SAFETY MONITOR-(District Wide Middle & High School)
Reports To: School Safety Department
MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES
• Monitor students in the halls throughout the school day.
• Develop positive relationships with students and staff.
• Patrol halls, corridors, stairwells, and restrooms for the purpose of reporting violations of school policies, procedures or behavioral expectations and district policies.
• Alert administrators and security to areas of safety concern, insecure and hazardous situations.
• Report any actions taken by students to initiate a confrontation, disruption or disturbance.
• Assist in building relationships with students to create a positive school culture.
• Maintains communication via portable radios with the school office and security officers.
• Intercede and report all student arguments and confrontations to security and administrators.
• Monitor students during passing time, arrival and dismissal time.
• Escort specific students to needed areas such as office, guidance, and/or to class as needed.
• Inspects restrooms to ensure students are not loitering or damaging facilities.
(Assistance will be requested for person of the opposite sex restroom inspections.
).
• Verify the authenticity or possession of hall passes and report students to the school office
where administrators can take appropriate action.
• Report students to the school office or contact security when they are found wandering in the halls.
• Other duties as assigned
QUALIFICATIONS
Possess a minimum of a high school diploma or equivalent.
Ability to defuse confrontational situations.
Ability to exercise tact, diplomacy and good judgment in dealing with students, faculty and parents.
Knowledge and understanding of children.
Ability to properly analyze situations and adopt effective course(s) of action.
Posses maturity and ability to understand appropriate interactions with others.
Ability to meet the physical requirements of the job.
WORKING CONDITIONS/MENTAL DEMANDS
Ability to communicate, reason, understand verbal instructions, coordinate, and maintain emotional control under stress.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS
In order to perform this job successfully an individual must meet the physical requirements necessary to complete the essential job duties.
Require the mobility to stand, stoop, reach and bend, climb stairs, ramps, hear, speak, and work with extreme noise.
Require mobility of arms to reach and dexterity of hands to grasp and manipulate small objects.
Require the ability to stand for long periods.
Require the ability to walk long distances.
Perform work which involves the frequent lifting, pushing and/or pulling of objects of moderate weight (15-75 pounds).
PERIOD OF EMPLOYMENT
The period of employment is the school term or nine and one-half (9.
5) months annually.