Part-Time School Traffic Attendant at Buffalo Ridge

The Villages Charter School (VCS) opened in August 2000 and is one of the most successful public charter schools in Florida. In fact, VCS has been a "High Performing Charter School", earned a "School of Excellence" and has received 22 straight "A" ratings from the Florida Department of Education! This year, VCS earned the “Cognia School and Systems of Distinction” from the international accreditation group Cognia.

The Villages Charter School spans two campuses.  Our Buffalo Ridge campus has three elementary attendance centers and one middle school building. Our newest campus, “Middleton”, opened in August 2023 with a K-8 center and a state-of-the-art high school complex.

VCS currently serves over 4100 students, kindergarten through 12th grades with an overall capacity of 6500 (500 students per grade level) across both campuses.

The Villages Charter School offers a world-class comprehensive K-12 curriculum and state-of-the-art facilities taught by an instructional staff second to none. 

We invite you to look over our school website (www.tvcs.org) to learn more and we welcome you to apply to join our incredible team.

DESCRIPTION:

The Villages Charter School is accepting applications for a School Traffic Attendant for our Buffalo Ridge Campus.   This is a part-time position, assisting with directing school traffic at various positions & intersections located on the Buffalo Ridge Campus.  The Traffic Attendant will be responsible for the smooth, transitional, and safe movement of traffic on our campus during carline which occurs at the beginning and end of our school day.  

Applicants must complete The Villages Charter School online application.   In order for the application to be complete, you must also include copies of all transcripts and resume.

Salary is commensurate with experience, starting at $15.00 per hour.

SCOPE OF RESPONSIBILITIES:

To contribute to the safety of the students by directing traffic at designated intersections to assure the safe flow of motor vehicle travel.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

The expectations include the following and other duties as assigned:

• Supervise the safe movement of motor vehicle traffic on select roadways and/or intersections at assigned posts before and after school hours.
• Assist motor vehicles in entering and leaving school property or crossing other intersections by safely directing the flow of traffic. Allow school motor vehicle traffic to navigate through our school zone safely while dropping off and picking up students in carline. 
• Report to supervisor safety violations at assigned intersections.
• Attend preliminary and refresher training sessions on traffic control hand signals and proper methods for interrupting traffic flow, as assigned by The Villages Charter School safety specialist.
• Perform any additional related duties required by the charter school or through necessity of situations.
• Perform other duties that may be assigned.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• High School Diploma or GED.
• Must be 18 years of age or older.
• Possess normal visual perception in both eyes.
• Possess normal hearing range.
• Be free of infirmities that would prevent standing or walking at least two hours per day.
• Demonstrate freedom of motion of upper extremities to execute arm and hand traffic signals.
• Will be required to attend and successfully complete a Florida School Crossing guard certification course as soon as possible after assignment and maintain certification.
• Additional or alternate qualifications to the above as the Board may find as appropriate and acceptable.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:

The physical requirements described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of the job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand; use hands to manipulate objects, tools, or controls; reach with hands and arms, and talk and hear. The employee may be required to lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds, and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds with assistance.  Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus. The noise level in the work environment is moderate to loud.                       

TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT:  

The length of the work year and hours of employment shall be part-time for 183 days.  Hours of work will be split, requiring both early morning and afternoon shifts.   

 EVALUATION: 

The performance of this job will be evaluated in accordance with provisions of TVCS policy on evaluations of personnel.