LCSD Crossing Guard

Reports to: Director of Public Safety

About the Role

Under general supervision, this part-time/seasonal position provides a safe crossing for school children going to and from school each day that school is in session.

Responsibilities

• Directs traffic in the morning and afternoon each day
• Directs school traffic and helps children arrive and leave school safely
• Stops traffic at designated school crossings to allow children to cross the street safely
• Ensures the children cross safely behind the guard using the crosswalk
• Assures the children are waiting safely away from the roadway
• Observes children waiting to cross the street
• Enters the street before any children while placing arms out
• While the traffic is stopped and the children are crossing the street, stands with outstretched arms making sure all traffic is stopped after children are completely across the street and out of danger
• Watches for suspicious behavior of motorists or adult pedestrians
• Provides safety guidance to children using the crossing
• Reports unsafe/suspicious activity to the Police Department
• Works approximately 10 hours a week during the school year
• Moves traffic signs if necessary (“One Way”; “Do Not Enter”)
• Reports all accidents
• Notifies the Director of Public Safety of lateness in meeting assigned schedule
• Participates in semi-annual safety and procedures training
• Performs any other duties as assigned by the Public Safety Director
• Meets any additional health and age requirements as the Board may require
• Participates satisfactorily in random testing
• Completes basic written reports
• Follows written instructions
• Leads and attends staff meetings/trainings as applicable; serves on staff committees
• Assumes responsibility for own professional growth and development, keeps current with literature, new research findings, and attends appropriate professional meetings and conferences
• Maintains and accepts responsibility for any district-owned fixed asset item assigned and ensures appropriate use by following district policies
• Undergoes periodic evaluations according to state and board policy procedures
• Maintains confidentiality
• Regular, dependable, in-person attendance is an essential function of this position
• Performs other duties as requested by the Board of Education, superintendent, administrator, director, or established by district policy
• Reads, understands, and abides by Employee Conduct Policy, all other district, state, and federal policies, and procedures and protocols as established by LCSD and the Mississippi Educator Code of Conduct

Requirements

• High School Diploma
• Must be legally eligible to work in the United States
• Must be 21 years of age or older at time of employment
• Must have a driver’s license
• Must pass a drug test and background investigation
• Must be in good general physical condition
• Must be at the assigned duty location on time, which may vary from time to time
• Must have good eyesight or correctable to 20/20 vision
• Must have the ability to learn traffic control and vehicular direction
• Must have the ability to keep calm under pressure
• Must use sound common sense judgment in dealing with the public, parents, and children
• Knowledge of school crossing safety concerns
• Knowledge of traffic patterns and volume during school days
• Knowledge of actions that are often considered suspicious behavior on the part of pedestrians in the school crossing area
• Knowledge of children’s habits and motions while waiting for permission to cross the street
• Skill in maintaining order and control at school crossings
• Skill in interacting well with children
• Skill in observation and identification of pedestrian traffic

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to perform the essential functions of this job successfully.

• Work involves moderate physical effort standing and walking at a crosswalk and moving or carrying cones or signage
• Performs work in outdoor conditions which includes exposure to heat, cold, adverse weather, traffic, loud noises, fumes, and moving objects
• Requires the ability to see, hear, move, and maneuver quickly in order to cross pedestrians safely and avoid danger from errant vehicles
• Requires flexibility in work locations based on the needs of the Police Department
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear
• The employee is occasionally required to stoop, kneel, reach, crouch, or crawl
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision

Work Environment

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.

• The work environment is not a standard office setting but rather encompasses the entire active school campus both inside and outside the facilities
• The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate and occasionally high

Schedule

Works approximately 10 hours a week during the school year.

Benefits

This position does not qualify for benefits.