Description of Position

Part-time behavior support aide will support safe and fun recreation and student interactions with special interest in character development of students both during learning and outside of the classroom. The Behavior Support Recreation Aide demonstrates initiative in checking in with students with intentional concern for their well-being, development, and motivation toward developing a culture of growth and learning. The aide supervises lunch and after-lunch play, provides light cleaning of the lunch area, and completes administrative tasks in the office when needed. They record any relevant incidents (e.g., behavior, injury) in Aeries (student information system) and follow up with students as appropriate. The aide faithfully implements and practices IVA’s unique character-based educational model in interactions with students. They promote the school’s distinctive mission and vision both within and outside the immediate school community.  While the position is primarily supervisorial in nature, it also includes following up with behavior issues, which may include regular and ongoing communication with students, teachers, parents, and administration as needed. 

Hours and Pay

The hourly rate for the aide position is $15 per hour between 10-15 hours per week, with a potential for more hours for after school tutoring support. Work hours follow IVA’s bell schedule and Academic Calendar including break and lunches on Monday, Tuesday, Thursdays, and Friday on weeks when school is in session. On Wednesdays, the Aides lead Advisory sessions in the morning and monitor break. The aide supervises students in the lunchroom, hallways, restrooms, and on the blacktop. The position includes cleaning the lunchroom, and providing assistance to the  principal, counselor, and office staff in administrative tasks, including but not limited to recording and following up with incidents that occurred during the lunch hour. Please see our school Academic Calendar (located on our website) for scheduled holidays.

Intellectual Virtue Behavioral Intervention & Support Aide Roles and Responsibilities (w/support at the school site)

• Develop an understanding of intellectual virtues in general (including their nature, structure, and value, educational and otherwise) and of IVA’s nine “master virtues” in particular. 

• Develop an understanding of the core principles and practices involved with an intellectual virtues educational model.

• Participate in ongoing professional development aimed at better understanding and practicing an intellectual virtues approach to education as it relates to student interactions outside of class.

• Support and collaborate with colleagues in their attempts to educate for intellectual virtues. 

• Engage in ongoing self-reflection and self-assessment aimed at personal growth in intellectual virtues.  

• Model IVA’s nine “master virtues” in all interactions with students and other IVA stakeholders.

• Continue to nurture a passion for and knowledge of one’s own learning interests. 

• Continue to expand understanding of the “best practices” involved with working and educating for intellectual virtues. 

Social Emotional Support Duties to Support School Culture and Personal Development (including, but not limited to):

• Collaborate with administrators including counselor and office staff when addressing student behavior concerns

• Receive instruction in, support, and systematically implement IVA’s intellectual virtues-based educational model 

• Reflect on and integrate IVA’s virtues-based model into conferences with students

• Support the development and implementation of a network of student support systems 

• Familiarize yourself with and implement Restorative Justice practices within behavior support model 

• Communicate effectively and maintain strong relationships with students, families, colleagues and administrators

• Develop student culture by supporting student communications 

• Establish and maintain a team philosophy 

Recreation Support Duties (including, but not limited to):

• Oversee and assist with student arrival/dismissal at lunch

• Blacktop supervision at breaks and lunch

• Work with the Counselor to set standards for student behavior on the playground

• Use consistent school-wide practices and be involved in reflecting on those practices

• Manage interpersonal conflicts that may arise among students while on breaks and lunches

• Conference with students involved in disputes as guided by school practices and the principal

• Follow up with teachers or families as deemed necessary by the counselor

• Clean lunchroom: sweep, wipe tables & benches, manage trash and recycling

• Collect lost and found items left in hallways or lunchroom area

Office Admin Duties (including, but not limited to)

• Log behavior incidents and run reports for  communication about Alternative Lunches for students and parents

• Log counselor notes to help maintain student records

• Assist in office, including answering phones occasionally as needed

• Perform administrative tasks when not in supervision with students

• Perform organizational and light cleaning tasks in the office

• Assist the principal with high priority tasks

Education or Training Preferred:

• Enrollment in a credential program or counseling program

• University courses in child development 

• Experience working with middle school students

• Training and interest in Restorative Justice practices

Physical Demands:

• Spends the majority of their time standing or walking around the playground on even and uneven surfaces including pea gravel and negotiating a 6” curb. While standing, the aide will frequently hold light objects while they are working. These can be held from waist level to slightly above the aide’s head. Aide must be able to walk through the playground and office and be able to maneuver in tight spaces between tables. Dealing with students can entail kneeling or squatting, stooping and bending from 50-70 degrees at the waist on an occasional to frequent basis on a given day.  

• The aide must sit on an occasional basis when doing clerical work in the office. This is done at the desk with forward bending from the waist, leaning on the forearms, and looking down which requires neck flexion. It is necessary to grasp and manipulate pens, markers, scissors, staplers, etc., either occasionally or frequently, depending on the day. May occasionally have to climb or balance on counters, step- ladders or chairs. 

Work Environment:

This position works in a variety of settings including classrooms and outdoors and may experience heat or cold extremes as well as fumes, odors, dust, noise level is moderate to loud. 

Right to Revise: 

This job description is not meant to be all-inclusive and the School reserves the right to revise this job description as necessary without advance notice. 

The statements herein are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees, and are not to be construed as an exhaustive list of responsibilities, duties and skills required of classified personnel. Furthermore, they do not establish a contract for employment and are subject to change at the discretion of the employer without notice.