Instructional Assistant/Bus Driver

Support Teacher And School Bus Driver

To provide support to the teacher in the instruction of students. A wide variety of technical and clerical tasks are performed to support the teacher in the teaching-learning process for students. The second aspect of this job is bus driving in which under general supervision, it is expected that an employee operate a school bus on assigned route(s) and schedule to provide safe and efficient transportation to students of the school system.

Minimum training and experience a high school diploma and one of the following is required: 48 semester hours, or an associate's degree, or workkeys completed + (2 college courses, or 96 contact hours). Employee should also have some experience in driving large vehicles with some experience transporting humans preferred; or any equivalent combination of training and experience which provides the required skills, knowledge and abilities.

Performance responsibilities include assisting teacher with executing instruction and evaluating its effectiveness, monitoring student behavior and helping maintain discipline in the classroom, monitoring the safety and well-being of students, assisting students with learning, operating the assigned school bus on the route(s) and schedule, obeying all traffic laws and school bus regulations while operating the school bus, performing required post-trip inspection, observing all safety regulations and standards for school buses, maintaining discipline of students assigned to ride the school bus, securing the assigned bus before leaving the vehicle at the conclusion of a run or route, maintaining acceptable relationships with parents/guardians of students transported and with school personnel, and performing other related tasks as required.