High School: Hall Monitor 2026-2027

Job Overview
Assist the school principal in maintaining order, resolving conflicts, and ensuring that safety rules are followed on school grounds. Incumbent must exercise good judgment in assessing student behavior and handling student disciplinary problems.

Position Description

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Maintain a daily log of events and activities
• Patrol areas around office and campus grounds to ensure integrity of contents and maintain order; guard against illegal entry, fire, theft, and vandalism
• Enforce safety rules and regulations; observe and report unusual conditions, operations and safety hazards
• Operate and maintain a base radio; receive and keep a log of all radio messages; contact proper personnel in cases of emergency

Supervisory Responsibilities

• None

Qualification Requirements

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each of the above essential duties satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or abilities, required unless otherwise stated as preferred. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essentials functions.

• High School diploma or GED
• Ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing
• Ability to maintain confidentiality of school and student information
• Ability to monitor performance/actions of others
• Ability to analyze potential situations and apply rules and knowledge to specific problems to produce sensible results
• Possess a thorough understanding of school safety and disciplinary rules and regulations
• Have good listening, reading, and writing skills

Physical Requirements/Working Conditions

The work environment characteristics and physical demands described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Work is performed in classrooms, offices, work stations and meeting rooms.

The position requires occasional walking, standing, sitting, bending, stooping, kneeling, crouching, crawling, and lifting/carrying work related items weighing less than 40 pounds, such as books, papers and presentation materials. The employee is regularly required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; reach with hands and arms; and talk or hear. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision, and the ability to adjust focus. Attendance at conferences and professional development is required. Work involves everyday risks and discomforts which require normal safety precautions when operating equipment or performing job duties. May work prolonged or irregular hours and must be able to maintain emotional control under stress.

Provides public K-12 education and student services in Texas.