SLES Lunchroom Monitor

Lunchroom Monitor

This is a part-time miscellaneous position working in the school lunchroom in an elementary school. This position requires monitoring students from the time they enter the lunchroom until they leave. Position requires significant periods of standing and walking and is performed in a typical school environment. Employees are required to think, concentrate, and interact with others. Employees are expected to come to work regularly and promptly. Employees must be able to work under stress and meet all deadlines. Incumbent receives general direction and evaluation from Principal, Vice Principal, or designee.

Reports to: Principal, Vice Principal, or Designee.

Education, Certification, and Experience: At the time of application, the candidate must hold or be eligible for:

1. High School Diploma or possession of a General Education Development (GED) Program Certificate.

Knowledge, Abilities, and Skills: (These are pre-employment knowledge, abilities, and skills that apply to the Essential Job Functions.) At the time of application, the candidate must have:

1. Knowledge of student behavior as applied to children.
2. Ability to work effectively with children.
3. Ability to supervise student behavior, maintain discipline, and to perform general lunchroom duties.
4. Must possess good human relations and communications skills.
5. Ability to read and write.
6. Such alternatives to the above qualifications as Calvert County Public Schools may find appropriate and acceptable.
7. Demonstrated success in accomplishing tasks akin to those responsibilities listed below.

Essential Job Functions, Duties, and Responsibilities:

1. Monitors students and assures proper student conduct in the lunchroom.
2. Communicates with students and school staff in a positive and professional manner, utilizing appropriate customer service and interpersonal skills.
3. Organizes students into orderly lines for the purchase of lunch, milk, or snacks.
4. Circulates throughout the cafeteria or in areas where meals are served and/or eaten, assisting students as needed.
5. Assists with the cleanliness of the cafeteria.
6. Dismisses classes in an orderly manner at the scheduled time.
7. Encourages good table manners.
8. Participates in training sessions and meetings as scheduled.
9. Thinks, concentrates, and interacts positively with others.
10. Comes to work regularly and promptly.
11. Works under stress and meets deadlines.

Other Job Duties: (Duties listed are not intended to be all inclusive nor limit duties that might reasonably be assigned.) Performs related work as required or assigned by the Principal, Vice Principal, or designee.

Physical Demands: Requires moderate physical effort, including standing for extended periods of time.

Unusual Demands: May be subject to a flexible work schedule.

FLSA Status: Non-exempt.

Terms of Employment: 180 days/year (student days only), 2.5 hrs. per day, mid-day; rate of pay: $15.00/hr. All employees are encouraged to have automatic payroll deposit.

Effective Date of Position: 2025-2026 School year.

Job Closing: Open until filled. All applicants please apply through the applicant tracking system located on the Calvert County Public Schools' website.

References must be directly related to educational experience and must include immediate supervisor.

State law requires that anyone hired after October 1, 1986, who will have contact with school children, must be fingerprinted and submit to a criminal background investigation. Federal law requires that a new employee must complete the Employment Eligibility Verification (Form I-9) in person before beginning employment. Employment is conditional upon successful completion of a drug screen. Current employees of the Calvert County Public Schools are exempt from these requirements.

House Bill 486 Child Sexual Abuse and Sexual Misconduct Prevention Statement

Pursuant to Section 6-113.2 of the Education Article, Annotated Code of Maryland - House Bill 486 - Child Sexual Abuse and Sexual Misconduct Prevention all applicants are required to report all former employers in which you may have had direct contact with minors. The applicant must submit the contact information of the current employer, all former school employers, and all former employers not school related. Applicants should also include contact information for organizations in which you have volunteered, coached, mentor, tutored or otherwise had direct contact with minors.

Nondiscrimination Statement

Calvert County Public Schools does not discriminate on the basis of race, ethnicity, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or disability, or any other characteristic protected by law in its programs and activities and provides equal access to the Boy Scouts and other designated youth programs.

Calvert County Public Schools does not refuse enrollment of a prospective student, expel a current student, or withhold privileges from a current student, or prospective student, or the parent or guardian of a current or prospective student because of an individual's race, ethnicity, color, religion, sex, age, national original, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity or disability.

Calvert County Public Schools does not discipline, invoke a penalty against, or take any other retaliatory action against a student or parent or guardian of a student who files a complaint alleging that the program or school discriminated against the student, regardless of the outcome of the complaint.

The following persons have been designated to handle inquiries regarding the non-discrimination policies:

• Director of Student Services
• Director of Human Resources View phone number on click.appcast.io

For further information on notice of non-discrimination, visit the Office for Civil Rights Complaint Assessment System at: or call View phone number on click.appcast.io.