Hallway Monitor (1 yr position), Salem High School, Salem Public Schools, Salem, MA [SY 2025-2026]

Hallway Monitor (1 yr position) Salem High School Salem Public Schools Salem MA SY 2025-2026

About Salem Public Schools where belonging leads to opportunity.

Salem is a small diverse city with a proud maritime and immigrant history. Salem Public Schools is an urban public school district enrolling nearly 4000 students in 11 schools. Our vision is to ensure that all students will be locally engaged globally connected and fully prepared to thrive in a diverse and changing world. We hold dear our core values of belonging equity and opportunity in everything we do. We seek individuals who are passionate about urban education and understand the urgency of improving student achievement for all students regardless of ability economic status gender/gender identity language race/ethnicity sexual orientation or other backgrounds. We invite you to learn more about our strategic plan and core priorities on our website at the direction of the Principal the Hallway Monitor is responsible for providing daily security for the school building and property and ensures the safety and security of students staff building and grounds. This position circulates the school property monitors all common areas within the building and alerts administration of all safety and security concerns.

Major Duties and Responsibilities:

• Circulate the school building and campus to ensure a safe learning environment
• Establish and maintain positive relationships with students and staff
• Inform school administration immediately of any unsafe conditions or incidents
• Informs school administration of unauthorized personnel on campus
• Monitors students for unsafe behaviors and report any suspected behaviors to the school administration
• Monitors for student truancy
• Maintains daily log of interactions that need to be communicated to school administration and submit reports to school administrators
• Secures school building entrances exits and appropriate offices
• Monitors key access to school building and offices
• Reports safety and security issues to school administrators
• Support student behavior plans as directed
• Attends district training sessions district meetings or conferences
• Works closely with and through building administrators concerning student behavioral issues and policy interpretations

Qualifications:

• Oral and written communication skills
• Establishing and maintaining effective working relationships with school staff students and the public
• Communicating and enforcing school policies and procedures
• Applying judgment when dealing with angry hostile or uncooperative individuals
• Compiling information and preparing reports
• Securing school building
• Monitoring school building grounds and property
• Monitoring student behavior
• Physical Requirements:
• Must be able to stand sit run stoop crawl kneel reach twist push in a stationary position 50 percent of the time
• Establishing and maintaining effective working relationships with school staff students and the public
• Communicating and enforcing school policies and procedures
• Applying judgment when dealing with angry hostile or uncooperative individuals
• Compiling information and preparing reports
• Securing school building
• Monitoring school building grounds and property
• Monitoring student behavior
• Second language (Spanish and/or Portuguese) proficiency a plus
• Bilingual candidates and candidates of color strongly encouraged to apply
• Current authorization to work in the United States

Equal Opportunity Employer

Salem Public School District is committed to maintaining a work and learning environment free from discrimination on the basis of race color religion national origin pregnancy gender identity sexual orientation marital/civil union status ancestry place of birth age citizenship status veteran status political affiliation genetic information or disability as defined and required by state and federal laws. Additionally we prohibit retaliation against individuals who oppose such discrimination and harassment or who participate in an equal opportunity investigation