School Safety Coordinator - Fontana 2 at Options For Youth - San Bernardino County
About the Employer
Are you an educator seeking to positively impact students’ lives? Do you believe that every student should have the opportunity for success? If so, Options For Youth (OFY) is the place for you! OFY is looking for individuals who are outgoing, energetic, authentic, motivated, and inspiring. Options for Youth is a network of free public charter schools offering students a flexible, personalized approach to learning. OFY saw the potential that struggling students couldn’t see in themselves. For almost 30 years, OFY has helped more than 135,000 students find their passion and pursue their dreams. OFY believes in fostering the student’s vision; inspiring students inspires us. We believe the student-teacher relationship is critical to the development of a young person’s social, emotional, and academic well-being. If you believe this too, then you are the educator that we’re looking for. We are devoted to creating a team of diverse people and encourage anyone passionate about education and excited about what we do to connect with us! To learn more about our schools, visit us at www.ofy.org.
Job Summary
Job Summary
Do you want to make an impact in students’ lives? Do you believe that every student should have the opportunity for success? If so, then Options For Youth (OFY) is the place for you! OFY is looking for warm, outgoing, authentic, passionate and inspiring individuals. OFY places great emphasis on the student-teacher relationship, a critical component to the development of students’ personal, emotional, and academic well-being.
Job Description / Essential Elements:
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Who We Are:
Options for Youth is a network of free public charter schools offering students a flexible, personalized approach to learning. OFY’s founders started the program in 1987 to provide at-risk and underserved students an alternative to traditional learning methods and environments. OFY saw the potential that struggling students couldn’t see in themselves. When California’s Charter School Law passed in 1993, Options For Youth became the first sanctioned charter school in California. For over 20 years, OFY and its founders have helped more than 135,000 students find their passion and pursue their dreams. OFY believes in fostering student dreams. At OFY, inspiring students inspires us. We believe the student-teacher relationship is critical to the development of a young person’s social, emotional, and academic well-being. Options for Youth embraces diversity and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer.
Job Details
The School Safety Coordinator is responsible for the overall safety and security of the center. They will play a critical role in the school’s culture and climate. A calm, structured, and positive learning
environment is the top priority in this role. The School Safety Coordinator is actively involved in supporting the Assistant Principal in the progressive discipline system and provides the first line of defense to defuse and de-escalate student misconduct and/or serious incidents.
Essential Functions include, but are not limited to the following:*
- Counsels students on conduct to prevent disruptions or fights in or on school grounds that threaten the safety of students, staff, and/or guests.
- Prevent or stop students from engaging in unsafe activities according to established guidelines and notify the school site administration regarding how to resolve safety and security concerns.
- Engage in conflict management according to established protocols and promptly alerts administration of physical altercations to minimize disruption of campus activities and prevent injury to involved parties.
- Patrol assigned areas of campus during assigned periods to ensure student compliance with established rules and guidelines, and maintain order and safety.
- Ensure the timely arrival/return of students to class before and after school, lunch, and break periods in accordance with established guidelines.
- Report to the school site administrator unusual activity, suspicions of safety issues, safety hazards, altercations, and other incidents in a timely fashion
- Assists with evacuation, fire, and lockdown drills to ensure the orderly movement of students from classrooms to designated meeting locations.
- Complete proper documentation related to incident reports and misconduct reports
- Monitor school grounds and school entrances to ensure only authorized personnel and authorized visitors access the school and verify visitors in accordance with school sign-in procedures.
- Build positive and professional relationships with students and leverage those relationships to establish and maintain productive and safe learning environments.
- Exercise dignity and respect when interacting with students at all times
- Under direction from administration, leads efforts to de-escalate inappropriate student behaviors
- Monitoring of student behavior during the lunch period and school lunch service
- High School diploma or GED equivalent required
- Previous experience in security preferred.
- CPR and First Aid Certified
- Proof of COVID19 Vaccination & Booster (if booster eligible) or
- Weekly COVID19 Negative Test ( option to participate in on-site weekly testing or obtain testing off-site)
Requirement per California State Public Health Officer Order of August 11, 2021 https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CID/DCDC/Pages/COVID-19/Order-of-the-State-Public-Health-Officer-Vaccine-Verification-for-Workers-in-Schools.aspx
Requirements / Qualifications
Education and Experience: High School diploma or GED equivalent required Previous experience in security preferred CPR and First Aid Certified Requirement of either*: Proof of COVID19 Vaccination & Booster (if booster eligible) or Weekly COVID19 Negative Test ( option to participate in on-site weekly testing or obtain testing off site) Requirement per California State Public Health Officer Order of August 11, 2021 https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CID/DCDC/Pages/COVID-19/Order-of-the-State-Public-Health-Officer-Vaccine-Verification-for-Workers-in-Schools.aspx
Requirements / Qualifications
Education and Experience: High School diploma or GED equivalent required Previous experience in security preferred CPR and First Aid Certified Requirement of either*: Proof of COVID19 Vaccination & Booster (if booster eligible) or Weekly COVID19 Negative Test ( option to participate in on-site weekly testing or obtain testing off site) Requirement per California State Public Health Officer Order of August 11, 2021 https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CID/DCDC/Pages/COVID-19/Order-of-the-State-Public-Health-Officer-Vaccine-Verification-for-Workers-in-Schools.aspx
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Company Benefits and Perks:
We offer a comprehensive benefits package to full-time staff that includes paid time off, holiday and sick time, medical, vision and dental coverage, incentives and an employer-matched 403B plan. OFY provides our staff opportunities to chaperone students on experiential learning trips to amazing places like Italy, China and Cuba and in-country trips to DC, a ranch in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado and a farm in Northern California. We regularly hold social functions to foster a genuine camaraderie that enhances teamwork. At our company-wide award functions, we take time to recognize the talent and dedication of the people who make OFY and our students successful. To learn more about our schools, visit us at www.ofy.org.
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Company Benefits and Perks:
We offer a comprehensive benefits package to full-time staff that includes paid time off, holiday and sick time, medical, vision and dental coverage, incentives and an employer-matched 403B plan. OFY provides our staff opportunities to chaperone students on experiential learning trips to amazing places like Italy, China and Cuba and in-country trips to DC, a ranch in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado and a farm in Northern California. We regularly hold social functions to foster a genuine camaraderie that enhances teamwork. At our company-wide award functions, we take time to recognize the talent and dedication of the people who make OFY and our students successful. To learn more about our schools, visit us at www.ofy.org.