Traffic Guard (Part-Time)

The Croft School – Part-Time Traffic Guard (Jamaica Plain, MA)

Start Date: November 2025

This individual will work 6.75 hours per week with the following schedule:

Mondays, Thursdays, and Fridays: 2:45 P.M. - 5:00 P.M.

About The Croft School

The Croft School is a young independent school in the Jamaica Plain neighborhood of Boston. Having opened in Fall 2020, our school currently enrolls 250 students in Preschool through Grade 5. Over time, we will grow (one grade level per year) into a 300-student Preschool - Grade 6 school. We are considered by many families and teachers to represent an exciting new type of school that is ideal for those concerned about the area’s existing public school (inconsistent quality; driven by standardized test outcomes) and private school (elitism; unaffordable; lack of diversity; limited innovation) options.

The Croft School is built around the following ethos

• Rigor
• Spark
• Joy
• Heart
• Belonging

Our program includes high-quality math, reading, and writing instruction, innovative project-based learning, age-appropriate opportunities for play and creative expression, frequent enrichment and Spanish courses, and weekly nature explorations or community trips (field study). Further, we seek to provide our families with an exceptional experience built around convenience, community, communication, and partnership.

The Croft School has sister schools in Providence (founded 2018) and the South End neighborhood of Boston (founded 2022).

More information about our school can be found here: .

About The Role

The Croft School is seeking an exceptional Traffic Guard to oversee the school’s multiple dismissal blocks, ensuring car and foot traffic entering, traveling through, and exiting the school’s property is safe, efficient, and organized.

This individual will work 6.75 hours per week with the following schedule:

Mondays, Thursdays, and Fridays: 2:45 P.M. - 5:00 P.M.

The ideal candidate will be committed to building deep relationships with families and students, as developing close-knit, trusting connections are at the heart of The Croft School.

Responsibilities for this role include:

• Set up traffic cones for daily dismissal.
• Direct vehicle and pedestrian traffic safely through the busy parking lot.
• Greet families and communicate in a friendly, professional manner.
• Remain standing for the full duration of the shift.
• Refrain from cell phone use during working hours.
• Arrive on time each day.

Qualifications and Qualities

• Applicants must be at least 21 years old and possess a high school diploma or GED
• Experience in an educational, school-based, or other children-focused setting.
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to quickly develop trusting relationships.
• Ability to multitask and make quick decisions in high pressure situations.
• Outstanding communication and collaboration skills, inclusive of empathy for others, thoughtful listening, and enthusiasm for being part of The Croft Schools team-oriented environment.
• Self-reflectiveness, humility, and an eagerness to continually improve one’s practice.
• A strong desire to remain in this for the entire school year.

Compensation

The Croft School offers compensation which is competitive with other local independent and public school opportunities. The compensation for this role is $25/hour.

Non-Discrimination

As an equal opportunity employer, The Croft School does not discriminate on the basis of race, gender, ability, age, religion, sexual orientation, or national or ethnic origin. We encourage applicants of all backgrounds to apply.