Cafeteria Aide - Independence Academy

Essential Duties and Responsibilities: To actively supervise students in the cafeteria during the lunchtime period. The Cafeteria Aide will help with the transition of students into and around the lunchroom.  They will also assist students in the orderly procurement of their lunches.  The Aide will help supervise students while eating to assure that they are orderly, safe, and mannerly during the lunchtime.   The Aide will work with students to learn appropriate lunchroom etiquette, good manners, cleaning up after themselves, and encouraging appropriate, positive intermingling of students. 

Note: The below is intended to describe the essential content of and requirements for the performance of this job. It is not to be constructed as an exhaustive statement of duties, responsibilities or requirements.

1. Ability to relate to children in a positive but firm manner
2. Good interpersonal and communication skills with children and adults 
3. Ability to work as a member of a team 
4. Ability to form and maintain appropriate relationships and personal boundaries with children 
5. Emotionally resilient in working with challenging behaviors 
6. Guiding groups of students through the lunchroom. 
7. Guiding student’s toward appropriate behavior while in lunch line 
8. Assisting younger children in getting lunch trays, milk and condiments. 
9. Helping children in opening lunch items. 
10. Monitoring student behavior and providing appropriate discipline as necessary within guidelines of school rules. 
11. Assisting students in cleaning up after themselves (spills, wiping tables, disposing of trash, etc.). 
12. Helping to wash tables, pick up floor trash and ready condiments between lunch sessions and after lunch period. 
13. Working with kitchen, custodial and instructional staff to implement ways to make the lunchtime run more smoothly and efficiently.
14. Removing trash from lunchroom and depositing in large waste container(s).
15. General cleanup of lunchroom.
16. Other duties as assigned assist the staff of the school in getting adequate lunch breaks while providing appropriate school supervision.

Qualifications:

1. Education:  Minimum of high school diploma or equivalent is required.
2. Ability to lift 20-25 pounds.