What are the responsibilities and job description for the Campus Aide position at Newton North High School?
Department: Secondary Education
FLSA Status (Exempt/Non-exempt): Non-Exempt
Reports to: School Principal
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SUMMARY: The Campus Aide is responsible for a range of duties that provide support throughout the building.
Qualifications:
Required Qualifications:
- Associate’s degree or minimum of 60 college credit hours (classes in education, special education, psychology or a related field preferred).
- Successful completion of ParaPro Assessment may be substituted for educational requirements
- Written language, technology skill and interpersonal communication skill to support communication among team members, with community contacts, school staff and parents is required
Desired Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree (preferably in education, special education, psychology or related field)
- Experience working with children in a daycare setting or children/young adults in a school setting or recreation setting
Essential Job Duties and Responsibilities (Not Limited To):
- Maintain a safe and healthy school environment
- Build positive relationships with students and staff
- Provide coverage for canceled classes in cafeteria
- Provide coverage for a classroom, small group or individual student
- Retrieve students from class
- Direct students to appropriate support, i.e. dean, counselor, nurse
- Participant on various school-wide teams, i.e. Crisis, S.F.A., Safety
- Assist with safety protocols, fire drills, shelter in place and lockdowns
- Provide assistance to school staff/nurse in emergency situations
- Supervise cafeteria in the morning during breakfast
- Supervise cafeteria during lunch blocks
- Monitor hallways throughout the school day
- Oversee student and staff parking
- Monitor outside the building throughout the school day
- Supervise the building after school
- Consistent, reliable and punctual attendance is essential for supervision and instruction of the students
- Responsible for implementing “other job related duties” as needed.
Work Environment & Physical Requirements:
Work Environment:
- Majority of work is performed in a school/classroom environment. The noise level in the environment is usually moderate.
Physical Requirements:
- While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to walk, stand, sit, talk, and hear. The employee is regularly required to bend, stoop, crouch and/or kneel. The employee is occasionally required to lift and/or move objects weighing up to 25 pounds.