Qualifications: 

• Academic background or related work experience
• Skills related to school or public safety or security
• Strong communication skills
• Ability to perform the duties and responsibilities as described below

Job Goal: 

• To promote a safe, orderly, and caring environment by performing a variety of security related activities, including monitoring of the campus, designed to increase school safety and reduce school violence. 

Essential Job Functions: 

• Maintain high visibility throughout the building and grounds. 
• Collaborates closely with the school resource officer (SRO). 
• Monitors student behavior and communicates with school staff and administration. 
• Communicates effectively with students, parents, administration, and staff. 
• Serves on the Student Services Team and the School Crisis Team. 
• Assists the administrative staff with security concerns. 
• Participates in professional growth opportunities. 
• Completes daily activity log and other accountability reports as assigned. 
• Makes recommendations to school administration and staff utilizing needs assessment data and observations. 
• Serves as a team player and role model for other employees in the organization; demonstrates a commitment to continuous quality improvement; supports and exhibits organizational core values of caring, respect, integrity, responsibility, high expectations, being customer driven, and valuing diversity. 
• Possess the visual acuity to work with data and figures, operate a computer, do extensive reading and prepare and present written and oral reports and statistical data. 
• Performs other duties as assigned. 

Additional Requirements: 

• Must be certified, or working towards certification, in CPI (verbal de-escalation/therapeutic holds)
• Good knowledge of the school system and individual school crisis response and emergency plans
• Good knowledge of conflict resolution, aggression management, crisis intervention and de-escalation strategies, student and staff self protection, crime prevention, and drug and alcohol prevention. 
• Must have a working knowledge of current trends in gang activity. 
• Possess the visual acuity to work with data and figures, operate a computer, do extensive reading and prepare and present written and oral reports and statistical data. 
• Must be able to work as a team player. 

Physical and Cognitive Requirements:

Work in this classification is considered light physical work requiring the exertion of up to 20 pounds of force occasionally and a negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to move objects.

Must be able to:

• Walk, lift, reach, stoop, stand, grasp, kneel, crouch
• Use visual acuity in preparing and analyzing written or computer data
• Visually inspect small defect and/or small parts
• Operate a variety of machines, and job specific equipment or tools
• Use technology in an effective and productive manner
• Determine the accuracy and thoroughness of work
• Observe general surroundings and activities
• Communicate by spoken word to express or exchange ideas and convey detailed or important instructions to others accurately, loudly, or quickly
• Safely work in situations of exposure to blood borne pathogens which may require specialized personal protective equipment
• Communicate effectively orally and in writing
• Establish positive relationships with students
• Deal with people beyond giving and receiving instructions
• Perform under stress, deal with persons activating under stress and adapt when confronted with emergency situations
• Work with both children and adults with disabilities
• Talk and hear (talk: expressing or exchanging ideas by means of spoken words. Hearing: perceiving nature of sounds by ear.)

DISCLAIMER: The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by individuals assigned to this job. They are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required of the position. All employees may have other duties assigned at any time.