yard duty
Playground watch shift
Yard duty is the supervision of students during recess or lunch periods, typically performed by teachers or staff on a rotating schedule.
The term is primarily used in school contexts: Mrs. Chen has yard duty on Tuesdays.
The person assigned may be called the yard duty or be said to be on yard duty.
- playgroundChildren's outdoor recreation space
- schoolyardOutdoor area at school
- playground monitorRecess supervision staff
- supervisionOverseeing people or processes
- patrollingMonitoring by traversing
safety vest · recess · lunch break · monitoring · students · line up · conflict resolution · breaktime · school bell · mediation · incident report · safeguarding · oversight · guidance · intervention · out of bounds · recreation · whistle
- schoolteachers, classrooms, classes, student, grades