What are the responsibilities and job description for the School Campus Aide (10 Month/School Year) position at BERKELEY SCHOOLS?
NOTICE OF OPEN AND PROMOTIONAL, COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION TO ESTABLISH AN ELIGIBILITY LIST FROM WHICH SUBSTITUTE, LIMITED TERM, AND REGULAR APPOINTMENTS WILL BE MADE. SHIFTS RANGE FROM 2-5 HRS/DAY. BASIC FUNCTION:BASIC FUNCTION:
Under the direction of an assigned supervisor, monitor students primarily during meal and recess periods; and other school activities as needed. Perform light cleaning in meal areas and perform other related assignments as necessary.
REPRESENTATIVE DUTIES:
ESSENTIAL DUTIES:
• Monitor students primarily during meal and recess periods in and around the following areas (including but not limited to): lunchrooms, playgrounds, bus stops, parking lots, crosswalks, or classrooms when teachers are unavailable.
• Engage students when playing at lunch or recess and during school activities.
• Report conditions that are hazardous to the health and safety of students.
• Assist students in conflict mediation/solving problems; reinforcing school agreements governing proper behavior of students.
• Report ongoing conflicts to site or district administration.
• Monitor and observe or scan assigned target areas.
• Perform light cleaning duties such as wiping down tables and benches in meal areas both indoors and outdoors.
• Assist students as needed in opening lunch items when necessary.
• Maintain order in and around indoor and outdoor meal areas.
• Assist with school-wide activities including but not limited to: Picture day, Vision/Hearing Screening, etc, to maintain the orderly and efficient movement of students to/through/during the activity.
• Perform other related duties as assigned.
KNOWLEDGE OF:
• Appropriate student conduct in and out of the classroom.
• Basic methods of individual and group supervision.
• Child guidance principles and practices.
• Correct English usage, grammar, spelling, punctuation, and vocabulary.
• Current social and behavioral problems affecting local students.
• Health and safety regulations.
• Interpersonal skills using tact, patience, and professionalism.
• Mathematical computations.
• Oral and written communication skills.
• Safe practices in classroom and playground activities.
• School rules and regulations.
• Standard broadcasting procedures of a hand-held two-way radio system.
ABILITY TO:
• Assure student compliance with school and organizational policies and regulations
• Communicate effectively both orally and in writing
• Complete work with many interruptions
• Demonstrate an understanding, patient and receptive attitude toward students
• Determine appropriate action within clearly defined guidelines
• Establish and maintain cooperative and effective working relationships with others
• Learn organizational operations, policies, and objectives
• Make mathematical computations with speed and accuracy
• Meet schedules and timelines
• Monitor, observe and report student behavior
• Observe health and safety regulations
• Operate a two-way radio
• Prevent or break up student conflicts and fights
• Read books to students and assist with reading and writing activities
• Scan and monitor campus activities to assure the well-being and safety of students and staff in non-classroom activities
• Understand and follow oral and written instructions
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge skills and abilities required to satisfactorily perform the essential duties and responsibilities.
Education and Experience: Any combination equivalent to:
A.
Graduation from high school or equivalent.
B.
Six (6) months working with students desired.
LICENSES AND OTHER REQUIREMENTS:
Valid first aid and CPR certificates issued by authorized agency preferred.
Incumbents in this classification may be required to speak, read and write in a designated second language.
Employment eligibility that includes fingerprint, tuberculosis and/or other employment clearance.
WORKING CONDITIONS
ENVIRONMENT:
• Classroom and other indoor and outdoor learning environments
• Interactions with dissatisfied, hostile and irate individuals
• Seasonal heat and cold or adverse weather conditions
• Subject to demanding time lines and constant interruptions
PHYSICAL ABILITIES:
• Bending at the waist and/or kneeling to assist students and to retrieve materials
• Hearing and speaking to exchange information
• Lifting, carrying, pushing and/or pulling students weighing up to 50 pounds and with assistance for over 50 pounds
• Seeing to read a variety of materials and monitor student activities
• Sitting, standing or walking for extended periods of time
HAZARDS:
• Contact with blood-borne pathogens and infectious diseases
• Contact with dissatisfied, assaultive or abusive individuals.
• Exposure to blood borne pathogens and infectious diseases
EXAMINATION INFORMATION:
The first step in the examination process is the application screening and whether or not the candidate meets the minimum qualifications listed.
The testing process may consist of a written exam; an oral exam; a performance exam; a structured interview (SI); a qualification appraisal interview (QAI); an evaluation of training & experience/education (T&E) and/or any combination thereof.
ONLY the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) test requires and is mandated to have a passing score of 70 on each of the three parts of the test.
All other tests will have a passing score set between 50 and 99 depending of a variety of factors affecting that specific recruitment.
All candidates must pass the first examination process to be invited to the next step/test in the process.
As the testing process consists of a minimum of two examination processes; the weight of each those processes may be determined at any step in the processes.
Qualified candidates will be notified of the date, time, and place of the examination(s)/test(s).
Candidates will be notified of the minimum pass points/test score for each examination and/or test in the examination process.
OTHER: Proof of identification for completion of Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification, must be submitted at the time of processing for employment.
SALARIES: All salaries as stated are based on present information and are subject to change. Appointments are made at the minimum salary shown in the posting and increases are granted at intervals based on anniversary date.
Notification of Non-Discrimination Policy
The Berkeley Unified School District is committed to fostering a positive working environment for its employees. Accordingly, BUSD practices shall be free from discrimination, harassment, intimidation and bullying of any employee based on an employee's actual race, color, ancestry, national origin, ethnic group identification, age, religion, marital status, physical or mental disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, or gender expression; the perception of one or more of such characteristics; or association with a person or group with one or more of these actual or perceived characteristics.
The Board also prohibits retaliation against any district employee or job applicant who complains, testi?es or in any way participates in the district's complaint procedures instituted pursuant to this policy.
The following employee has been designated to handle questions and complaints of alleged discrimination regarding Board Policy 4030:
Compliance Officer and Title IX Coordinator
2020 Bonar Street, Room 116
Berkeley, CA 94702
Phone: 510-486-9338
Email: nondiscrimination@berkeley.net
Closing Date/Time: Thu, 20 Aug 2026
Under the direction of an assigned supervisor, monitor students primarily during meal and recess periods; and other school activities as needed. Perform light cleaning in meal areas and perform other related assignments as necessary.
REPRESENTATIVE DUTIES:
ESSENTIAL DUTIES:
• Monitor students primarily during meal and recess periods in and around the following areas (including but not limited to): lunchrooms, playgrounds, bus stops, parking lots, crosswalks, or classrooms when teachers are unavailable.
• Engage students when playing at lunch or recess and during school activities.
• Report conditions that are hazardous to the health and safety of students.
• Assist students in conflict mediation/solving problems; reinforcing school agreements governing proper behavior of students.
• Report ongoing conflicts to site or district administration.
• Monitor and observe or scan assigned target areas.
• Perform light cleaning duties such as wiping down tables and benches in meal areas both indoors and outdoors.
• Assist students as needed in opening lunch items when necessary.
• Maintain order in and around indoor and outdoor meal areas.
• Assist with school-wide activities including but not limited to: Picture day, Vision/Hearing Screening, etc, to maintain the orderly and efficient movement of students to/through/during the activity.
• Perform other related duties as assigned.
KNOWLEDGE OF:
• Appropriate student conduct in and out of the classroom.
• Basic methods of individual and group supervision.
• Child guidance principles and practices.
• Correct English usage, grammar, spelling, punctuation, and vocabulary.
• Current social and behavioral problems affecting local students.
• Health and safety regulations.
• Interpersonal skills using tact, patience, and professionalism.
• Mathematical computations.
• Oral and written communication skills.
• Safe practices in classroom and playground activities.
• School rules and regulations.
• Standard broadcasting procedures of a hand-held two-way radio system.
ABILITY TO:
• Assure student compliance with school and organizational policies and regulations
• Communicate effectively both orally and in writing
• Complete work with many interruptions
• Demonstrate an understanding, patient and receptive attitude toward students
• Determine appropriate action within clearly defined guidelines
• Establish and maintain cooperative and effective working relationships with others
• Learn organizational operations, policies, and objectives
• Make mathematical computations with speed and accuracy
• Meet schedules and timelines
• Monitor, observe and report student behavior
• Observe health and safety regulations
• Operate a two-way radio
• Prevent or break up student conflicts and fights
• Read books to students and assist with reading and writing activities
• Scan and monitor campus activities to assure the well-being and safety of students and staff in non-classroom activities
• Understand and follow oral and written instructions
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge skills and abilities required to satisfactorily perform the essential duties and responsibilities.
Education and Experience: Any combination equivalent to:
A.
Graduation from high school or equivalent.
B.
Six (6) months working with students desired.
LICENSES AND OTHER REQUIREMENTS:
Valid first aid and CPR certificates issued by authorized agency preferred.
Incumbents in this classification may be required to speak, read and write in a designated second language.
Employment eligibility that includes fingerprint, tuberculosis and/or other employment clearance.
WORKING CONDITIONS
ENVIRONMENT:
• Classroom and other indoor and outdoor learning environments
• Interactions with dissatisfied, hostile and irate individuals
• Seasonal heat and cold or adverse weather conditions
• Subject to demanding time lines and constant interruptions
PHYSICAL ABILITIES:
• Bending at the waist and/or kneeling to assist students and to retrieve materials
• Hearing and speaking to exchange information
• Lifting, carrying, pushing and/or pulling students weighing up to 50 pounds and with assistance for over 50 pounds
• Seeing to read a variety of materials and monitor student activities
• Sitting, standing or walking for extended periods of time
HAZARDS:
• Contact with blood-borne pathogens and infectious diseases
• Contact with dissatisfied, assaultive or abusive individuals.
• Exposure to blood borne pathogens and infectious diseases
EXAMINATION INFORMATION:
The first step in the examination process is the application screening and whether or not the candidate meets the minimum qualifications listed.
The testing process may consist of a written exam; an oral exam; a performance exam; a structured interview (SI); a qualification appraisal interview (QAI); an evaluation of training & experience/education (T&E) and/or any combination thereof.
ONLY the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) test requires and is mandated to have a passing score of 70 on each of the three parts of the test.
All other tests will have a passing score set between 50 and 99 depending of a variety of factors affecting that specific recruitment.
All candidates must pass the first examination process to be invited to the next step/test in the process.
As the testing process consists of a minimum of two examination processes; the weight of each those processes may be determined at any step in the processes.
Qualified candidates will be notified of the date, time, and place of the examination(s)/test(s).
Candidates will be notified of the minimum pass points/test score for each examination and/or test in the examination process.
OTHER: Proof of identification for completion of Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification, must be submitted at the time of processing for employment.
SALARIES: All salaries as stated are based on present information and are subject to change. Appointments are made at the minimum salary shown in the posting and increases are granted at intervals based on anniversary date.
Notification of Non-Discrimination Policy
The Berkeley Unified School District is committed to fostering a positive working environment for its employees. Accordingly, BUSD practices shall be free from discrimination, harassment, intimidation and bullying of any employee based on an employee's actual race, color, ancestry, national origin, ethnic group identification, age, religion, marital status, physical or mental disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, or gender expression; the perception of one or more of such characteristics; or association with a person or group with one or more of these actual or perceived characteristics.
The Board also prohibits retaliation against any district employee or job applicant who complains, testi?es or in any way participates in the district's complaint procedures instituted pursuant to this policy.
The following employee has been designated to handle questions and complaints of alleged discrimination regarding Board Policy 4030:
Compliance Officer and Title IX Coordinator
2020 Bonar Street, Room 116
Berkeley, CA 94702
Phone: 510-486-9338
Email: nondiscrimination@berkeley.net
Closing Date/Time: Thu, 20 Aug 2026