Playground Supervisor

Applications will be accepted beginning Wednesday, January 21, 2026 12:00 AM (Mountain Standard Time).

Whitefish School District is accepting applications for a Playground Supervisor (2 positions: Muldown Elementary School and Whitefish Middle School). Up to 5 hours per day, starting wage is $19.90 per hour.

Provides assistance to administrative and instructional personnel in teaching and promoting a positive learning and working environment. Under supervision, performs playground and lunchroom supervision for approximately 5 hours each school day. Responsibilities include providing large group supervision for students in grades K‑4 or 5‑8 during their respective recess periods; promoting a safe, secure, and enjoyable atmosphere; upholding school rules and expectations;

addressing student misconduct; mediating conflicts; administering first aid; maintaining documentation; and communicating regularly with the Assistant Principal.

• Possesses high school diploma or its equivalent.

• One or two years of post‑high school training.
• Successful experience as a school para‑educator.
• Successful experience working with children.
• First aid/CPR training.

• Monitors and supervises students as assigned.
• Participates as a member of classified staff and instructional team.
• Directs students into safe learning activities and assists in shaping appropriate social behaviors through proactive strategies and techniques.
• Provides written documentation of student misbehavior and maintains ongoing records of behavior patterns to assist school‑wide improvement efforts.
• Administers first aid to students and contacts office personnel, parents, and emergency services in cases of serious illness or injury.
• Assists in maintaining an orderly, attractive, and positive learning environment on the playground and in the lunchroom.
• Performs other duties as assigned by supervisor.
• Demonstrates effective time management, organizational, and record‑keeping skills.
• Demonstrates positive approaches and patience in working with students, associates, teachers, and parents.
• Builds self‑confidence in students.
• Demonstrates ability to follow directives and performs a variety of assignments.
• Demonstrates consistency in expectations and high expectations of self and others.
• Respects authority and carries out Board policy.
• Commands effective verbal and written skills.
• Acts as a positive role model to colleagues and students.
• Supports students in a classroom setting as needed.

• Exert up to 50 pounds of force frequently to lift, carry, push, pull, or otherwise move objects.
• Work involves standing and walking most of the time and may involve running.
• Requires good hearing, near and far visual acuity, depth perception, oral communication, and manual dexterity.
• Exposure to hot, cold, wet, icy, humid, or windy conditions may occasionally be experienced.

Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable a person with a disability to perform the essential functions of the job.

Employed for a prescribed term, salary, benefits and other working conditions to be determined by District Policy, Federal and State Law as well as appropriate funding from state, federal, and/or passage of levies.

Performance will be evaluated in accordance with provisions of the Board's Policy on Evaluation of Classified Personnel.

Whitefish School District
600 East Second Street
Whitefish, MT 59937