Lunchroom Assistant - Global Village Academy

Global Village Academy is an innovative charter school. Students learn core content through language immersion in their choice of French, Spanish, Mandarin, or Russian (depending on the school). GVA is truly a "global village." Our immersion teachers come from all over the world, each bringing their unique culture and language into the classroom. United by a common core, students are challenged to become world class thinkers, capable of engaging ideas using multiple languages and cross-cultural perspectives, through internationally bench-marked curriculum spanning each language village.

Essential Duties:

• Supervises students' arrival at lunch room.
• Supervises student line while students wait to get lunch.
• Supervises students while they eat lunch, helps students when called upon.
• Helps keep students focus on eating and good behavior/manners in a safe environment.
• Washes tables and wipes ups spills.
• Works with other lunch assistants.
• Supervises students' departure from the lunch room.
• Helps with clean up in between each lunch.
• Helps with trash removal.
• Supervise recess to ensure students are behaving in a safe and appropriate manner.
• Help wit safety awareness and injury prevention.
• Aide students in solving conflict on the playground.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

Experience:

• Previous experience working with children preferred.
• Previous experience working in a cafeteria or supervising recess preferred.
• Ability to work with students with various backgrounds and abilities.
• Ability to be flexible and patient and de-escalate conflict.
• English Language skills required. Fluency in a second language preferred.

Please note this description is not intended, and should not be construed, to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, skills, efforts, or working conditions associated with this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice. Regular attendance is required for this position.

Global Village Academy shall not discriminate in its employment or hiring practices on the basis of race, color, sex, age, religion, creed, citizenship, national origin, ancestry, genetic information, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, or any other characteristic prohibited by law. GVA is committed to cultural diversity among school personnel as a means of enriching the educational experience. GVA shall identify, solicit, and consider applicants for employment from a broad spectrum of qualified individuals who will contribute to that effort.