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Dobbs Ferry Union Free School District

School Lunch and Recess Monitor - K5

Dobbs Ferry Union Free School District, Village of Dobbs Ferry

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  • Position Type:
    Support Staff/ School Monitors

  • Date Posted:
    3/5/2025

  • Location:
    Springhurst Elementary School

  • Date Available:
    04/07/2025

  • Closing Date:
    03/16/2025

Position(s): School Lunch and Recess Monitor (K-5)
Description: Perform a variety of non-teaching duties in overseeing student activities and maintaining order in school buildings, on school grounds and playgrounds; does related work as required.
Hours 11:00 - 1:35 Mondays - Fridays. This is a civil service position. This is a regular part-time probationary position.
Approx. $18.75 per hour.
Terms of employment are in accordance with the CSEA Clerical, Teacher Aide/Teaching Assistant contract.

Specific duties may include:

Recess

  1. Meets students on playground during recess
  2. Circulates through designated playground area to actively supervise students
  3. Responds immediately to inappropriate physical behavior
  4. Approaches students playing alone to check in
  5. Mediates conflict between students
  6. Actively supervises students in order to prevent conflicts
  7. Walks students from recess to lunch quietly so as to not disrupt classes in session
  8. Establishes consequences for inappropriate behavior during recess such as time away from the group, facilitated apologies, etc.
  9. Informs Teacher Recess Lead if student does not respond to redirection/consequences
  10. Ensures safe behavior to prevent injury

Lunch
  1. Ensures that students line up for lunch promptly
  2. Ensures that students start eating lunch promptly
  3. Ensures students are sitting at assigned tables at all times except when getting lunch, throwing away lunch, getting water, using the bathroom, or going to the nurse
  4. Maintains quiet student volume in cafeteria
  5. Immediately becomes silent and ensures students become silent when adult is making announcement on microphone
  6. Circulates through designated cafeteria area to actively supervise students
  7. Monitors student clean up and composting
  8. Establishes consequences for inappropriate behavior during lunch such as time away from the group, facilitated apologies, etc.

Overall
  1. Through active supervision, is quick to notice and respond to any students that need redirection or support
  2. Enforces extra supervision for and separations between students as needed
  3. Transitions promptly with students between recess/lunch/classroom
  4. Assesses safety and sends students to the nurse with a pass if needed
  5. Attends weekly lunch monitor meetings
  6. Arrives to work and meetings promptly
  7. Checks email daily for timely updates
  8. Respects, uses, and understands students’ preferred names and pronouns

Application : Apply via Applitrack by March 16, 2025.

The Dobbs Ferry School District is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate against race, religion, ethnicity, age, gender, and disability in the educational programs and activities it operates.

The selected applicant will be subject to a fingerprint supported criminal history background check in accordance with SAVE legislation effective July 1, 2001.

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