Principal Aide

Westford Public Schools; Westford (MA); On-site; USD 19,000 - 28,000; Part time

Job summary

Westford Public Schools is seeking a Principal Aide at Col. John Robinson School in Westford, MA.

The position is part-time, typically 5 days a week for 3 hours daily, with responsibilities including supervising students during indoor/outdoor recess and lunch, assisting with transitions, and ensuring safety across school activities. Daily duties may include bus or car drop-off/pick-up coverage, clerical tasks on request, and enforcing playground rules.

Qualifications

• Citizenship, residency or work visa required

Responsibilities

• Ensure safety of the students during transitions, arrival, recess, meals, and dismissal.
• Attend to children’s needs during lunchtime (opening milk, cleaning spills, etc).
• Monitor bathroom use during recess and lunch, ensuring no more than 4 students are at the bathroom at one time.
• Monitor and keep noise level and movement to a minimum during lunch time periods.
• Manage Lunch Fund Procedure (File Lunch Fund Cards/Send Out Lunch Fund Forms).
• Assure Epipen/Diabetic bags go to playground and back to classroom with students after recess/lunch.
• Include the list of playground rules, and use the limit setting progression for behavior management; monitor games for safe play.
• Be available for daily bus duty and/or car drop-off and pick-up duty.
• Notify Principal, Assistant Principal or School Secretary for absences; arrange substitute coverage if planned.
• Substitute Coverage Hours – Principal or Assistant Principal will determine hours (Lunch Coverage vs. Extended Coverage).
• The Principal Aide may also complete clerical work per the Principal/Secretary; may include photocopy/laminating or clerical tasks for teachers in the Copy Center.
• Additional duties as assigned

Job description

Principal Aide

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Job Details

Application Deadline: Posted until filled

Starting Date: Immediately

Job Description

Westford Public Schools is seeking Principal Aides to support our Robinson school.

Positions are typically 5 days a week, 3 hours per day, depending on need.

Job Objectives

The Principal Aide supervises the students during indoor and outdoor recess while circulating through the rooms or the playground. The Principal Aide supervises students during lunch, including transitioning students from their classrooms to the cafeteria, circulating around the cafeteria while eating, and dismissing students to their classrooms at the end of the lunch period.

Performance Responsibilities

• 1.Ensure safety of the students at all times during transition time in the hallways, arrival, recess, meal periods, and dismissal.
• 2.Attend to children’s needs during lunchtime - opening milk, cleaning up spills, etc.
• 3.Monitor bathroom use during recess and lunch, ensuring no more than 4 students are at the bathroom at one time.
• 4.Monitor and keep noise level and movement of students to a minimum during the lunch time period.
• 5.Manage Lunch Fund Procedure (File Lunch Fund Cards/Send Out Lunch Fund Forms)
• 6.Assure Epipen/Diabetic bags go to playground and back to classroom with students after the Recess/Lunch period.
• 7.Include the list of playground rules, and use the limit setting progression for behavior management. Monitor games (tag, soccer, equipment use) for appropriate play.
• 8.Be available for daily bus duty and/or car drop-off and pick-up duty.
• 9.Notify Principal, Assistant Principal or the School Secretary for absences. If it is a planned absence, please arrange substitute coverage.
• 10.Substitute Coverage Hours – Principal or Assistant Principal will determine hours. (Lunch Coverage vs. Extended Coverage)
• 11.The Principal Aide may also complete clerical work requested by the Principal, Assistant Principal or the School Secretary. This may include photocopy work, laminating, or clerical work for individual teachers in the Copy Center.
• 12. Additional duties as assigned

Position Type: Part-time

Salary: $17 to $17 Per Hour

Job Categories: Support Staff > Supervisory Aide

Welcome to Col. John Robinson School

The Colonel John Robinson Elementary School is one of three PK-2 schools in the town of Westford. At Robinson, we strive to promote excellence and to assist students in reaching their fullest potential. In order for this to happen, we know that we must provide students with a safe environment in which to learn. From the moment students and their parents/guardians walk through the doors of our school, it is important to us that they feel welcome and part of a community. We accomplish this goal by teaching and practicing our core values of Safety, Perseverance, Inclusion, Respect, Integrity, and Teamwork (SPIRIT). Students at Robinson demonstrate these core values each day through their words and actions. As a staff, we are committed to our continued growth as educators. The open concept structure of our building provides us with a unique opportunity to collaborate regularly, and, as such, build in our capacity as a staff. Teachers often bring classes together when introducing a new skill or concept so that students also have a greater chance for collaboration. Staff members at Robinson work diligently to implement research-based best practices, and continually seek ways to build upon their already strong skill set. This is accomplished through school and district based professional development, as well as participation in professional learning communities. Students who attend the Robinson School are exposed to a variety of learning opportunities. Our staff members believe in the importance of educating the whole child. To that end, students receive direct and explicit lessons in character education. These skills are also practiced and reinforced throughout our school building, and throughout the school day. Each grade level participates in "compassion projects" that support our greater community, such as fundraisers and food/can drives. These experiences emphasize the value of caring for each other. Learning at Robinson includes activities that are applicable to the real world, whenever possible. To better prepare our students for 21st century careers, we know that we must develop, cultivate, and support our students’ ability to think critically, to communicate effectively, to create bravely, and to collaborate productively.

Job Requirements

• Citizenship, residency or work visa required

Contact Information

• Kevin LaCoste , Principal
• 60 Concord Road
• Westford, Massachusetts 01886
• Phone: [phone]
• Fax: [phone]
• Email: [e-mail]