The role of a Yard Duty is to monitor, direct and supervise students at various times during the school day in order to ensure their health and safety while at school. The ideal candidate will work collaboratively with peers and students, have a deep commitment to student safety, hold students and self to high expectations, and uphold Navigator school culture at all times.

• Taking cones and signs Out/In
• Clean the lunch bins
• Put lunch bins in the gym after school starts
• Help clean up tables in the cafeteria
• Bring out/In equipment for your zone
• Give first-aid to students in need
• Help students work through problems that arise on the playground
• Cover dismissal zone
• Enforce school policies and playground rules
• Effectively maintain follow through on school policies & procedures
• Monitor students activities to ensure safety at all times
• Effectively communicate with students and staff
• Maintain a firm but patient and courteous attitude towards students
• Keep areas clean and safe
• Be aware of any unsafe or hazardous items, structures, and take appropriate action to correct hazards or relay them to appropriate staff
• Learn and follow emergency procedures
• Maintain responsibility of assigned zone area(s)
• Maintain visibility at all time to students
• Implement the constant use of radar/scanning
• Constant circulation of your zone(s) is required at all times ensuring you are in motion tracking student behaviors
• Ensure students are eating at the bench area or sitting on blacktop and not running around with food
• Maintain a positive and professional relationship with parents
• Any issues involving students or parents must be communicated to the VP of Ops & Culture
• Meet weekly with the Vice Principal of Ops. & Culture and SGI Supervisory Coach for coaching

Lunch Duty Table monitor expectations

• Ensure student safety at all times, keeping adult visits to a minimum as to not engage in long visits with one another or with parents.
• Ensure there is no sharing of food (food allergy reasons)
• Ensure students are sitting at all times unless they have asked for permission to use the bathroom
• Ensure students are keeping their lunch items together with little to no mess
• Encourage students to eat, as many students who don’t eat often visit the office with stomach aches due to being hungry because they didn’t eat their lunch
• Keeping track of time, giving a 5 minute warning, then 2 minutes before transitioning.
• Ensure students have trash in hand when standing up and that they throw trash in trash can on their way to recess Professional Expectations
• Participate fully in assigned staff meetings, professional developments, and planning sessions
• Participate in weekly coaching meetings (Observations, live coaching, collaborate with coaches on action steps, implement action steps, etc.)
• Support the day to day happenings of the school site
• Uphold Navigator’s mission, Values, and Culture at all times
• Perform other duties as assigned by the Principal, VP’s, SGI Supervisory Coach, and Office Staff

• Commitment to student success, learning and safety
• Reliance on instructions and pre- established guidelines to perform job duties
• Desire to improve professionally, open to receiving coaching and feedback
• Flexible to changing work environment; always present with a positive attitude
• Possesses effective communication skills