Crossing Guard - Part-time

SCHOOL'S CROSSING GUARD - $12.00/hr

DEPARTMENT OF SAFETY - MULTIPLE SCHOOL LOCATIONS

Schedule: 1-2 hours a day, 5 days a week

Salary Range:  $12.00 per hour

Essential Functions and Objectives:

• Monitors street crossings during hours when children are going to and from school
• Directs children and traffic at intersections to ensure safe crossing and escorts children across the street

Education Requirements:  

High school diploma or equivalent is preferred but not required.

Other information:

The Department of Safety team strives to promote safe school communities by emphasizing Safety, Service and Enforcement.  The Department provides a wide range of services that include armed patrol response, school based security, dispatch and communications, investigations, emergency preparedness, system specialists and administration.  Our officers work closely with the Denver Police Department to ensure our schools remain safe for students and staff to learn and thrive.  We incorporate the DPS Shared Values of Students First, Integrity, Equity, Collaboration, Accountability and Fun in everything we do and constantly look for opportunities to provide learning experiences outside of the classroom.  Our officers are well trained on a variety of topics and we set high expectations for ourselves on being a service oriented department. 

Denver Public Schools is committed to meeting the educational needs of every student with great schools in every neighborhood. Our goal is to provide every child in Denver with rigorous, enriching educational opportunities from preschool through high school graduation.  DPS is comprised of 185 schools, including traditional, magnet, charter and pathways schools, with an enrollment of 88,000 students.  Of those, 58% of the school district's enrollment is Hispanic, 20%is Caucasian, and 15% is African American.  Seventy-two percent of the district's students qualify for free and reduced lunch.  

Under the leadership of Superintendent Tom Boasberg and guided by the tenets of The Denver Plan, DPS has become the fastest-growing school district in the country in terms of enrollment and the fastest-growing large school district in terms of student academic growth.  DPS is committed to establishing Denver as a national leader in student achievement, high school graduation and college career readiness.  

Denver Public Schools is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, disability, or any other status protected by law or regulation. It is our intention that all qualified applicants be given equal opportunity and that selection decisions be based on job-related factors.