Bus Monitor - IDEA Mission (Immediate Opening)

About IDEA Public Schools

At IDEA Public Schools, we believe each and every child can go to college. Since 2000, IDEA Public Schools has grown from a small school with 150 students to a multi-state network of tuition-free, Pre-K-12 public charter schools. IDEA serves over 80,000 college-bound students in 143 schools across Texas, Florida, and Ohio, and is on-track to maintain its legacy of sending 100% of its graduates to college.

About the Role

The Bus Monitor is responsible for ensuring the safety of students by providing supervisory monitoring of students during transportation to and from school and on trips. Bus Monitors particularly ensure the safety of our youngest scholars (i.e., Pre-Kindergarten students) and special education scholars.

Responsibilities

• Provide a safe and orderly environment for students during transportation.
• Supervise students loading and unloading the bus/van and during transportation.
• Provide other support as requested, to ensure safe and efficient school operations at all times.

Requirements

• Enjoys working with children.
• Manages students in a firm and fair manner.
• Strong communication skills with students and staff.
• Flexibility to change.
• Promptness and dependability.
• Ability to learn systems and procedures quickly.

Qualifications

• High School diploma.
• Experience working with students (preferred).

Pay

Compensation for this role is set at an hourly rate of $10.00.

Schedule

This role is part-time.

Core Values

We look for team members who embody the following values and characteristics:

• Believes and is committed to our mission and being an agent of change: that all students are capable of getting to and through college.
• Has demonstrated effective outcomes and results, and wants to be held accountable for them.
• Has a propensity for action, willing to make mistakes by doing in order to learn and improve quickly.
• Works with urgency and purpose to drive student outcomes.
• Thrives in an entrepreneurial, high-growth environment; is comfortable with ambiguity and change.
• Seeks and responds well to feedback, which is shared often and freely across all levels of the organization.
• Works through silos and forges strong cross-departmental relationships in order to achieve outcomes.
• We believe in education as a profession and hold ourselves to a high level of conduct, professionalism, and behaviors as models for our colleagues and students.