Supervision Aide

POSITION : Supervision Aide - Various Schools HOURS : 1 hour per day (up to 5 days per week)Casual On-Call and Continuing assignments available. PAY RATE : $26.00 per hour. JOB DETAILS : Supervision Aides provide supervision to elementary and secondary school students in school buildings and grounds during the lunch break. A Supervision Aide monitors student activities in hallways, classrooms and other locations. This job is an ideal part-time opportunity for retirees, post-secondary students and adults who relate well to children and youth and are free during lunch hour to work at our district schools. To learn more about the role visit our website here : RESPONSIBILITES : Supervise designated areas during the lunch hour to ensure the safety and wellbeing of the students, including ensuring safe playing habits and promoting acceptable behavior.Recognize safety hazards and concerns in advance.Maintain a high degree of visibility.Address inappropriate student behaviour with courtesy and respect without escalating the situation, request support from Administration when necessary.Perform related duties, as required. KNOWLEDGE, ABILITIES AND SKILLSAs communication is critical to this role, strong English language communication skills are required, both written and spoken.Ability to demonstrate good judgement and appropriate intervention techniques regarding student behaviour.Be a role model for students and have an ability to connect with children and youth.Ability to maintain effective working relationships with all district staff.Maintain confidentiality.Ability to work on feet for duration of the shift.QUALIFICATIONS : In addition to excellent communication and interpersonal skills, experience supervising groups of school-aged children, knowledge of first aid, and other related training such as conflict resolution or non-violent crisis intervention, is considered an asset.APPLICATION INFORMATION : Applicants can apply by clicking the "apply" button to the right of the posting.In your cover letter please identify the local school(s) where you prefer to work.Hiring is done based on current needs in the district. Please note that given the large number of applications received, we are not able to provide an update on application status. If you are shortlisted, you will be contacted.Please include the name and email address of three (3) people that are not related to you that can provide a reference on your behalf. They do not need to be professional references, simply someone that can speak to your ability to supervise children and youth (neighbour, family friend, someone you know through an organization). If these names are not included, your application may be delayed.Please be sure that you have received a confirmation from Make a Future that you have applied to a specific posting. Without this confirmation your application will not have been submitted. Interested and qualified applicants should apply by clicking the "apply" button to the right of the posting. Note :  Only those persons selected for interviews will be contacted. To all others, thank you for your interest.