Hourly Lunchroom Aide (.50 FTE), Baldwin

Position:Hourly Lunchroom Aide (0.50 FTE)

Baldwin School

Maria L. Baldwin School Community:

Baldwin strives to deliver a welcoming inclusive and joyful learning environment that supports every student in taking risks learning and reaching their full potential while building community individual responsibility and self-confidence.

We work hard to be a community that provides joy belonging challenge and growth to every Baldwin student every are also a community of adult learners.

The Opportunity:

Under the direction of the Principal Assistant Principal and the Kitchen Manager the Hourly Lunchroom and Recess Aide will engage in one or more of the following daily activities:

• Help prepare the cafeteria for lunch.
• Distribute lunches to classrooms.
• Supervise lunch and/or outdoor recess.
• Remind and redirect students about expectations for safe and respectful behavior in the cafeteria and playground.
• Clean cafeteria tables and help to get them reset for subsequent lunch periods.
• Engage in play with students during outdoor recess.
• Accompany students during transitions between the cafeteria and playground.
• Additional related responsibilities as directed by the Principal or Assistant Principal.

Your Skill Set:

As an Hourly Lunchroom Aide you will possess many though perhaps not all of the following characteristics and qualifications:

• Previous and successful experience working in a multicultural environment and demonstrated ability to work in a positive and affirming way with children from diverse ethnic cultural and socio-economic backgrounds;
• Comfortable supporting the positive social and emotional growth of young people (ages 4-11) by celebrating positive behaviors and addressing unexpected behaviors.
• Able to work in a fast-paced high-energy environment and interact positively with children representing a diverse range of behaviors and needs;
• A willingness to engage in light cleaning tasks (e.g. wiping down cafeteria tables) and help young students manage their lunches (e.g opening milk cartons etc.).
• A willingness to work both indoors and outdoors (even during cold weather or light precipitation).
• Flexibility and a growth mindset

How to Join Our Team:

Apply online at . Please upload a resume and thoughtful cover letter outlining how your skills and experience meet the qualifications of the position and stating how you heard about this opportunity.

At the Cambridge Public Schools we are committed to cultivating an environment where diverse perspectives and backgrounds are embraced acknowledging that a team reflecting diversity of race color ancestry national origin religion age gender marital/domestic partner status sexual orientation gender identity disability status and veteran status allows us to serve our communities better. To that end we welcome and encourage applicants to bring their authentic selves when considering employment opportunities within our school district.