Bus Monitor - Temporary/Miscellaneous

School Bus Aide

License and Certification Qualifications: None required. Education Qualifications: High school diploma or equivalent required. Experience Qualifications: Experience with special needs students preferred. Skills Qualifications: Ability to follow oral and written instructions quickly and accurately; ability to work with students who have special needs in a transportation environment; basic knowledge of transportation operations and equipment, medical and assistive equipment, first aid, student behavioral management, and emergency procedures; strong interpersonal skills; ability to take directions; and ability to exhibit a positive attitude.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Provide emergency support to medically fragile students and intervention to other students whose Individualized Education Program (IEP) requires constant attention while riding, loading, and unloading the school bus.
• Assist bus manager with students while riding, loading, and unloading the bus.
• Monitor status of students on the bus and provide assistance or notify qualified personnel as required.
• Assist bus manager with responsibility for all equipment.
• Maintain knowledge of routes, riders, and emergency plans.
• Act as a school system ambassador.
• Attend meeting and training sessions as directed by supervisory personnel.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Physical Demands: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to stand, walk, sit, and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. In case of emergency the employee must be able to lift and/or move more than 100 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus. While performing the duties of this job the employee is regularly exposed to outside weather conditions. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.