School Crossing Guard - Upper Campus

School Crossing Guard – Upper Campus

Hourly Rate: $15.00

Monday-Friday

7:45 am - 8:45 am & 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm

The GLOBE Academy is a K - 8 public charter school that opened in 2013 and fosters G*lobal Learning Opportunities through Balanced E*ducation, serving students from all over DeKalb County, Georgia. With a focus on dual-language immersion, an experiential-learning model, and a constructivist approach, GLOBE inspires students to be high-performing lifelong learners equipped to make a positive impact in the world. For further information about The GLOBE Academy, please see our website at www.theglobeacademy.org

The GLOBE Academy is currently seeking School Crossing Guards to promote student and parent safety while overseeing the crossing at designated crosswalks. They monitor the flow of traffic, assess risks, and determine safe gaps before allowing students and parents to cross roadways and intersections. Guards provide verbal instructions to students on safe crossing practices, monitor for unsafe driving behaviors, and report safety risks or violations of law to police. This position reports to the Director of Operations. All work is performed outdoors in all types of weather conditions, and the individual is required to be in good physical condition with good mobility.

Essential Duties:

• Escort children and adults across designated school crossing zones

• Monitor traffic flow, create safe gaps, and ensure orderly pedestrian crossings in all weather conditions

• Reports on unsafe driver behaviors, traffic violations, and suspicious activity around school zones

• Monitor and report safety hazards in crossing zones

• Verbally instruct students on how to cross streets safely

• Provide clear directions and safety instructions to students and parents

• Communicate clearly with children, parents, motorists, and the public

• Interact positively and professionally with children, families and community members

• Sensitive to a diverse population

• Maintain regular, punctual attendance and be available for assigned shifts

• Flexible, adapting to daily routines and unexpected situations

• Perform other duties as assigned by supervisors

• Participates in training classes and professional learning activities

Qualifications:

• Knowledge of safety procedures, protective devices, telephones, and two-way radios

• Experience working with children

• Experience in making independent, quick decisions

• Strong observational skills and excellent communication abilities

• Ability to remain calm under pressure

• Dependable, punctual, and attentive to detail

• Previous experience in traffic control or school zone safety preferred

ADA Requirements:

• Light work: Exerting up to 20 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 10 pounds of force frequently, and or a negligible amount of force constantly to move objects. If the use of arm and/or leg controls requires exertion of force greater than that for sedentary work and the worker sits most of the time, the job is rated light work.

• Balancing: Maintaining body equilibrium to prevent falling when walking, standing, or crouching on narrow, slippery, or erratically moving surfaces.

• Reaching: Extending hand(s) and arm(s) in any direction.

• Standing: Particularly for sustained periods of time.

• Walking: Moving about on foot to accomplish tasks, particularly for long distances.

• Talking: Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word. Those activities in which one must convey detailed or important spoken instructions to others accurately, loudly, or quickly.

• Hearing: Ability to receive detailed information through oral communication and to make fine discrimination in sounds, such as when making fine adjustments on machined parts with or without correction.

• Vision: The ability to perceive the nature of objects by the eye. Acuity (near and far vision), depth perception (three-dimensional vision), accommodation (adjustment of lens to eye to bring an object into sharp focus), field of vision (area that can be seen up and down or to the right or left while eyes are fixed on a given point) and color vision (ability to distinguish and identify colors) are required factors.

Minimum Requirements

• High School Diploma or GED preferred

• A valid Georgia Driver’s License is required

How to apply

Send an email to careers@theglobeacademy.net. In the subject, state your name and the position you are applying for (ie., “Amber Smith - 3rd Grade French Speaking Lead Teacher”).

Attach the following:

1. A completed employment application

2. A cover letter and resumé indicating: your prior experience, your philosophy of teaching and learning, description of what teaching looks like in practice in your classroom.

3. Names and contact information of at least 3 recent references.

4. Other documentation that may be relevant to the position.

Job Type: Part-time

Pay: $15.00 per hour

Work Location: In person

Salary : $15