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Revised July 2025

D97 Ideal Team Member Profile

• The ideal team member in District 97 is a visionary and equity-centered leader who inspires excellence and fosters collective responsibility for student success. This individual:

   

  • Champions the district's vision and drives forward-thinking, innovative practices that anticipate future educational needs.

  • Stewards public trust and resources with fiscal responsibility and ethical transparency.

  • Demonstrates relentless commitment to student success, ensuring that every decision supports equitable opportunities and outcomes for all learners.

  • Organizes and empowers teams to work collaboratively toward shared goals, recognizing the interdependence of roles across departments and schools.

  • Fosters a culture of care, learning, and service, grounded in authentic engagement with students, families, staff, and community members.

  • Models integrity, professionalism, and confidentiality, serving as a role model for ethical and respectful conduct at all levels.

  • Thrives in a culturally, racially, and linguistically diverse environment, showing a deep passion for inclusive practices and building belonging for all team members.

  • Seeks and embraces feedback, especially when it challenges them to grow and improve in service of students and colleagues.

  • Understands the powerful intersection of leadership, learning, and equity, and aligns their work to dismantle systemic barriers.

  • Courageously addresses unprofessional behavior, holding self and others accountable to high standards in service to the community and students.

About the Role:

Under the direct supervision of the Senior Director of Buildings & Grounds and Engineer at school level, the custodian performs general cleaning and maintenance in school buildings; maintains equipment in functional condition; and provides cleaning and custodial assistance to students, teachers, visitors and others as necessary. The Custodian position will ensure that equity is at the center of the district to positively impact student learning and employee practices as expressed in  Board Policy 7:12: Ensuring Racial and Educational Equity. 

Essential Duties and Responsibilities: 

• Checks and secures building at beginning and end of shift for the purpose of ensuring the safety and cleanliness of the building.

• Cleans rooms, hallways, cafeterias, restrooms, offices, stairways, and other areas of building according to school district standards.

• Sweeps, mops, buffs, strips, and waxes floors.

• Cleans rugs, carpets, upholstered furniture, and blinds.

• Washes and dusts walls, ceilings, woodwork, windows, doors, and sills.

• Removes graffiti, cleans glass areas.

• Replaces light bulbs.

• Sets up and breaks down chairs, tables and equipment in meeting rooms, and functional rooms

• Clears snow from entrances and walks, and spreads sand and ice melting chemicals.

• Performs grounds-keeping duties, clears debris and maintains grounds as needed.

• Receives deliveries and assists in unloading trucks and storing supplies.

• Delivers supplies and materials to classrooms, bathrooms and other areas of the building.

• Empties wastebaskets; picks up and removes trash and assists in recycling program.

• Reasonable knowledge of cleaning equipment and techniques

• Note: The above description is illustrative of tasks and responsibilities.  It is not meant to be all inclusive of every task or responsibility.

Content Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities: 

• Fluency in reading, speaking, and interpreting English

• Must be able to lift, carry, push, and pull over 50 pounds

• Possess good human relations skills

• Can understand and be willing to perform directions provided orally and in writing

• Assists parents and other visitors to school buildings with special events and programs

• Performs other related tasks as assigned by the supervisor.

Education, Credentials and/or Experience:

• High School Diploma or equivalent, required 

Physical Demands/Work Environment:

•  While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; and talk or hear. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, and depth perception.

• The work environment characteristics are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally exposed to moving mechanical parts. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Apply through Frontline:

Applications are currently being accepted for this position via our district website.  Please reach out to our human resources department at [email protected], if you have questions about the application process.

We encourage interested applicants to apply, as we continue to uplift our equity policy. Our goal is to recruit, employ, support, and retain racially and linguistically diverse and culturally competent administrative, instructional and support personnel. Oak Park Elementary School District 97 is an equal opportunity employer and values diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.