Recess Supervisor (TW)

Responsibility

The primary duty of the Student Recess Supervisor is to provide supervision and ensure safety of students during recess time held inside or outside of the building.

Qualifications

• Experience with grades K-5 desired
• Ability to exercise tact, patience, kindness and positive attitude
• Must be at least 21 years of age with a high school diploma or equivalent
• Able to establish and maintain friendly, cooperative and effective relationships with students
• Able to understand and follow oral and written instructions
• Able to supervise individual or groups of students
• Able to work effectively in an environment which can be both physically and emotionally fatiguing; perform physically demanding requirements of the job
• Able to occasionally perform physical activities which may include: moving and/or lifting of students with physical disabilities; moving, lifting, and/or physically restraining of students with emotional and/or behavioral disabilities;
• Able to perform physical activities which may include frequent standing, walking, bending, and/or lifting;
• Able to occasionally run and jump;
• Able to reach in all directions.

Physical Demands

• Ability to communicate so others will be able to clearly understand
• Ability to lift up to 50 pounds
• Ability to operate recreation equipment with dexterity and in a safe and efficient manner
• Ability to work in indoor and outdoor work environment subject to varying weather conditions
• Ability to work in condition requiring bending, crouching and kneeling to assist students
• Ability to push/pull and lift of recreation equipment
• Ability to stand/walk for prolonged period of time

Essential Duties And Responsibilities

• Be aware of and implement all site playground rules and regulations
• Supervise and monitor students during assigned playground supervision periods
• Utilize appropriate disciplinary procedures and techniques in accordance with the school site discipline plan
• Be aware of and enforce school safety standards at all times
• Report any unsafe playground conditions, including equipment, to an administrator immediately
• Alert an administrator to any problem or special information about an individual student
• Maintain satisfactory attendance