Aide - School Bus 10 month

Responsibilities

• Attends to the safety, care, and comfort of special education students and other students on all school buses.
• Assists students in boarding and disembarking from school buses.
• Lifts and carries students as required.
• Monitors student behavior on buses.
• Completes daily attendance of students riding the bus.
• Utilizes resources appropriately to complete work in the most efficient manner; proactively communicates the status of work; participates and contributes fully as a team member; and exercises sound judgment and decision-making skills to resolve sensitive matters.
• Assigns students to seats.
• Adjusts safety straps and stores crutches and other orthopedic aids on the bus.
• Properly secures students in various types of equipment.
• Monitors students on the bus for behavioral and physical problems.
• Maintains bus schedules of each student on route showing addresses, telephone numbers, pick-ups, etc.
• Follows prescribed procedures when a parent or an adult fails to meet a student at the bus stop.
• Assists the bus driver in developing emergency evacuation plans and in performing bus evacuation drills.
• Assists in emergency situations and efficiently and quickly evacuates students from the bus as needed.
• Assists the bus driver in receiving information needed to complete accident reports.
• Performs and promotes all activities in compliance with equal employment and nondiscrimination policies and contractual agreements; follows federal laws, state laws, school board policies and professional standards.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED.
• Experience working with special education students is preferred.
• Knowledge of school safety, procedural, and policy guidelines and applicable regulations.
• Skills in communication and human relations.
• Ability to use and care for school bus and related equipment and supplies according to written and oral instructions.
• Ability to maintain good relationships with administrators, teachers, students, other employees, and the general public.
• Ability to establish and maintain working relationships with other departmental officials, associates, and employees.
• Must have complex problem-solving skills.
• Must possess excellent cross-organizational knowledge.

Pay

Maximum Salary: $28.47; Minimum Salary: $20.21. The hiring range for this position is ($20.21‑$25.68).

Schedule

Full time

Benefits

This position is eligible for benefits. To review the available options please see the information relevant to the union for this position by viewing the following link: http://www.baltimorecityschools.org