Recess and Lunch Aide

Who You Are 

• An educator with an unwavering commitment to the Democracy Prep mission of college success and authentic civic engagement for our scholars. 
• A flexible professional who feels comfortable making quick adjustments to their work in response to scholar needs.
• A collaborative teammate who is eager to learn, model and uphold bus safety for all scholars.
• A strong communicator who will build rapport with school leaders regarding route updates, parent pickup, scholar behavior on bus rides and overall operations of the bus route schedule 

What You’ll Do

• Oversee a group of up to 15-30 youth during their recess time (grades PreK-8).
• Plan indoor and outdoor activities.
• Collaborate with a team to facilitate various outdoor activities promoting moderate to vigorous physical activity.
• Model and encourage positive participation in recess activities.
• Model professionalism through consistent attendance, timeliness and preparation.
• Supervise and manage youth behavior at all times using positive youth development strategies, including tracking incidents, and coordinating with supervisor and other staff as needed to implement.
• Follow the schools recess and lunch systems to reinforce recess and lunch protocols and keep scholars safe. 
• Implement all health and safety protocols as required.
• Ensure safe transition of scholars to and from the recess and/or lunch location. 
• Work as part of a team with school staff to assist with urgent and emergency lunch and recess procedures. 
• Perform routine cleaning and attending to spills or body fluids that occur due to student illness or behavior. 
• As necessary, fill out incident report forms, and document injuries of students or others.
• Call families to follow up on incidents that occur with scholars while they are under your supervision.
• Email the school leadership team to summarize any safety incidents that needed to be addressed with scholars and families and log these incidents in Deanslist.
• Perform other duties as requested by school leadership.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent required;
• Must be able to work in person at the program site;
• Familiarity with a sport or physical activity as a participant or coach;
• Must be willing to work outdoors in cold or hot weather;
• Minimum of 1 year working with groups of 20 school-age children in a classroom, athletic, or other youth development setting;
• Strong understanding of the connection between athletics, health and wellness and other areas of a student’s life and wellbeing;
• CPR Certification

Hours and Compensation This position is part-time, and hours will vary depending on the Recess and Lunch Supervision needs of the school. A sample schedule could potentially be: Monday-Friday 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM. This position will pay  $18/hour, and staff should not work more than 29 hours weekly. 

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Democracy Prep is an Equal Opportunity Employer and will not discriminate against an applicant or employee on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, national origin, or ancestry, sex, age, physical or mental disability, pregnancy, veteran or military status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, familial status, domestic violence victim status, or any other legally recognized protected basis under federal, state or local laws, regulations or ordinances. Our mission is to educate responsible citizen-scholars who will change the world. We strongly believe that by building a DREAM team that represents numerous perspectives, backgrounds, and expertises, we can achieve this goal together. This is a value we highly support and strongly encourage candidates of all backgrounds to apply.