Crossing Guard

About the role

Under general supervision, incumbent(s) provides safety of students and community at the crosswalk facility and school property, enforces crosswalk functions and procedures, and maintains student management at crosswalk facility and school property.

Essential Functions

• Directs, monitors, and assists students and community members to cross at established crosswalks and school zones.
• Alerts motorists to the presence of students and community by displaying appropriate signs and stops traffic to cross students and community members.
• Maintains discipline by monitoring student behavior and taking the appropriate action according to school and District policies and procedures.
• Makes sure students are progressing in reading and/or mathematics.
• Places and removes appropriate signs for the established school zones based on the crosswalk operating agreement on file with the school and District.

Required Qualifications

• Completion of District Crossing Guard Training Program prior to performing crossing guard duties.
• High School diploma or equivalent (G.E.D.) prior to being hired.
• One year of experience as a crossing guard.

Preferred Qualifications

• High School diploma or equivalent (G.E.D.) prior to being hired.
• One year of experience as a crossing guard.

Knowledge and Skills

• Knowing school rules, policies and disciplinary steps;
• Knowing standard safety procedures;
• Working with children;
• Identifying and responding to emergency situations;
• Applying school disciplinary procedures;
• Maintaining safe environment for children;
• Utilizing City crossing guard procedures;
• Applying traffic regulations;
• Engaging and encouraging communication skills while interacting with supervisors, staff, students, etc. to exchange information.

Physical Requirements

• Regularly uses hands to finger, handle, or feel and talk or hear.
• Frequently stands, walks, and reaches with hands and arms.
• Sometimes sits.
• Regularly lifts and/or moves up to 10 pounds and occasionally lifts and/or moves up to 50 pounds.
• Requires close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

Working Conditions

• Regularly exposed to outside weather conditions.
• Frequent exposure to moving mechanical parts and fumes or airborne particles.
• Occasional exposure to vibration.
• Noise level in the work environment is usually loud.