Lunch Aide

Cafeteria Supervisor

To actively supervise the students in the cafeteria and playground during the lunchtime period at assigned elementary school.

Reports To: Site Principal and Food Service Director

General Responsibilities:

• Guiding student's toward appropriate behavior while in lunch line
• Assisting younger children in getting lunch trays, milk and condiments
• Helping children open lunch items
• Monitoring student behavior and providing appropriate behavior modification techniques within guidelines of school rules.
• Work with students to help them learn appropriate lunchroom etiquette, good manners, and encouraging appropriate, positive intermingling of students
• Assisting students in cleaning up after themselves (spills, wiping tables, disposing of trash, etc)
• Helping to wash tables, pick up floor trash and ready condiments between lunch sessions and after lunch period.
• Monitoring students for safety and appropriate behavior on the playground.
• Working with kitchen, custodial and instructional staff to implement ways to make the lunchtime run more smoothly and efficiently
• Other duties as assigned assist the staff of the school in getting adequate lunch breaks while providing appropriate school supervision.
• Determining when student behavior requires intervention and what appropriate intervention to implement.
• Knowing when to refer a problem to supervisor.

Necessary Skills:

• Ability to relate to children in a positive but firm manner
• Good interpersonal and communication skills with children and adults
• Ability to work as a member of a team
• Ability to form and maintain appropriate relationships and personal boundaries with children
• Emotionally resilient in working with challenging behaviors Knowledge and Understanding
• Knowledge and understanding of developmental stages of children physically, emotionally, and cognitively
• Basic childcare health and safety knowledge

Other:

• Strong work ethic
• Honest
• Punctual
• Reliable

Equipment Used:

• General cleaning supplies for washing tables, sweeping floors, etc.

Job Type: Part-time, $13.73/hr, moving to $15.00 hour in January. 2 hours per day, 10 hours per week.

This is an Edustaff position to be placed in Eastpointe Community Schools. Candidates will be interviewed, and selected candidates will be asked to complete the Edustaff employment process to be hired.

Building Assignment will be determined during the hiring process.