Job Details
Job Description
Terms of Employment: 10.5-month
Exemption Status: Non-Exempt
Salary Scale: AFSCME UA2X, Grade 14-15
EDUCATION AND WORK EXPERIENCE
- High school diploma or equivalent required; bachelor's degree preferred.
- Previous work with K-12 aged students.
- Previous investigative experience.
- Experience in counseling, mentoring, team building.
- Supervisory/management experience preferred.
QUALIFICATIONS - High level of emotional maturity.
- Experience in public speaking and instruction.
- Knowledge of basic physical security functions.
- Have exceptional integrity to remain unbiased and fair and closely follow all rules, policies, and procedures.
- Exercise good judgment to be able to interpret and make outcome decisions (not everything will be black and white).
- Be able to establish and present themselves as a person of authority to gain and keep the respect of students and faculty.
- Be respectful, personable, and compassionate in establishing a working rapport with students.
- Demonstrate trustworthiness to fulfill the role of trusted adult, confidant, and mentor.
- Demonstrate professionalism to represent the school system.
- Be succinct in writing and able to orally convey scenarios and present information accurately.
- Be problem solvers, able to evaluate and rationalize information and data and respond quickly to potentially chaotic or stressful situations.
- Be physically fit to stand, walk, run, or engage in physical activity or contact.
- Culturally competent.
ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS - Assist school administrators with student code of conduct investigations.
- Establish a network among students that fosters open communication of potential problems before they occur.
- Provides security assistance and advice to school administrators and staff.
- Assists the school administration with threat assessments as needed.
- Conducts physical security assessments.
- Assists the administration in maintaining a safe and orderly environment throughout the school.
- Serves as a liaison with the police, fire department and other emergency personnel.
- Works with the administration and school resource officer on school related safety issues.
- Advises staff, parents, and students on safety matters.
- Encourages compliance with parking and driving regulations.
- Monitors students' during arrival and dismissal (during bus duty).
- Ensures pedestrian safety during arrival and dismissal times.
- Assists with student mediations as requested by school staff.
- Serves as a resource for counseling students on matters of personal safety and wellbeing.
- Works with the community to help resolve issues that may have an impact in the school.
- Helps provide security presence at athletic events and extracurricular activities, as needed.
- Assists administration to ensure that all activities conform to school system guidelines.
- Interacts positively with others.
- Comes to work promptly every day.
- Works flexible hours, as necessary.
- Works well under stress and meets all deadlines.
- Maintains confidentiality in accordance with FERPA and school policy.
- Assists with social media investigations.
- Monitors visitor sign-in/registration and identification.
- Reports unusual activities or unauthorized persons on campus to school administrator.
- Monitors school radio communication and responds to emergencies for assistance.
- Completes daily school safety and security checklists and other forms as required.
- Monitors students during hallway class change to ensure the safe and orderly conduct.
- Retrieves and escort students to and from various locations when necessary.
- Monitors the cafeteria/meal areas during breakfast/lunch to ensure the safety of students.
- Intervenes in physical altercations occurring on campus, as needed.
- Assists in the de-escalation and the restraint of students, as needed.
- Writes school incident reports according to school guidelines per Admin's direction.
- Monitors assemblies and school functions to ensure the safety and security of the event.
- Has the ability to lift heavy objects, walk and stand for extended periods of time and climb stairs.
- Has the ability to work outdoors during inclement weather and extreme weather conditions.
ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS & PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTSThe environmental factors and/or physical requirements of this position include the following: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is required to have ordinary ambulatory skills sufficient to visit other locations; and the ability to stand, walk, stoop, kneel, crouch, and manipulate (lift, carry, move) light to medium weights of 10-50 pounds. Requires good hand-eye coordination, arm, hand and finger dexterity, including ability to grasp, and visual acuity to use a keyboard. The employee frequently is required to sit, reach with hands and arms, talk and hear.
Charles County Public Schools reserves the right to re-advertise and modify the content of vacancy announcements at any time; however, this may be the only notice for this position during the noted advertisement period.
The Charles County public school system does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age or disability in its programs, activities or employment practices. For inquiries, please contact Kathy Kiessling, Title IX/ADA/Section 504 Coordinator (students) or Nikial M. Majors, Title IX/ADA/Section 504 coordinator (employees/ adults), at Charles County Public Schools, Jesse L. Starkey Administration Building, P.O. Box 2770, La Plata, MD 20646; 301-###-####/301-###-####. For special accommodations call 301-###-#### or TDD 1-800-###-#### two weeks prior to the event.