Eisenhower Crossing Guard

Great Bend Unified School District 428; Hopkins (MN); On-site; USD 25,000 - 35,000; Part time

Job summary

Great Bend Unified School District 428 is hiring a School Crossing Guard at Eisenhower Elementary to ensure children's safety while crossing streets. Responsibilities include monitoring street crossings, reporting traffic violations, and interacting positively with children and parents. The role requires a high school diploma and understanding of traffic safety. Position is for 10 months, outdoors in all weather conditions. Applicants must pass a background check.

Qualifications

• High school graduate or training equivalent to a high school diploma.
• Must understand traffic signals and patterns.
• Ability to handle emergency situations.

Responsibilities

• Monitor street crossings when children go to school.
• Record license plates of vehicles disregarding traffic signs.
• Escort children across the street in marked crosswalks.
• Ensure the safety of children at school crosswalks.

Skills

Understanding of traffic signals

Basic safety procedures

Good judgement in interactions

Communication skills

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Job description

Position Type

Tutors/ Other

Date Posted

4/27/2026

Location

Eisenhower Elementary

Position Description and Operational Parameters

(10 month position)

Position

School Crossing Guard

Supervisor

Principal of Elementary School

Professional Growth

The custodian is required to fulfill the annual requirements for professional growth as outlined in the Classified Personnel Handbook, Policy 102.01.

Physical Activity

Fulfillment of the crossing guard position requires walking, standing, bending, twisting, and quick mental and physical reflexes.

Qualifications

• Education: high school graduate or training equivalent to a high school diploma.
• Must have an understanding of traffic signals and traffic patterns.
• Must know and understand basic safety procedures and practices relevant to the job.
• Must be able to handle emergency situations which might arise.
• Must possess the ability to use good judgement in the interactions with children and parents.
• Ability to communicate well with other persons.
• Must successfully pass a background check.
• Must be able to work outdoors in all weather conditions.

Job Functions

• School Crossing Guards monitor assigned street crossings during the appointed time when children go to school or come home from school.
• In performing this duty, Crossing Guards record the license plate number of any vehicle found disregarding traffic signs and signals and report violators to the police.
• Escort children as they cross the street in marked crosswalks.
• Manually hold traffic stop signs to control the traffic in the designated crosswalk area.
• Ensure the safety of children as they arrive to or leave from the school crosswalk.
• Report children with unsafe behavior to school officials.
• Watch for suspicious individuals in and around school areas and report to school officials and police if necessary.
• Notify school and police authorities about traffic risks and hazards, including school zones that are not adequately marked and monitored.
• Using appropriate signs and hand signals, direct vehicular and pedestrian traffic and warn them of existing dangers.

Physical Requirements

• Requires prolonged standing and walking.
• Flexibility is important for moving out of the way of danger, etc.
• Mental alertness required for quick decisions of impending dangers.
• Work is outside in all weather conditions.