Job Title: Custodian – afternoon/ Lake County Intermediate School
Salary Grade: $15/hr
Work Year: 260 days/ 4 hour days
Reports To: Custodial Director

Purpose of position: The Custodian is responsible for performing custodial duties, minor maintenance and other miscellaneous duties in order to ensure that school buildings and facilities are maintained in a healthy, safe and sanitary manner to guarantee the best learning environment possible.
Essential functions:
Daily: Perform daily duties in assigned areas: wash and disinfect classroom desks, chairs and windows; emptying and cleaning trash cans and pencil sharpeners. Vacuum all carpeted areas and mop all floors and stairs. Take down the flag and store properly.

• Clean and sanitize bathrooms, including mirrors, stalls, walls and floors as well as stocking with toilet paper. Fill paper towel dispensers and soap dispensers throughout the building.
• Wash/disinfect all classroom desks, chairs, and windows.
• Clean sinks, countertops, restrooms, remove trash, vacuum floors and mop in faculty areas. Clean hallway furniture and vacuum carpeted areas.
• Clean common room areas, gym, and auditorium during afterschool activities and functions. Follow recycling and composting procedures. Includes picking up trash, sweeping and mopping floors, cleaning bathrooms, and cleaning up spills.
• Spot clean all walls for marks and handprints.
• Keep all custodial closets clean, organized, and stocked. Wash all rags and mop heads at end of shift. Turn off faucets at end of shift. Clean and empty vacuums.
• Write up all maintenance requests when issues are found; perform light maintenance duties such as changing light bulbs, touch up paint, replace batteries, installing pencil sharpeners, etc.
• Keep exterior schools grounds/sidewalks clean from litter.
• When snowing, salt all sidewalks, entryways, and stairs. Shovel all sidewalks as needed (check on periodically, if snowing heavily).
• Respond to alarm calls. Understand all emergency and lockdown procedures. Be able to work weekends for school activities or functions, as needed. Report any concerns to immediate supervisor.
• Ensure all classrooms are locked with lights off.
• Lock all exterior doors. Set alarm system.
• Weekly: Clean all white boards and trays each Friday. Clean inside of trashcans, spot clean all walls, buff floors, and other special projects on early release days.
• Monthly: Perform monthly cleaning duties, including cleaning drain traps in locker room showers, cleaning and sanitizing shower stall walls, and mopping gym floor and under bleachers.
• Annually: Perform annual cleaning duties, including stripping and rewaxing floors; shampooing rugs; washing walls; cleaning tables, desk tops, and counters; removing gum from furniture; washing all windows; stripping and resealing concrete floors; stripping, tacking, and refinishing gym floor.
• Ongoing: Perform other duties as assigned. Light maintenance duties as arise.

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. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

EDUCATION AND TRAINING 2 years of high school, vocational school, or equivalent on-the-job training and experience
EXPERIENCE 0-2 years’ experience in the cleaning field
SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE, & EQUIPMENT Important workplace competencies include: customer focus, time management, perseverance, positive peer relationships, and effective communication. Operating knowledge of hand buffer, high speed buffer, carpet cleaner, and snow blower preferred at hire; required within 2 weeks after hire.
CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, & REGISTRATIONS None required.
SUPERVISION/TECHNICAL RESPONSIBILITY This job has no supervisory responsibilities.
JUDGMENT AND DECISION MAKING Daily work is assigned by Principal or Custodian Manager. Requires cleaning knowledge and ability to follow instructions to complete daily responsibilities. Decision making is guided by custodial checklist and safety and health standards and procedures. Decision making requires collaboration with Principal and Custodial Manager. Errors in decision making could lead to safety or health hazards for students, staff, and the general public. Supervisor is involved only in major decisions.
DIVERSITY OF DUTIES Duties require cross training in safety and cleaning standards and procedures. Duties extend within assigned building.
The physical demands, work environment factors, and mental functions described below are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand and walk. The employee frequently is required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; operate equipment with hands and wrists, climb or balance on ladder/stepstool; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; and talk or hear. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds and occasionally move more than 100 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.
WORK ENVIRONMENT While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally exposed to toxic or caustic chemicals, outside weather conditions, and risk of electrical shock. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.
MENTAL FUNCTIONS While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to communicate. Frequently required to coordinate. Occasionally required to compare and analyze.

To apply, please complete a classified employee application (found on LCSD website under employment and applications), email a resume and letter of interest to Eva Mascarenas, Custodial Director.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Lake County is located two hours west of Denver in the heart of Colorado’s highest peaks at 10,200 feet. There are about 7,000 people in Lake County, and Leadville is the main city. Many adults commute to work in the service industry in nearby ski areas. We have a strong history of mining, adventure recreation, and outdoor enthusiasm. Lake County Intermediate School consists of about 300 students in grades 3-6 with three classroom teachers per grade.

Reports To: Building Principal – Lake County Intermediate School (LCIS) Grades Third – Sixth

Length of Assignment: Academic year (179 teacher contract days, 164 student contact days (majority of teaching days are on a 4 day work week beginning in August and ending in June)

Primary purpose: Contributing to our EL Education School as part of our CREW involves teaching a dynamic, comprehensive curriculum throughout the day. Relationships, student-led learning, safety, and data driven instruction are fundamental components to helping each student grow to their capacity. We believe in providing a high quality, equitable education for every student in all of our classrooms. At Lake County Intermediate School, we hold our students to high academic and behavioral expectations and empower them to become the leaders of their own learning. As educators we are continuously growing and learning and a culture of feedback is important to our work.

Duties of this job include, but are not limited to:

• Teaching a prescribed curriculum in: language arts (EL Education), mathematics (Eureka Math 3-5, Illustrative Math 6), phonics (HD Word), and social/emotional skills (Second Step)
• Backwards planning as a collaborative team while maintaining an intentional focus on the standards and student achievement
• Designing and implementing science and social studies units
• Developing strong relationships with each student to foster a sense of Crew based on mutual trust and respect
• Adhering to the LCIS Common Content Expectations and Learning Environment Expectations
• Developing lesson plans and instructional materials and providing individualized and small group instruction
• Developing intervention groups based on data and adapting the curriculum to meet the needs of students
• Evaluating students’ academic and social growth, keeping appropriate records, and preparing progress reports
• Providing differentiated instruction based on linguistic, academic, and social-emotional needs and providing comprehensible instruction for all students
• Communicating with parents through conferences, email, notes, and in-person to discuss students’ progress
• Developing READ plans and contributing to IEP development, as needed
• Collaborating with peers to identify and support the needs of the whole child
• Documenting learning through documentation panels and student portfolios
• Supervising students in out-of-classroom activities during the school day
• Administering interim assessments and standardized tests in accordance with testing programs (DIBELS, Achievement Network, CMAS)
• Maintaining professional competencies by participating in Professional Learning Communities (PLCs), Professional Development (PD), Multi-Tiered System of Support (MTSS), Staff Meetings, and other collaborative teams for the benefit of the school

Preferred Qualifications:

a. Bachelor’s degree of related subject from accredited university

b. Colorado Teaching License

c. Demonstrated competency in the classroom

d. Strong interpersonal skills and computer proficiency

e. Experience with students who are Multilingual

To apply go to: www.teachers-teachers.com/employer/Lake-County-School-District-R-1-8614

Lake County School District is an equal opportunity employer

Reports To: LCIS Principal

Length of Assignment: Date Filled – June 24, 2021 with contract renewal through 2022

Salary: DOE starting at $46,017 per 189 contracted days

Purpose of Position: To support students and families dealing with challenges related to COVID-19. This position will work closely with Lake County School District’s counseling and social work team to support district-wide response and recovery efforts in future years.

Responsibilities:

Duties of this job include, but are not limited to:

• Provides intervention and skill-building for students who have been referred for intensive skill-building and therapeutic supports (individual or group).
• Participates as a member of the District Counseling/Social Work team in addition to the school’s Multi-Tiered System of Support and RtI processes to represent social/emotional and mental health perspective. Will also participate on Collaborative Problem Solving teams as needed.
• Utilizes assessment tools to understand student strengths and lagging skills, and to determine an appropriate course of action.
• Supports the lead Social Worker at LCIS with referrals, interventions and support protocols to meet the needs of students related to COVID-19, and builds upon common social/emotional, behavior, and academic goals to deliver services as appropriate.
• Supports LCIS staff, with the school social worker, as needed during the transition to teaching and working with students during COVID-19
• Participates in data collection used to measure the impact of interventions and supports, and to demonstrate the impact of the associated grant programs.
• Consults with staff, parents and students about interventions and options for students.
• Works regularly with the school principal and social worker to ensure the needs of all students are being equitably met.
• Refers students in need of therapeutic services to community therapy resources (i.e. School based Health, Sol Vista, etc.)
• Maintains records of contacts and actions taken with each student.
• Performs Suicide Risk Assessments and other threat assessments on an as needed basis with support of school social worker.
• Assists in the promotion of a positive school climate and follows school norms and expectations.
• œ Promotes a positive professional and ethical image of the school district, social emotional and behavioral-mental health supports and special education services.
• Be available by radio to respond as needed to crisis situations.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Logistics:

• Create schedules collaboratively with principal and other relevant stakeholders. Continuously revisit schedules with the principal and/or social worker to refine and adjust as needed.
• Flexibly adapts to the needs of the school, students, and concerns associated with COVID-19 response.
• 45 minutes per day planning period.
• Half hour, duty free lunch.
• Student supervision duties will be required, such as before and after school and at recess and lunch.
• A work space will be provided; it may be shared.

Qualifications:

• Master’s Degree in Social Work or Counseling required (CDE or DORA license within 45 days of hire.)
• Ability to motivate and work with Middle School students grades 3-6 in addition to staff.
• Possess educational and professional experience in counseling
• Experience working with students from diverse backgrounds and a variety of family situations
• Bilingual English/Spanish preferred
• Experience with educational systems and practices, such as RtI, PBIS, and EL preferred
• Experience implementing social/emotional curriculum to both classrooms and small groups

To apply, go to: www.teachers-teachers.com/employer/Lake-County-School-District-R-1-8614, OR complete a certified employee application (found on LCSD website under employment and applications), email a resume and letter of interest to Cheryl Talbot, LCIS Principal.