Washington International School
Primary School Lunch Monitor
Washington International School, Washington, District of Columbia, us, 20022
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Reporting to the PS Principal and Assistant Principals, the Primary School Lunch Monitor is responsible for supervising and supporting students during lunchtime in a family-style dining environment. This includes ensuring a safe, inclusive, and positive dining experience while fostering independence, social skills, and community. Daily hours are between approximately 11:00AM and 2:00PM.
Supervise students during lunch, ensuring a safe, respectful, and inclusive dining atmosphere in accordance with the school’s behavior expectation and agreements. Foster a sense of independence and agency by encouraging students to serve themselves, pass food, and use table manners aligned with family-style dining and school’s behavior expectations. Support the development of student sense of individual and communal responsibility during mealtimes (e.g., coaching them to serve themselves, clean up, make kind, respectful, and safe choices). Facilitate and monitor conversations aligned with our school-wide behavior agreements, with the aim of strengthening relationships and supporting the development of student language and social skills. Assist students with meal-related needs (e.g., opening containers, managing spills, cutting food safely). Promote a calm, positive, and enjoyable environment where children feel a sense of belonging and connection to each other and the school community. Monitor and address behavior issues with patience, empathy, and emphasis on reflections, and in accordance with school-wide behavior expectations and agreements. Support orderly and timely transitions to and from lunch, emphasizing student responsibility for the overall functioning of the community, and ensuring smooth flow and minimal disruption. Assist with cleanup after meals and maintaining a clean dining area. Perform other duties as assigned.
Job Summary
Reporting to the PS Principal and Assistant Principals, the Primary School Lunch Monitor is responsible for supervising and supporting students during lunchtime in a family-style dining environment. This includes ensuring a safe, inclusive, and positive dining experience while fostering independence, social skills, and community. Daily hours are between approximately 11:00AM and 2:00PM.
Duties And Responsibilities
Supervise students during lunch, ensuring a safe, respectful, and inclusive dining atmosphere in accordance with the school’s behavior expectation and agreements. Foster a sense of independence and agency by encouraging students to serve themselves, pass food, and use table manners aligned with family-style dining and school’s behavior expectations. Support the development of student sense of individual and communal responsibility during mealtimes (e.g., coaching them to serve themselves, clean up, make kind, respectful, and safe choices). Facilitate and monitor conversations aligned with our school-wide behavior agreements, with the aim of strengthening relationships and supporting the development of student language and social skills. Assist students with meal-related needs (e.g., opening containers, managing spills, cutting food safely). Promote a calm, positive, and enjoyable environment where children feel a sense of belonging and connection to each other and the school community. Monitor and address behavior issues with patience, empathy, and emphasis on reflections, and in accordance with school-wide behavior expectations and agreements. Support orderly and timely transitions to and from lunch, emphasizing student responsibility for the overall functioning of the community, and ensuring smooth flow and minimal disruption. Assist with cleanup after meals and maintaining a clean dining area. Perform other duties as assigned.
Qualifications
Experience working with children from Preschool to Grade 5 in a school, camp, or similar setting preferred Strong interpersonal skills and a caring, community-centered approach Physical ability to perform required tasks (e.g., lifting, bending, standing for long periods) Effective communication skills with both children and adults Ability to work collaboratively with school staff and follow daily procedures with minimal supervision Patience, empathy, and a positive attitude French and/or Spanish language ability is a plus
Working Conditions
Will be working indoors in the cafeteria or classroom setting during lunch periods. It is often loud.
Physical Requirements
To perform the duties of this job, the employee must have the ability to sit and stand for extended periods of time; to bend, stoop, and lift up to 35 pounds; to hear and understand speech in a noisy environment; and to speak clearly to communicate with children and adults.
Direct Reports
Students
Salary = $22.00 per hour
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Primary School Lunch Monitor
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Washington International School 1 week ago Be among the first 25 applicants Join to apply for the
Primary School Lunch Monitor
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Washington International School Get AI-powered advice on this job and more exclusive features. Job Summary
Reporting to the PS Principal and Assistant Principals, the Primary School Lunch Monitor is responsible for supervising and supporting students during lunchtime in a family-style dining environment. This includes ensuring a safe, inclusive, and positive dining experience while fostering independence, social skills, and community. Daily hours are between approximately 11:00AM and 2:00PM.
Supervise students during lunch, ensuring a safe, respectful, and inclusive dining atmosphere in accordance with the school’s behavior expectation and agreements. Foster a sense of independence and agency by encouraging students to serve themselves, pass food, and use table manners aligned with family-style dining and school’s behavior expectations. Support the development of student sense of individual and communal responsibility during mealtimes (e.g., coaching them to serve themselves, clean up, make kind, respectful, and safe choices). Facilitate and monitor conversations aligned with our school-wide behavior agreements, with the aim of strengthening relationships and supporting the development of student language and social skills. Assist students with meal-related needs (e.g., opening containers, managing spills, cutting food safely). Promote a calm, positive, and enjoyable environment where children feel a sense of belonging and connection to each other and the school community. Monitor and address behavior issues with patience, empathy, and emphasis on reflections, and in accordance with school-wide behavior expectations and agreements. Support orderly and timely transitions to and from lunch, emphasizing student responsibility for the overall functioning of the community, and ensuring smooth flow and minimal disruption. Assist with cleanup after meals and maintaining a clean dining area. Perform other duties as assigned.
Job Summary
Reporting to the PS Principal and Assistant Principals, the Primary School Lunch Monitor is responsible for supervising and supporting students during lunchtime in a family-style dining environment. This includes ensuring a safe, inclusive, and positive dining experience while fostering independence, social skills, and community. Daily hours are between approximately 11:00AM and 2:00PM.
Duties And Responsibilities
Supervise students during lunch, ensuring a safe, respectful, and inclusive dining atmosphere in accordance with the school’s behavior expectation and agreements. Foster a sense of independence and agency by encouraging students to serve themselves, pass food, and use table manners aligned with family-style dining and school’s behavior expectations. Support the development of student sense of individual and communal responsibility during mealtimes (e.g., coaching them to serve themselves, clean up, make kind, respectful, and safe choices). Facilitate and monitor conversations aligned with our school-wide behavior agreements, with the aim of strengthening relationships and supporting the development of student language and social skills. Assist students with meal-related needs (e.g., opening containers, managing spills, cutting food safely). Promote a calm, positive, and enjoyable environment where children feel a sense of belonging and connection to each other and the school community. Monitor and address behavior issues with patience, empathy, and emphasis on reflections, and in accordance with school-wide behavior expectations and agreements. Support orderly and timely transitions to and from lunch, emphasizing student responsibility for the overall functioning of the community, and ensuring smooth flow and minimal disruption. Assist with cleanup after meals and maintaining a clean dining area. Perform other duties as assigned.
Qualifications
Experience working with children from Preschool to Grade 5 in a school, camp, or similar setting preferred Strong interpersonal skills and a caring, community-centered approach Physical ability to perform required tasks (e.g., lifting, bending, standing for long periods) Effective communication skills with both children and adults Ability to work collaboratively with school staff and follow daily procedures with minimal supervision Patience, empathy, and a positive attitude French and/or Spanish language ability is a plus
Working Conditions
Will be working indoors in the cafeteria or classroom setting during lunch periods. It is often loud.
Physical Requirements
To perform the duties of this job, the employee must have the ability to sit and stand for extended periods of time; to bend, stoop, and lift up to 35 pounds; to hear and understand speech in a noisy environment; and to speak clearly to communicate with children and adults.
Direct Reports
Students
Salary = $22.00 per hour
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