school Crossing Guard Program in all elementary schools; provides continued support to school leaders actively participating in the program.
• Recruits and assists with onboarding applicants, scheduling interviews with school leaders, attesting to references, and supporting new hire processes.
• Provides onsite training and refresher training per school year for all school crossing guards.
• Backfills positions for extended leaves of absences.
• Collaborates with onsite school leadership and crossing guards to ensure that turning motorists yield the right of way to pedestrian school children and that children obey the traffic signals.
• Instructs crossing guards in the proper tools to use to ensure that children have good safety habits, such as walking only with the green or walk light, using crosswalks, checking traffic before starting across the street, walking rather than running, and using the pedestrian push button where installed.
• Develops and maintains effective communications with students, families, parents, stakeholders, and communities.
• Ensures employee accuracy in time sheet reporting, actively reviewing time sheets on a regular basis.
• Attends staff meetings and training sessions as scheduled.

Education

High School Diploma

Job description

About This Job

Supports and strengthens the District's Crossing Guard Program. Works in collaboration with campus safety, managers, community engagement specialists, and other partners to ensure grant compliance and the achievement of measurable goals.

What DPS Offers You

• A Culture that values Equity, Accountability, Integrity, Collaboration and Fun with a shared vision that Every Learner Thrives.
• Salary Range. $26.09-$31.211 per hour. Click here for more information on compensation for these roles.
• In addition to competitive compensation, DPS has other Total Reward offerings such as; time off , health and wellness benefits , and PERA Retirement.

What You'll Do

• Works with school leaders to implement the school Crossing Guard Program in all elementary schools; provides continued support to school leaders actively participating in the program.
• Recruits and assists with onboarding applicants, scheduling interviews with school leaders, attesting to references, and supporting new hire processes.
• Provides onsite training and refresher training per school year for all school crossing guards.
• Backfills positions for extended leaves of absences.
• Collaborates with onsite school leadership and crossing guards to ensure that turning motorists yield the right of way to pedestrian school children and that children obey the traffic signals.
• Instructs crossing guards in the proper tools to use to ensure that children have good safety habits, such as walking only with the green or walk light, using crosswalks, checking traffic before starting across the street, walking rather than running, and using the pedestrian push button where installed.
• Develops and maintains effective communications with students, families, parents, stakeholders, and communities.
• Ensures employee accuracy in time sheet reporting, actively reviewing time sheets on a regular basis.
• Attends staff meetings and training sessions as scheduled.

What You’ll Need

• High School Diploma required.
• One or more years of related experience required.
• Lead for racial and educational excellence and work to dismantle systems of oppression and inequity in our community, along with believing in and supporting all students so they feel seen and heard with access to high quality education.
• Live and work with a permanent home address in Colorado while working with us.
• Have the ability with or without accommodations to meet the physical demands of the position.

Denver Public Schools is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender expression, and sexual orientation), parental status, national origin, age, disability, genetic information (including family medical history), political affiliation, military service, or any other status protected by law or regulations. It is our intention that all qualified applicants be given equal opportunity and that selection decisions be based on job-related factors.

Students First. Integrity. Equity. Collaboration. Accountability. Fun

About Us

Denver Public Schools is committed to meeting the educational needs of every student with great schools in every neighborhood. Our goal is to provide every child in Denver with rigorous, enriching educational opportunities from preschool through high school graduation. DPS is comprised of nearly 200 schools including traditional, magnet, charter and alternative pathways schools, with an enrollment of more than 90,000 students.

DPS has become the fastest-growing school district in the country in terms of enrollment and the fastest-growing large school district in the state in terms of student academic growth. Learn more at dpsk12.org.