Classroom Monitors Sought For Fairfax County Schools

FAIRFAX COUNTY, VA — Fairfax County Public Schools is pushing to hire classroom monitors amid planning for more students to return to school.

The school district is hosting a virtual job fair for classroom monitors and substitute teachers on Friday, Dec. 18. from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Interested candidates can register for the job fair.

Classroom monitors provide in-person classroom assistance for students when a staff member remains virtual, while substitute teachers cover a regularly scheduled employee. Substitutes can choose to work in a virtual or in-person capacity.

Classroom monitors receive $15.42 per hour and should be able to commit to mid-January to June 11. The qualification for the position is a "combination of education and experience equivalent to graduation from high school."

Below is the job description for classroom monitors.

Provides in-person classroom assistance to a school or center assisting a virtual teacher with conducting classroom activities; works with individual and small groups of students; operates technology to include cameras, learning platforms, and learning tools; helps maintain order and discipline and assists in managing the behavior of students; provides supervision throughout the school day including in the classroom, halls, and lunch; performs administrative and non-instructional duties, such as keeping daily attendance; and ensures all CDC/safety protocols and procedures (e.g., fire drills) are implemented and followed.

Questions about the job fair or positions should be directed to the FCPS Department of Human Resources on the online web portal.

The school district is tentatively planning for the return of more students in early 2021. However, FCPS recently dialed back in-person learning based on two core health metrics recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for reopening decision-making. On Monday, FCPS moved its group 3 students back to virtual learning, leaving only groups 1 and 2 with in-person learning. FCPS delayed the return of its group five students (including PreK and kindergarten) on Nov. 16 and moved group 4 back to virtual learning on Nov. 23.

Superintendent Scott Brabrand provided an update on the return to school plan last week with tentative return dates. According to the draft plan, groups 1 to 3 will begin virtually for the first week after winter break and would return on Jan. 12. Groups 4 and 5 would also return on Jan. 12. Group 6 (grades 1 and 2) would return on Jan. 19, group 7 (grades 3 and 4) on Jan. 26, group 7 (grades 5 and 6) on Feb. 2, group 8 (grades 7, 9 and 12) on Jan. 26 and group 8 (grades 8, 10 and 11) on Feb. 2.

The presentation also covered updates on staffing needs. For the group 5 cohort of students to return, FCPS would need an estimated 83.5 classroom monitors. Positions filled to date total 53.5, leaving 30 classroom monitors still needed. FCPS also provided estimates for classroom monitors needed for groups 6 to 8.

As of Dec. 3, 79 percent of requests for ADA accommodations by staff to opt out of in-person learning were resolved. FCPS identified 2,933 "requests for reasonable accommodations," most of which were from teachers, and 2,359 of these were resolved. Another 460 are in progress of being resolved, and 114 are new requests that are unassigned.

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