Recess & Lunch Monitors

Providence Preparatory Charter School (RI) Providence Preparatory Charter School (RI) - Providence, Rhode Island Open in Google Maps

Job : 5967394

Final date to receive applications: Posted until filled

Posted: Oct 21, 2026 12:00 AM (UTC)

Starting Date: Immediately

PVD Prep is a 5th through 8th grade college preparatory, tuition-free public charter school for Providence, Rhode Island. The mission of our school is to prepare a diverse group of Providence middle school students for college preparatory high schools.

This is where you come in. PVD Prep seeks warm, dependable adults to serve as hourly Lunch & Recess Monitors. Monitors help make lunch and recess safe, calm and fun parts of the day for the PVD Prep raptors.

Daily duties

Lunch & Recess Monitors report to 155 Harrison Street, Providence RI 02907 at 10:30 AM. Monitors should sign in at the front office and touch base with Tanisha Watkins. Tanisha will share the day's lunch and recess assignments and connect monitors with the staff member leading each block.

Monitors should anticipate working approximately 3 hours each day, from 10:30 AM to 12:30 PM, covering PVD Prep's lunch and recess blocks for grades 5 through
8. During each block, monitors support PVD Prep staff in ensuring all students are safe and adhering to professional standards of behavior.

Position Type: Part-time

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• PVD Prep Lunch & Recess Monitors help ensure lunch and recess are safe and pleasant experiences for students and staff. Monitors work alongside PVD Prep staff and are expected to be on their feet, moving and engaged with students the entire time.

  During lunch, the monitor will:

  • Help students enter the cafeteria, get their food and find their seats quickly and calmly.
  • Circulate throughout the cafeteria so that every table has an adult nearby.
  • Ensure students remain seated, keep a conversational volume and treat one another with respect.
  • Follow PVD Prep's posted procedures for students with food allergies.
  • Support students in cleaning up their tables and the floor before dismissal.

  During recess, the monitor will:

  • Keep every student in sight at all times, positioning themselves to cover the full recess area.
  • Ensure students stay within boundaries, play safely and use equipment appropriately.
  • Step in early on rough play, exclusion or conflict, and bring in a dean or staff member when needed.
  • Send or walk students with injuries to the school nurse and report what happened.
  • Help students line up and transition back into the building at the end of recess.

  At all times, the monitor will:

  • Use PVD Prep's school culture systems (such as PREP points and resets) as trained.
  • Document behavior incidents and communicate them to school staff and, when applicable, to families.
  • Model PVD Prep's core values:
    Purpose, Resilience, Empathy and Pride.

  PVD Prep Lunch & Recess Monitors must be able to build rapport with middle school students and be comfortable with behavior management. Monitors must be able to stand and walk for their full shift and supervise outdoors in all weather conditions.

  Monitors must be reliable and on time every day, since lunch and recess cannot run without them. Monitors must have a cell phone to communicate with the school as necessary. Spanish fluency is a plus. All monitors must complete a criminal background check before beginning work.

  PVD Prep pays Lunch & Recess Monitors $17/hour

• Citizenship, residency or work visa required

• Toby Shepherd
• 155 Harrison St
• Providence, Rhode Island 02907
• Phone:
• Email: tobyshepherd