MIDDLETOWN PUBLIC SCHOOLS

Mission Statement:

Middletown Public Schools cultivates the brilliance in each student.

Values and Belief Statements:
Empowerment: Middletown Public Schools empowers its students with the knowledge
and skills to create lives brimming with purpose, passion and fulfillment.
Community: Middletown Public Schools harnesses the power of community by
fostering an environment of mutual understanding and appreciation.
Growth: Middletown Public Schools encourages a culture of growth and exploration,
inspiring lifelong learners.
Authenticity: Middletown Public Schools embraces each person’s authenticity and
cultivates an inclusive culture that brings about a sense of belonging.

POSITION: Summer Cafe Lead

Location: District

Rate of Pay: $26.00 Per Hour

Responsibilities and Duties:

● Prepares meals according to menus, standard recipes, USDA, CSDE and HHFKA guidelines.

● Serves meals to students and staff according to USDA, CSDE and HHFKA guidelines.

● Cleans and sanitizes kitchen and other food service areas.

● Complete all assigned professional development trainings as assigned

● Oversees the work of up to 8 cafeteria worker I team members; provides instruction and training; plans, assigns and reviews work; and maintains standards of federal and state regulations pertaining

to Child Nutrition Program; ensures compliance with all health and sanitation requirements.

● Prepares daily deposits and related paperwork. Prepares daily production order records, HACCP Logs and production schedules .

● Orders food and supplies; takes and maintains inventory; receives and stocks deliveries; rotates foods according to requirements.

Qualifications and Experience:

Current Managers ServSafe Certification preferred but not required;
Applicable knowledge of all HACCP cafeteria criteria including but not limited to the completion of temperature logs, thermometer calibration, temperature requirements and all sanitation requirements.
Applicable knowledge of production record completion;
Applicable knowledge of the Middletown Public Schools Inventory Control Policy and Procedure Applicable knowledge for operation of the POS cash register and reporting System;
Applicable knowledge for placing all food and paper product orders weekly; in accordance with the BOE/ Food Services Inventory Control Policy and Procedures;
Ability to follow USDA and CSDE meal pattern requirements for the National School Breakfast and Lunch Programs including required serving sizes; Ability to interact with children and adults in a pleasant, professional manner at all times;
Able to commit their attendance daily throughout the duration of the summer program as assigned; Ability to lift multiple objects of 50 pounds for the duration of the scheduled shift;
Ability to tolerate hot temperatures/weather conditions while performing all required duties.

Physical and Mental Demands/Work Environment:

Language Ability and Interpersonal Communication

Requires the ability to process, calculate, compute, summate, and/or tabulate data and/or information. Includes the ability to perform subsequent action in relation to these computational operations.
Requires the ability to provide guidance, assistance and/or interpretation to others, such as co-workers and the public, on how to apply policies, procedures and standards to specific situations.

Requires the ability to utilize a wide variety of reference and descriptive data and information such as regulations, daily notices, menus, recipes, count sheets, deposit slips, free/reduced lists, temperature guidelines and general operating manuals.
Requires the ability to communicate orally and in writing with the Cafeteria Lead and all other food service workers, students, teachers, principal, and school staff.

Mathematical Ability

Requires the ability to perform addition, subtraction, multiplication and division; and to calculate percentages and decimals.

Physical Requirements

Requires the ability to operate, maneuver and/or provide simple but continuous adjustment on equipment, machinery and tools such as kitchen equipment and machines, cash register, calculator, and/or materials used in performing essential functions.

Requires the ability to coordinate eyes, hands, feet and limbs in performing movements requiring skill and training, such as preparing food.

Tasks involve the ability to exert moderate but not constant physical effort, typically involving some combination of climbing and balancing, stooping, kneeling, crouching, crawling, and lifting, carrying, pushing and pulling objects and materials of moderate weight, twelve to fifty pounds.

Ability to recognize and identify harmonious or contrasting combinations, as well as recognize individual characteristics of colors, shapes, sounds, tastes, odors and textures associated with job-related objects, materials and ingredients.

Environmental Adaptability

Ability to work under safe and comfortable conditions where exposure to environmental factors is minimal and poses a very limited risk of injury.

Disclaimers:

The supplemental job description lists typical examples of work and is not intended to include every job duty and responsibility specific to a position. An employee may be required to perform other related duties not listed on the supplemental job description provided that such duties are characteristic of that classification. This job description reflects management’s assignment of essential functions; it does not prescribe or restrict the tasks that may be assigned.

Connecticut requires that any person (teachers, administrators, special service staff members, teachers’ aides, custodians, cafeteria employees, etc.) who is hired by a local or regional board of education submit to a state and national criminal history record check within the first 30 days of the date of employment. The process includes the checking of fingerprints by the State Police Bureau of Identification and the F.B.I. The results of the criminal history record checks (both state and federal) are reported to the employing school district. If the district receives notice of a conviction of a crime by a person holding a certificate, authorization or permit issued by the State Board of Education, the district shall notify the Bureau of Certification and Professional Development.

STATEMENT OF NON-DISCRIMINATION

The Middletown Board of Education is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer, and it does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religious creed, age, marital status, military or veteran status, national origin, ancestry, alienage, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, disability or pregnancy in any of its education programs, activities, or employment policies. All educational programs and offerings, including vocational education and extracurricular activities, subscribe to this policy.