Bus Aide POOL

Job Title

Under the direct supervision of the Director of Transportation and/or the Transportation Operations Manager, rides buses and helps driver ensure safe and orderly transportation of students with disabilities.

Qualifications Profile

Any combination of education and experience providing the required skill and knowledge for successful performance would be qualifying. Typical qualifications would be equivalent to:

• High School diploma or equivalent.
• Preference given to applicants with prior school bus experience.

Essential Job Functions

Provide direct/indirect supervision of special education students transported by school bus. Maintain close communication with the bus driver. Develop a cooperative working relationship with other school personnel serving students transported on the school bus. Assist in communicating student needs to appropriate school and transportation personnel. Perform related clerical tasks. Issue citations/incident reports as appropriate. Prepare students reports as appropriate. Collaborate with bus driver in students seating assignments. Assist bus driver and staff with safe loading and unloading of students. Exhibit at all times appropriate role modeling through language, dress, and hygiene expressing appropriate attitudes toward sex, criminal behavior and the use of drugs. Work independently; communicate well, relate to children in a positive way; maintain cooperative, proper relationships with those contacted in the course of work. Understand and carry out oral and written directions; maintain a self-management system including schedules and daily logs. Physically assist in the lifting and moving of students as is appropriate.

Additional Duties

Assist guidance, pupil transportation staff or building administration, as needed. Perform any other related duties as assigned.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

Ability to carry out instructions furnished in written or oral form. Ability to work with a diverse group of individuals. Ability to maintain confidentiality of information regarding students, employees and others. Ability to establish a supportive and compassionate relationship with students with special needs. Ability to establish and maintain cooperative working relationships with students, staff and others contacted in the course of work. Ability to report work orally or in writing to supervisor as required. Effective writing and verbal communication skills.

Physical and Mental Demands, Work Hazards

Ability to work outdoors for loading and unloading students. Ability to sit in a school bus, a desk, conference table or in meeting rooms of various configurations for varying amounts of time. Ability to see, read and distinguish colors, with or without vision aides, instructional materials, rules and policies and other printed matter. Ability to speak in audible tones so that others may understand clearly in normal conversations. Ability to write legibly so that others may read and understand. Ability to walk on uneven terrain, school grounds and school buses. Physical ability to lift and carry from 40-60 pounds, as well as bend, stoop, walk, reach overhead, and stand as many as four hours per day. Physical agility to push/pull, squat, twist and turn.