Crossing Guard - North Gate (Transportation/JH) at Fowlerville Community Schools

Hours:  Approximately 2 hours a day,8:30 a.m.-9:00 a.m., 3:15 p.m.-4:00 p.m., student days.

Summary:  Guide or control safely, vehicular or pedestrian traffic at such places as streets, schools and parking lots.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Direct vehicle traffic to keep drop off traffic moving.
• Monitor traffic flow to locate safe gaps through which pedestrians can safely cross streets/parking lots.
• Monitor access or flow of people to prevent unsafe situations.
• Direct or escort pedestrians across streets, stopping traffic.
• Warn individuals about rule violations or safety concerns.
• Communicate traffic and crossing rules and other information to students and adults.
• Enforce safety rules and appropriate behavior standards
• Report unsafe and inappropriate behavior of students to building principal.
• Learn the location and purpose of street traffic signs within assigned patrol areas.
• Record and report infractions to appropriate authorities.
• Be alert at all times to students and their needs. 
• Inform administration immediately of any serious problems.
• Maintain a safe environment.
• Maintains a positive demeanor at all times and uses appropriate language.
• Maintains confidentiality about students according to FERPA and district policies.
• Ability to resolve problems between students.
• Maintains a professional relationship with students, staff and the community.
• Ability to work well alone and in a team. 
• Speak, hear, see and write clearly with or without assistive device(s).
• Walk, stand for the full scheduled period, with minimal sitting options.
• Adhere to all Board and District policies
• Regular, predictable and physical attendance.
• Other duties as assigned.

Other Responsibilities:

• Maintains consistent, predictable and physical attendance to meet the requirements of the position. 

Minimum Qualifications:

• High school diploma or GED
• Basic understanding and knowledge of current technology

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience working with students

Physical Requirements: 

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee must be physically present, regularly required to sit, use hands to finger, handle, or feel; talk and hear.
• The employee is required to stand; walk; reach with hands and arms; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.
• The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, and ability to adjust, focus. 

Supervisory Responsibilities:

• Supervise students when they are waiting to cross the street/parking lot safely.

Language Skills:

• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals. 
• Ability to write routine reports. 

Mathematical Skills:

• Ability to add, subtract and multiply and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions and decimals.
• Ability to compute rate, ratio and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.

Reasoning Ability:

• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions.
• Ability to solve problems in a professional manner.

The employee shall remain free of any alcohol or non-prescribed controlled substance in the workplace throughout his/her employment in the District.

Fowlerville Community Schools does not and shall not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin (ancestry), religion (creed), gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status,  disability or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal or state law in its programs and activities.  Inquiries or complaints related to discrimination should be directed to:  Director of Human Resources, Trisha Reed, Fowlerville Community Schools, 7677 Sharpe Road, Suite A, Fowlerville, MI 48836, (517)223-6018.