# Accompany and supervise students during meals.

*/Tasks/Accompany_and_supervise_students_during_meals.*

Accompany and supervise students during meals.

## Boundary Of Firm

**Outsourced To**:
- [School Support Staffing Agency](/CompanyTypes/School_Support_Staffing_Agency)
**Automatability**: manual
**Routing Summary**:
- Accompanying and supervising students during meals is in-person duty-of-care work kept in-house by a school's student-services or operations staff.
- It is performed by teacher assistants, lunchroom and playground monitors, and childcare workers physically present to supervise; safeguarding children cannot be handed to software.
- Some districts buy lunchroom supervision and aide coverage from a school support staffing agency, but the supervision itself is performed by people on site.
**Delivered By Role**:
- [Teacher Assistant](/Tasks/Accompany_and_supervise_students_during_meals./JobTypes/Teacher_Assistant)
- [Playground Monitor](/Tasks/Accompany_and_supervise_students_during_meals./JobTypes/Playground_Monitor)
- [Childcare Worker](/Tasks/Accompany_and_supervise_students_during_meals./JobTypes/Childcare_Worker)
**Asset Specificity**: general
**Delivered By Department**:
- [Student Services](/Tasks/Accompany_and_supervise_students_during_meals./Departments/Student_Services)
- [School Operations](/Tasks/Accompany_and_supervise_students_during_meals./Departments/School_Operations)

## Neighborhood

### Parent

- [Accompany individuals or groups to activities.](/Activities/Accompany_individuals_or_groups_to_activities.) — parent · Activities

### Siblings

- [Take residents on community outings.](/Tasks/Take_residents_on_community_outings.) — siblings · Tasks
- [Accompany children to and from school, on outings, and to medical appointments.](/Tasks/Accompany_children_to_and_from_school,_on_outings,_and_to_medical_appointments.) — siblings · Tasks
- [Travel with athletic teams to be available at sporting events.](/Tasks/Travel_with_athletic_teams_to_be_available_at_sporting_events.) — siblings · Tasks
- [Accompany injured athletes to hospitals.](/Tasks/Accompany_injured_athletes_to_hospitals.) — siblings · Tasks
- [Chaperone group-sponsored trips and social functions.](/Tasks/Chaperone_group-sponsored_trips_and_social_functions.) — siblings · Tasks
- [Accompany Residents on Supervised Walks](/Tasks/Accompany_Residents_on_Supervised_Walks) — siblings · Tasks
- [Accompany Students to Community-Based Instruction Sites](/Tasks/Accompany_Students_to_Community-Based_Instruction_Sites) — siblings · Tasks
- [Accompany families to meetings and appointments](/Tasks/Accompany_families_to_meetings_and_appointments) — siblings · Tasks
- [Accompany parents to school meetings](/Tasks/Accompany_parents_to_school_meetings) — siblings · Tasks
- [Assist Lead Teachers with Activities and Transitions](/Tasks/Assist_Lead_Teachers_with_Activities_and_Transitions) — siblings · Tasks
- [Coordinate Community-Based Instruction Outings](/Tasks/Coordinate_Community-Based_Instruction_Outings) — siblings · Tasks
- [Escort Residents to Activities and Appointments](/Tasks/Escort_Residents_to_Activities_and_Appointments) — siblings · Tasks
- [Facilitate Community Outing](/Tasks/Facilitate_Community_Outing) — siblings · Tasks

### Who does this

- [Residential Advisors](/Occupations/Residential_Advisors) — performs · Occupations

### Problems this exposes

- [allergy/dietary-restriction tracking relies on staff memory](/Problems/allergy%2Fdietary-restriction_tracking_relies_on_staff_memory) — exposes problem · Problems
- [supervision ratios hard to maintain across a crowded cafeteria](/Problems/supervision_ratios_hard_to_maintain_across_a_crowded_cafeteria) — exposes problem · Problems
- [incident documentation during meals is inconsistent](/Problems/incident_documentation_during_meals_is_inconsistent) — exposes problem · Problems

### Outsourced to

- [School Support Staffing Agency](/CompanyTypes/School_Support_Staffing_Agency) — outsourced to · CompanyTypes

### Delivered by

- [Childcare Worker](/JobTypes/Childcare_Worker) — delivered by · JobTypes
- [Playground Monitor](/JobTypes/Playground_Monitor) — delivered by · JobTypes
- [Teacher Assistant](/JobTypes/Teacher_Assistant) — delivered by · JobTypes
- [School Operations](/Departments/School_Operations) — delivered by · Departments
- [Student Services](/Departments/Student_Services) — delivered by · Departments