Lunch Monitor

Frederick County Public Schools; United States; On-site; USD 21,000 - 28,000; Part time

Job summary

Frederick County Public Schools is seeking Lunch Monitors to support daily meal service and student flow in the cafeteria. You will monitor behavior, assist with cleanliness and recycling, and help manage transitions during lunch periods.

This on-site role requires strong customer service, cultural sensitivity, and the ability to stay calm under stress. The position offers three 45-minute shifts per week at an hourly rate of $17.13.

Qualifications

• Ability to read and write equivalent to a 10th grade educational level.

Responsibilities

• Monitor student behavior during lunch and meal service.
• Assist with cafeteria cleanliness, recycling, and student flow.
• Communicate with students and staff in a positive, professional manner.
• Dynamically support transitions and orderly dismissal.
• Maintain regular and predictable attendance.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Skills

Culturally responsive practices

Interpersonal skills

Customer service

Emotional control

Education

10th grade level reading/writing

Job description

• Daily work hours: Three Days a Week, 45-minute shifts
• $17.13/hour

Role

Lunch Monitors have the primary responsibility for monitoring student behavior during meal service, assisting with the cleanliness of the cafeteria, assisting with recycling, and assisting with the flow of student movement in the Cafeteria.

Essential Functions

Reporting directly to the principal or assistant principal, Lunch Monitors perform, at a minimum, the following duties:

• Follows established school routines, processes, and procedures as they relate to lunch, recess, transitioning, etc.
• Communicates with students and school staff in a positive and professional manner utilizing appropriate customer service and interpersonal skills.
• Circulates throughout the cafeteria or in areas where meals are served and/or eaten assisting students as needed.
• Dismisses classes in an orderly manner at the scheduled time.
• Regular and predictable attendance.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Required Qualifications

Education/Training/Experience

• Ability to read and write equivalent to a 10th grade educational level.

Certification/License

None.

Knowledge/Skills/Abilities

• Knowledge and use of culturally responsive practices.
• Ability to maintain emotional control under stress.

Physical Requirements

• Ability to maintain emotional control under stress.
• Ability to spend long hours standing.
• Ability to reach with hands and arms.
• Sufficient manual dexterity to grasp, handle, manipulate, and/or feel objects.
• Sufficient mobility to move about the work area.
• Sufficient vision to read and comprehend printed materials, see distant objects with clarity, and identify and distinguish objects.
• Occasionally lift fifteen (15) pounds.
• Occasionally climb or balance.
• Occasionally stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.
• Sufficient hearing to hear and comprehend conversations in person and on the telephone, as well as distinguish sounds up to twenty (20) feet.
• Performs other duties assigned by the school principal.

Work Environment

Moderate noise (examples: office environment with computers, printers, and telephones; regular conversations within offices, cubicles, hallways, and conference rooms; meetings one-on-one, in small groups, and large settings, etc.).

Preferred Qualifications

Education/Training/Experience

None.

Certification/License

None.

Knowledge/Skills/Abilities

• Familiarity with the FCPS policies, goals and programs.

FREDERICK COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

THIS JOB DESCRIPTION HAS BEEN WRITTEN TO INDICATE THE GENERAL NATURE AND LEVEL OF WORK PERFORMED BY AN EMPLOYEE HOLDING THIS POSITION. IT IS NOT WRITTEN TO INCLUDE OR BE INTERPRETED TO INCLUDE A COMPREHENSIVE INVENTORY OF ALL DUTIES, RESPONSIBILITIES, AND QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED OF THE EMPLOYEE. NOTHING IN THIS DESCRIPTION RESTRICTS MANAGEMENT'S RIGHT TO ASSIGN OR REASSIGN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OR ADD REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS AT ANY TIME.