Student Assistant

Position:
Student Assistant

Department:
Assistant Principals’ Office

Reports To:

Student Assistant Coordinator and Assistant Principals

Starting Wage: $17.75/hour

Ensuring that student activities and student conduct enhance student development according to approved policies, rules, and regulations. The position involves exercising supervisory control of a general nature.

• High school graduate or equivalent.
• Knowledge of security and good rapport with young adults is necessary.

• Maintains order and protects students in all areas, in and around the school campus.
• Staffs the welcome desk at front entrance, identifies building visitors, and assists/directs them to the proper offices.
• Assists students with problems and refers them to appropriate school personnel.
• Delivers slips/passes and escorts students to Assistant Principals’ Office.
• Assists students with locker problems.
• Chaperone/supervise participants and visitors of athletic events, dances, plays, concerts, Saturday detention, and other co-curricular activities. It is a requirement of this position to work mandatory hours, outside of the regular work day, at co-curricular events. These events include, but are not limited to; processing, Homecoming, Thanksgiving basketball tournament, Pack- the-Place, King of Hearts, prom, and graduation.
• Works cooperatively with the Nurse’s Office and AP’s Office staff.
• Monitors school property to protect against vandalism, theft, and unsafe conditions. Reports all occurrences to appropriate personnel using incident report forms.
• Be visible and moving especially during passing periods when not assigned to a specific location.
• Monitors student truancy and tardiness by checking each student found in the hallway during class time for a pass. Students in hallways or entering/leaving the building without legitimate documentation shall be escorted to the Assistant Principals’ office.
• Checks washrooms on a regular basis for smoking, graffiti, damage, etc. as well as checking staircases, halls, lockers, locks, exit doors, etc.
• Removes unauthorized and outdated posters.
• Encourages students to arrive to class on time.
• Assists students with disabilities as directed.
• Monitors student dress to ensure it conforms to the dress code written in the student handbook. Escorts violators to the Assistant Principals’ Office.
• Confiscates electronic devices used during the school day (7:45 – 2:59) and brings them to the Main Office. These devices include but are not limited to: headphones, pagers, cell phones, I-Pods, etc.
• Signs in and out daily, checks binder for information about day’s activities.
• Classrooms without teachers are to be reported to the Main Office. The Student Assistant is to supervise the class until a teacher or substitute is located.
• Student Assistants are to stay at assigned stations until relieved.
• Performs other duties as assigned by Lead Student Assistant Coordinator and/or Assistant Principals’ Office.

• Supervises student and visitor activities.

• To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.
• The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• Language Skill – Ability to read and interpret documents, write routine reports and correspondence, and communicate effectively with students, parents, administrators, staff, and visitors.
• Mathematical Skill – Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide.
• Reasoning Ability – Apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions given in written or oral form; identify and address problem situations; react quickly and appropriately to stressful situations.
• Other
  
  Skills and Abilities
  
  – Interact appropriately with high school students, parents, staff, and visitors; meet deadlines with severe time constraints; perform duties with awareness of all District requirements and Board of Education policies.
• Physical Demands – The physical demands…