Job Details
Cafeteria Recess Aides (Elementary)
2026-08-24 Lower Merion School District Ardmore,PA
Description:
Applicant must provide Act 34 and 151 clearances and FBI registration number for clearance. Clearances must be less than one year old.
Cafeteria Recess Aides pay rate: $21.54 per hour
3 to 3.5 hours per day; specific hours will be confirmed with Building Principal
The District strictly prohibits unlawful discrimination on the basis of race; color; creed; religion; sex; age; national origin; ethnicity; marital status; sexual orientation, including gender expression or identity; honorably discharged veteran or military status; the presence of any sensory, mental, or physical disability; or the use of a trained guide dog or service animal by a person with a disability. Please contact Kyra Gordon for accommodation requests at gordonk@lmsd.org.
The Lower Merion School District is seeking to hire Cafeteria Recess Aides at our Elementary Schools.
Summary Description:
Cafeteria/Recess Aides supervise students during their lunch and recess break. CRA(s) monitor students as they eat their lunch and then as they move from lunchroom to playground or in the case of inclement weather, back to the classroom. CRA(s) are responsible for monitoring student safety and behavior during this non-instructional time. On the playground, CRA(s) take direction from the Recess Captains regarding student activities and play.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Monitor students while they move through the cafeteria line to pick up their lunch and move into the cafeteria.
- Ensure that students sit in assigned seating if that is the procedure in the school.
- Monitor students as they eat their lunch taking care to ensure that procedures are followed to safeguard students with food allergies and other medical conditions
- Ensures that students clean their respective eating areas prior to leaving the cafeteria, removes residual debris in between lunch periods as needed, and may assist in delivering lunches to students.
- Monitor the playground area for strangers and any suspicious or dangerous activity and report it to the principal.
- Be familiar with the guidelines for safely securing the children in the event of a weather-related emergency or one that involves other danger to the safety of the children.
- Performs other related duties as assigned by the School Principal and/or Recess Captains.
Applicant must provide Act 34 and 151 clearances and FBI registration number for clearance. Clearances must be less than one year old.
Cafeteria Recess Aides pay rate: $21.54 per hour
3 to 3.5 hours per day; specific hours will be confirmed with Building Principal
The District strictly prohibits unlawful discrimination on the basis of race; color; creed; religion; sex; age; national origin; ethnicity; marital status; sexual orientation, including gender expression or identity; honorably discharged veteran or military status; the presence of any sensory, mental, or physical disability; or the use of a trained guide dog or service animal by a person with a disability. Please contact Kyra Gordon for accommodation requests at gordonk@lmsd.org.