Lunch & Recess Monitors (Immediate Opening)

The Elgin Math and Science Academy Charter School (EMSA, www.elginmathandscience.org) opened in August of 2018 to all students residing in the U-46 attendance area. This coming year we will serve kindergarten through eighth grade students completing our expansion. 

EMSA is seeking Lunch and Recess Monitors that will help to establish a positive environment while modeling and encouraging the habits of scholarship for students' self-discipline. An EMSA Lunch and Recess Monitor will assist in providing a well-organized, efficient, and high functioning systems and supervision during lunch and recess for grades K-8. 

An EMSA Lunch and Recess Monitor will:

• Operate with the understanding: Diversity is a fact, Inclusion is a behavior, Equity is the outcome
• Work collaboratively with all members of the learning community to build relational trust and foster a growth mindset for all through modeling by taking professional risks, owning mistakes, and being metacognitive about their own growth and revision
• Model EMSA's habits of scholarship in word and action and effectively build a positive culture that promotes self-discipline
• Set and manage clear volume expectations in the lunchroom space
• Supervise and manage students as they go through the lunch line
• Follow and implement logical consequences for behavior per the school's Day in the Life Document and Consequence Matrix
• Transition classes or students to and from the building to the playground
• Provide and implement clear expectations for lunch and recess procedures
• Independently or with assistance de-escalate behaviors or student conflict 
• Facilitate in-door recess during inclement weather

An Ideal candidate is someone who:

• Follows all directives of the classroom teacher, administrative assistants, or school leaders
• Administers and records any behavior incidents into a referral tracking system
• Maintains the equipment used for outdoor recess 
• Provides all relevant behavioral information or conflict to classroom teachers at the end of lunch/recess to minimize conflict entering the classroom.
• Maintains control and utilizes behavior management practices that are consistent with those of the EMSA logical consequence matrix or progressive discipline steps
• Exhibits confidentiality in relation to students, parents, and staff
• Develops positive working relationships with administration, staff, students, and parents
• Will be knowledgeable and vigilant in the adherence of the School Safety Plan
• Independently de-escalates student conflict or behavior 
• Clearly communicates expectations with students

Qualifications

Required

• High School Diploma 
• Communication and interpersonal skills to engage in a highly collaborative school environment
• Ability to develop relational trust with students, families and staff

Desired

• Fluent in Spanish and English

General Hours/Days

Lunch and Recess Monitors will work Monday-Friday from 10:30am - 1:30pm. EMSA can be flexible with candidates who can only commit to several days per week as needed.  These hours apply to all in session school days. This position is only for the remainder of the 2025-2026 school year. 

Anti-Discrimination Policy and Commitment to Diversity

EMSA seeks individuals of all backgrounds to apply for this position. We are committed to maximizing the diversity of our organization and want to engage all those who can contribute to this effort. EMSA provides equal employment opportunities for all applicants and employees and prohibits discrimination with respect to the hiring or promotion of individuals, conditions of employment, disciplinary and discharge practices, or any other aspect of employment on the basis of gender, race, color, ethnicity, disability, or any other factor which cannot lawfully be used as a basis for an employment decision.