Lunch Aide

SUMMARY:

To actively supervise the students in the cafeteria and playground during the lunchtime period at assigned elementary school.

REPORTS TO: Site Principal and Food Service Director

General Responsibilities:

• Guiding student's toward appropriate behavior while in lunch line
• Assisting younger children in getting lunch trays, milk and condiments
• Helping children open lunch items
• Monitoring student behavior and providing appropriate behavior modification techniques within guidelines of school rules.
• Work with students to help them learn appropriate lunchroom etiquette, good manners, and encouraging appropriate, positive intermingling of students
• Assisting students in cleaning up after themselves (spills, wiping tables, disposing of trash, etc)
• Helping to wash tables, pick up floor trash and ready condiments between lunch sessions and after lunch period.
• Monitoring students for safety and appropriate behavior on the playground.
• Working with kitchen, custodial and instructional staff to implement ways to make the lunchtime run more smoothly and efficiently
• Other duties as assigned assist the staff of the school in getting adequate lunch breaks while providing appropriate school supervision.
• Determining when student behavior requires intervention and what appropriate intervention to implement.
• Knowing when to refer a problem to supervisor.

Necessary Skills:

• Ability to relate to children in a positive but firm manner
• Good interpersonal and communication skills with children and adults
• Ability to work as a member of a team
• Ability to form and maintain appropriate relationships and personal boundaries with children
• Emotionally resilient in working with challenging behaviors Knowledge and Understanding
• Knowledge and understanding of developmental stages of children physically, emotionally, and cognitively
• Basic childcare health and safety knowledge

Other:

• Strong work ethic
• Honest
• Punctual
• Reliable

Equipment Used:

• General cleaning supplies for washing tables, sweeping floors, etc.