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Lunch Monitor
School Services
Job Description

Position Title: Lunch Monitor - Schools
Section: School Services
Date: October 21, 2002
Reports to: Supervisor and/or School Principal

Scope Of Responsibilities:

The Lunch Monitor for the Halifax Regional School Board provides support and assistance to students for lunchtime activities. The Lunch Monitor will oversee students in a variety of settings including the classroom, lunch area, and outside play areas. Under the direction of a supervisor or administrator, the lunch monitor may be required to use a variety of indoor and outdoor games and activities together with effective strategies to help provide quality support to students during the noontime break. The Lunch Monitor must demonstrate a strong commitment to students, the policies of the Halifax Regional School Board, and reports directly to the Supervisor and/or the School Principal.

Competencies Required:

A Lunch Monitor in the Halifax Regional School Board shall have the following competencies:

  1. the ability to treat all students in a respectful, responsible and fair manner;
  2. the ability to demonstrate appropriate responses to student initiated interactions;
  3. the ability to demonstrate fair and sound judgment when coping with chaotic or conflict situations;
  4. the ability to take direction from supervisors;
  5. the ability to supervise children in a variety of settings;
  6. the ability to maintain confidentiality as the norm in all issues related to students, parents and school;
  7. the ability to monitor and employ standard health practices when dealing with food items;
  8. the ability to apply knowledge, experience and commitment in the areas of race relations, cross cultural understanding and human rights.

Qualifications:

  1. Experience working with children and/or youth;
  2. First Aid training considered an asset;
  3. Must be cleared through the Child Abuse Registry.

Specific Job Components:

A Lunch Monitor in the Halifax Regional School Board shall perform tasks as are assigned by the supervisor or principal and works under the supervision of the supervisor and or School Administrator. Although the Lunch Monitor is required to undertake some or all of the tasks below, these tasks may vary from time to time.

  1. supervise students to ensure a safe environment;
  2. provide feedback on his/her observations of students to the Supervisor or Principal;
  3. assist students getting ready for outside play and/or activities;
  4. assist students with getting ready for lunch (i.e. warming food if a microwave is available);
  5. general clean-up/pick-up after lunch (not to interfere with or replace custodial tasks);
  6. may be required to distribute medication under standard procedures at the direction of the principal or supervisor;
  7. oversee outside play and/or activities.

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