Lunch Aide

• Position Type:
    Part Time Hourly Positions/Lunch Aide
  
  
• Date Posted:
    11/3/2025
  
  
• Location:
    Rolling Green Elementary
  
    

ROCKFORD PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT #205
Job Description
 
Job Title: Breakfast/Lunch Aide

Job Code: 2494
Department: Schools
Supervisor: Building Principal
Date: November 5, 2024
FLSA Status: Non-Exempt
Compensation: $15.00 / Hour

PURPOSE OF THE POSITION: To provide assistance in the cafeterias, playground and hallways and other grounds of the building.
 
SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES: None
 
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:  To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.  The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. In addition to the requirements listed below, regular attendance is an essential function of this position.

 

1. Ensures that all actions are in concert with the Board policies as well as the mission statement, beliefs, objectives, and parameters found in the Board's strategic plan.
2. Participates in job training and professional growth opportunities in order to enhance ability to perform the essential functions of the job.
3. Performs other related duties as assigned for the purpose of ensuring an efficient and effective work environment.
4. Assist in supervision of bathrooms, hallways, cafeteria and commons or any other area of the school building or grounds as needed or requested.
5. Accompany individual students to other areas of the building or grounds.
6. Inform administration of any problems encountered when interacting with students.
7. Assist with student safety.
8. Assist students through the cafeteria lines where needed.
9. Assist with clean up of cafeteria after meal periods.
10. Assume any other duties as may be assigned by administration.

QUALIFICATIONS: High School Diploma or GED preferred
 
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES:

1. Ability to demonstrate qualities aligned to our core values of Character, Communication, Collaboration and Continuous Improvement.
2. Bilingual as required by location

 Benefits:  This is not a benefits-eligible position.

WORK CALENDAR: 9 Months
 
WORKING CONDITIONS:  Moderate in-district travel as well as intermittent in-state and out-of-state travel.  Intermittent prolonged and irregular hours of work.
 
OTHER: This job description describes duties and responsibilities which are representative of the nature and level of work assigned to the position. The identified duties and responsibilities are intended only as illustrations of the various types of work that may be performed. The omission of specific duties does not exclude them from the position. 
 
The job description does not constitute an employment agreement between the school district and employee and is subject to change by the school district as the needs of the school district and requirements of the job change.
 
Physical Aspects of the Position (Select all that apply)
Climbing – Ascending or descending ladders, stairs, scaffolding ramps, poles and the like, using feet and legs and/or hands and arms. Body agility is emphasized. 2. X Balancing – Maintaining body equilibrium to prevent falling when walking, standing or crouching on narrow, slippery or erratically moving surfaces. 3. X Stooping – Bending body downward and forward by bending spine at the waist. 4. X Kneeling – Bending legs at knee to come to a rest on knee or knees. 5. X Crouching – Bending the body downward and forward by bending leg and spine. 6. X Crawling – Moving about on hands and knees or hands and feet. 7. X Reaching – Extending hand(s) and arm(s) in any direction. 8. X Standing – Particularly for sustained periods of time. 9. X Walking – Moving about on foot to accomplish tasks, particularly for long distances. 10. X Pushing – using upper extremities to press against something with steady force order to thrust forward, downward, or outward. 11. X Pulling – Using upper extremities to exert force in order to draw, drag, haul or tug objects in a sustained motion. 12. X Lifting – Raising objects from a lower to a higher position or moving objects horizontally from position to position. This factor is important if it occurs to a considerable degree and requires substantial use of upper extremities and back muscles. 13. X Finger use – Picking, pinching, typing or otherwise working, primarily with the fingers rather than the whole hand or arm as in handling. 14. X Grasping – Applying pressure to an object with the fingers or palm. 15. X Talking - Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of spoken word. Those activities in which you must convey detailed or spoken instructions to other workers accurately, loudly, or quickly. 16. X Hearing – Perceiving the nature of sounds. Ability to receive detailed information through oral communication, and to make fine discriminations in sounds such as when making fine adjustments on machinery. 17. X Repetitive Motions – Substantial movements (motions) of the wrist, hands, and/or fingers The Physical Requirements of the Position (Select one)
Sedentary Work – Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally and/or negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, push, pull or otherwise move objects, including the human body. Sedentary Work involves sitting most of the time. Jobs are sedentary if walking and standing are required only occasionally and all other sedentary criteria are met. 2. X Light Work – Exerting up to 20 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 10 pounds of force frequently, and/or a negligible amount of force constantly to move objects. If the use of arm and/or leg controls requires exertion of force greater than that for sedentary work and the worker sits most of the time, the job is rate for Light Work Medium Work – Exerting up to 50 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 20 pounds of force frequently, and/or up to 10 pounds of force constantly to move objects Heavy Work - Exerting up to 100 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 50 pounds of force frequently, and/or up to 20 pounds of force constantly to move objects Very Heavy Work – Exerting in excess of 100 pounds of force occasionally, and/or in excess of 50 pounds of force frequently, and/or in excess of 20 pounds of force constantly to move objects
 
The visual acuity requirements including color, depth perception and field of vision   (Select all that apply)
X Machine Operations – inspection, close assembly, clerical, administration. This is a minimum standard for use with those whose work deals largely with preparing and analyzing data and figures, accounting, transcription, computer terminal, extensive reading, or visual inspection Mechanics – Skilled tradespeople – This is a minimum standard for use with those whose work deals with machines such as power tools, lathes, and drills Mobile Equipment – This is a minimum standard for use with those who operate cars, trucks, forklifts, cranes, and high equipment Other – This is a minimum standard based on the criteria of accuracy and neatness of work for janitors, sweepers, etc
The Conditions the Worker will be subject to in this position (Select all that apply)
X The worker is subject to inside environment conditions. 2. X The worker is subject to outside environment conditions The worker is subject to extreme heat or cold for periods of greater than one hour. 4. X The worker is subject to noise which would cause them to have to shout The worker is subject to hazards: Includes a variety of physical conditions, such as proximity to moving mechanical parts, electrical current, chemicals, etc

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