Elementary Lunchroom Leader & Community Builder

Washington International School; Washington; On-site; USD 17,000 - 22,000; Part time

Job summary

Washington International School is seeking a friendly Primary School Lunch Monitor to supervise students during lunchtime in a family‑style dining environment. You will support safe, inclusive, and positive mealtime experiences with a focus on community and healthy social skills.

Daily hours are approximately 11:00AM to 2:00PM. Responsibilities include guiding students in self‑service, managing meals‑related needs, and helping maintain a calm dining area.

Qualifications

• Experience with children from Preschool to Grade 5 in a school, camp, or similar setting.
• Strong interpersonal skills and a caring, community-centered approach.
• Physical ability to perform required tasks (e.g., lifting, bending, standing for long periods).
• Effective communication skills with both children and adults.
• Ability to work collaboratively with school staff and follow daily procedures with minimal supervision.
• Patience, empathy, and a positive attitude.
• French and/or Spanish language ability is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Supervise students during lunch, ensuring a safe, respectful, and inclusive dining atmosphere in accordance with the school's behavior expectation and agreements.
• Foster a sense of independence and agency by encouraging students to serve themselves, pass food, and use table manners aligned with family-style dining and school's behavior expectations.
• Support the development of student sense of individual and communal responsibility during mealtimes (e.g., coaching them to serve themselves, clean up, make kind, respectful, and safe choices).
• Facilitate and monitor conversations aligned with our school-wide behavior agreements, with the aim of strengthening relationships and supporting the development of student language and social skills.
• Assist students with meal-related needs (e.g., opening containers, managing spills, cutting food safely).
• Promote a calm, positive, and enjoyable environment where children feel a sense of belonging and connection to each other and the school community.
• Monitor and address behavior issues with patience, empathy, and emphasis on reflections, and in accordance with school-wide behavior expectations and agreements.
• Support orderly and timely transitions to and from lunch, emphasizing student responsibility for the overall functioning of the community, and ensuring smooth flow and minimal disruption.
• Assist with cleanup after meals and maintaining a clean dining area.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Skills

Experience with children

Interpersonal skills

Physical ability

Communication skills

Collaborative work

Patience

French/Spanish language +

Job description

Washington International School is seeking a friendly Primary School Lunch Monitor to supervise students during lunchtime in a family‑style dining environment. You will support safe, inclusive, and positive mealtime experiences with a focus on community and healthy social skills.

Daily hours are approximately 11:00AM to 2:00PM. Responsibilities include guiding students in self‑service, managing meals‑related needs, and helping maintain a calm dining area.