School Campus Aide (10 Month/School Year)

Job Description:

School Campus Aide (10 Month/School Year)

Description

Basic Function and Representative Duties

NOTICE OF OPEN AND PROMOTIONAL, COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION TO ESTABLISH AN ELIGIBILITY LIST FROM WHICH SUBSTITUTE, LIMITED TERM, AND REGULAR APPOINTMENTS WILL BE MADE. SHIFTS RANGE FROM 2-5 HRS/DAY.

BASIC FUNCTION:

Under the direction of an assigned supervisor, monitor students primarily during meal and recess periods; and other school activities as needed. Perform light cleaning in meal areas and perform other related assignments as necessary.

REPRESENTATIVE DUTIES:

ESSENTIAL DUTIES:

• Monitor students primarily during meal and recess periods in and around the following areas (including but not limited to): lunchrooms, playgrounds, bus stops, parking lots, crosswalks, or classrooms when teachers are unavailable.

• Engage students when playing at lunch or recess and during school activities.

• Report conditions that are hazardous to the health and safety of students.

• Assist students in conflict mediation/solving problems; reinforcing school agreements governing proper behavior of students.

• Report ongoing conflicts to site or district administration.

• Monitor and observe or scan assigned target areas.

• Perform light cleaning duties such as wiping down tables and benches in meal areas both indoors and outdoors.

• Assist students as needed in opening lunch items when necessary.

• Maintain order in and around indoor and outdoor meal areas.

• Assist with school-wide activities including but not limited to: Picture day, Vision/Hearing Screening, etc, to maintain the orderly and efficient movement of students to/through/during the activity.

• Perform other related duties as assigned.

Knowledge and Abilities

KNOWLEDGE OF:

• Appropriate student conduct in and out of the classroom.

• Basic methods of individual and group supervision.

• Child guidance principles and practices.

• Correct English usage, grammar, spelling, punctuation, and vocabulary.

• Current social and behavioral problems affecting local students.

• Health and safety regulations.

• Interpersonal skills using tact, patience, and professionalism.

• Mathematical computations.

• Oral and written communication skills.

• Safe practices in classroom and playground activities.

• School rules and regulations.

• Standard broadcasting procedures of a hand-held two-way radio system.

ABILITY TO:

• Assure student compliance with school and organizational policies and regulations

• Communicate effectively both orally and in writing

• Complete work with many interruptions

• Demonstrate an understanding, patient and receptive attitude toward students

• Determine appropriate action within clearly defined guidelines

• Establish and maintain cooperative and effective working relationships with others

• Learn organizational operations, policies and objectives

• Make mathematical computations with speed and accuracy

• Meet schedules and timelines

• Monitor, observe and report student behavior

• Observe health and safety regulations

• Operate a two-way radio

• Prevent or break up student conflicts and fights

• Read books to students and assist with reading and writing activities

• Scan and monitor campus activities to assure the well-being and safety of students and staff in non-classroom activities

• Understand and follow oral and written instructions

Education, Experience and Other Requirements

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge skills and abilities required to satisfactorily perform the essential duties and responsibilities.

Education and Experience: Any combination equivalent to:

A. Graduation from high school or equivalent.

B. Six (6) months working with students desired.

LICENSES AND OTHER REQUIREMENTS:

Valid first aid and CPR certificates issued by authorized agency preferred.

Incumbents in this classification may be required to speak, read and write in a designated second language.

Employment eligibility that includes fingerprint, tuberculosis school-wide other employment clearance.

Working Conditions and Additional Information

WORKING CONDITIONS

ENVIRONMENT:

• Classroom and other indoor and outdoor learning environments

• Interactions with dissatisfied, hostile and irate individuals

• Seasonal heat and cold or adverse weather conditions

• Subject to demanding timelines and constant interruptions

PHYSICAL ABILITIES:

• Bending at the waist and/or kneeling to assist students and to retrieve materials

• Hearing and speaking to exchange information

• Lifting, carrying, pushing and/or pulling students weighing up to 50 pounds and with assistance for over 50 pounds

• Seeing to read a variety of materials and monitor student activities

• Sitting, standing or walking for extended periods of time

HAZARDS:

• Contact with blood-borne pathogens and infectious diseases

• Contact with dissatisfied, assaultive or abusive individuals.

• Exposure to bloodborne pathogens and infectious diseases

EXAMINATION INFORMATION:

This is an open and continuous recruitment. This recruitment will have a cut-off date every 90 days.

Cutoff dates for this recruitment will take place yearly on:

Jan 2, Apr 1, Jul 1, Oct 1

The first step in the examination process is the application screening and whether or not the candidate meets the minimum qualifications listed. Applicants invited to advance in this recruitment will be scheduled to take the first test soon after the cutoff date.

The testing process may consist of a written exam; an oral exam; a performance exam; a structured interview (SI); a qualification appraisal interview (QAI); an evaluation of training & experience/education (T&E) and/or any combination thereof.

ONLY the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) test requires and is mandated to have a passing score of 70 on each of the three parts of the test.

All other tests will have a passing score set between 50 and 99 depending of a variety of factors affecting that specific recruitment.

All candidates must pass the first examination process to be invited to the next step/test in the process.

As the testing process consists of a minimum of two examination processes; the weight of each those processes may be determined at any step in the processes.

Qualified candidates will be notified of the date, time, and place of the examination(s)/test(s).

Candidates will be notified of the minimum pass points/test score for each examination and/or test in the examination process.

OTHER: Proof of identification for completion of Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification, must be submitted at the time of processing for employment.

SALARIES: All salaries as stated are based on present information and are subject to change. Appointments are made at the minimum salary shown in the posting and increases are granted at intervals based on anniversary date.

Notification of Non-Discrimination Policy

The Berkeley Unified School District is committed to fostering a positive working environment for its employees. Accordingly, BUSD practices shall be free from discrimination, harassment, intimidation and bullying of any employee based on an employee's actual race, color, ancestry, national origin, ethnic group identification, age, religion, marital status, physical or mental disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, or gender expression; the perception of one or more of such characteristics; or association with a person or group with one or more of these actual or perceived characteristics.

The Board also prohibits retaliation against any district employee or job applicant who complains, testi?es or in any way participates in the district's complaint procedures instituted pursuant to this policy.

The following employee has been designated to handle questions and complaints of alleged discrimination regarding Board Policy 4030:

Compliance Officer and Title IX Coordinator

2020 Bonar Street, Room 116

Berkeley, CA 94702

Phone: 510-486-9338

Email: nondiscrimination@berkeley.net

SALARIES: All salaries as stated are based on present information and are subject to change. Appointments are made at the minimum salary shown and increases are granted at intervals based on satisfactory service.

BENEFITS (FOR PERMANENT EMPLOYEES): Health plans provide for full coverage for employees and family in the area of medical and dental insurance to a negotiated maximum. All employees who work an average regular assignment of less than 5-1/2 hours a day (.72 FTE or less) shall be entitled to health insurance coverage and dental insurance coverage on a pro-rated basis. This position is covered by Social Security and may be eligible for California Public Employees Retirement System (CalPERS), with joint employee and employer paid contributions. Current members of CalPERS working in other California state, county, city, and school districts can transfer retirement service credit to the District. All employees are enrolled in an Employee Assistant Program (EAP). The District also offers various optional benefits including life insurance, short term disability, Vision Service Plan (VSP), and a medical and dependent care flexible spending option.

VACATION: Regular, non-management, District employees shall accrue vacation as follows:

1-3 Years: Ten (10) working days per year until he/she has completed four (4) years of service.

4-9 Years: Fifteen (15) working days per year until he/she has completed ten (10) years of service.

10-14 Years: Twenty (20) working days per year until he/she has completed fifteen (15) years of service.

15+ Years: Twenty-five (25) working days per year.

Regular twelve (12) month employees shall accrue two (2) additional days of vacation per year at each step indicated above.

HOLIDAYS: Annual employees receive seventeen (17) paid holidays per year:

Independence Day

Labor Day

Veterans' Day

Thanksgiving Holiday (3 Days)

Winter Board Holiday (3 Days)

New Year's Holiday (2 Days)

Martin Luther King's Birthday

Lincoln's Birthday

Washington's Birthday

Spring Board Holiday

Malcolm X's Birthday

Memorial Day

School Year employees may receive sixteen (16) paid holidays, including all of the above except Independence Day (4th of July).

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT: Classified employees may also participate in professional development activities to enhance their careers.

HEALTH AND CHARACTER INVESTIGATIONS:

Candidates selected for appointment may be required to pass a medical examination given by a Commission-designated physician to determine physical fitness for District employment. The Commission may disqualify any eligible candidates on the basis of the examining physician's report. The District also conducts a fingerprinting background check for all potential candidates for hire. All convictions must be declared and explained on the application; failure to do so will automatically disqualify the application. Tuberculosis tests must be completed and a negative result must be supplied prior to beginning work.

Closing Date/Time: Continuous

Salary:

$18.74 - $22.81 Hourly