Constable

Position Overview

The position involves planning an important role in supporting school administrators to ensure the safety and security of students and staff in individual buildings under the direction of the Building Principal, District Administrators, and Lead Constable.

Salary Range

The salary range for this role can be found in the provided link: Salary Scales

Training

Appoquinimink School District may require you to be trained in Safety-Care or a similar competency-based crisis prevention intervention training program as a condition of your continued employment.

Compliance

Failure to meet or maintain any of the licensing or certification requirements listed further below in this job posting may result in the withdrawal of the job offer prior to employment or termination of employment if already hired. The district reserves the right to assess compliance at any time. If deficiencies are identified, employees may be subject to disciplinary action up to and including dismissal. Additionally, any misrepresentation or failure to disclose relevant information during the hiring process may be considered grounds for immediate rescission of the offer or termination.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Follows directives of the Lead Constable, building, and District Administrators.
• Serves as the lead on the building/District comprehensive safety plans.
• Works with building/District Administrators and staff in the event of an actual crisis.
• Affords assistance to building administrators with fire drills, lock down drills, and bomb threats.
• Maintains surveillance of the interior and exterior of the school building and campus before, during and after school to ensure the safety and welfare of students, staff, volunteers and visitors and to ensure the security of school facilities and assets.
• Is responsible for validating that exterior doors are secure throughout the school day.
• Provides crowd control in hallways, parking lots, and cafeteria, playground and or gathering spaces and intercedes in fights and other disturbances.
• Monitors for disturbances, fights, unauthorized visitors and/or criminal activity.
• Affords guidance to district administrators with investigations as needed.
• Maintains familiarity with the Student Discipline Code.
• Communicates with students and staff to discuss altercations, behavior and/or progress, and to provide reinforcement of expected behavior.
• Affords assistance to SRO's and local and state law enforcement agency when required.
• Escorts unauthorized personnel from the school campus as needed.
• Attends ongoing training to maintain skills and safety practices.
• Performs other duties as assigned.
• Manages and maintains building Navigate360 and RAVE platforms.
• Maintains the building camera system periodically throughout the day.
• Collaborates with community police agencies on a regular basis.

Minimum Qualifications

• Minimum 10 years of experience in a local, state or federal law enforcement agency preferred.
• State of Delaware Constable Certification or eligibility for Delaware Constable Certification.
• Successfully pass criminal background check and MMPI (Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory).
• Successfully obtain yearly Constable License from the State of Delaware.
• Successfully obtain Constable Training Certification from the State of Delaware.
• Successfully obtain a license to carry a firearm from the State of Delaware for a Constable.
• Successfully complete any additional training or education as needed.
• Successfully qualify Firearms Certification for three qualifying shoots per year.
• Constables for the remainder of their term shall meet all requirements related to firearms training and all requirements related to any additional training.
• The Board of Examiners may require commissioned constables to receive such additional training or education as it deems necessary.
• Be Approved by the Board of Examiners, a constable applicant shall meet the minimum standards established by the Board and shall participate in such other training as the Board requires.
• Has separated in good standing from the law enforcement agency.
• Possesses the physical stamina required for patrolling school campus/district properties.
• Possesses or is willing to obtain first aid and CPR certificates.
• Has demonstrated evidence of good habits in job attendance and punctuality.
• Clean Criminal Background Check, TB Test and Child Protection Registry. Clearance must be completed prior to start employment.
• Experience working with school aged children - between the ages 14 - 18 preferred.

Physical Requirements

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly talking, expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word.
• Those activities in which they must convey detailed or important spoken instructions to other workers accurately, loudly, or quickly.
• The employee must possess normal cognitive abilities including the ability to learn, recall and apply certain practices and policies.
• Frequently sitting and/or remaining in a stationary position for long periods of time.
• Erects up to 25 pounds of force occasionally and/or negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects.

Physical and Environmental Conditions

The work of this class is generally performed in a school environment. Work may require the ability to move around the school and classroom.

Pre-employment Requirements

• All persons employed by the Appoquinimink School District are required to submit a criminal background check and a tuberculosis test.
• Anyone offered employment is required to provide the following: proper identification (Social Security Card and Driver's License), documentation of eligibility for employment in the U.S.A., completion of I-9 form, and completion of paperwork for the Delaware Child Protection Registry.

ADA Accommodations Disclosure

The Appoquinimink School District is required to provide reasonable accommodations to qualified employees with disabilities, unless doing so would pose an undue hardship. Qualified employees must have the requisite skills, experience, education, and licenses for the job, and must also be able to perform the essential functions of the job, with or without reasonable accommodations.

Non-Discrimination Disclosure

The Appoquinimink School District is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion in its educational programs, services, and activities for all students and employees. The Appoquinimink School District does not discriminate or retaliate in the hiring, training, assignment, promotion/transfer of employees on the basis of race, creed, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, sexual orientation, domicile, marital status, handicap, or any other characteristic as outlined by federal, state, or local laws.

Application Process

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