Bus Monitor - IDEA Palmview (Immediate Opening)

About the role

The Bus Monitor will ride buses and help drivers ensure safe and orderly transportation of students with disabilities.

Responsibilities

• Lift and carry students with disabilities on and off the bus according to their individual needs.
• Supervise students as they board and leave the bus and cross the street.
• Take children into the building and help them find their way.
• Learn and adapt to each student’s special medical, physical, communicative, and emotional needs.
• Manage student behavior and report student discipline problems to the appropriate administrator.
• Communicate with teachers and parents on a daily basis regarding student behavior while on the bus.
• Become familiar with all routes to and from the school campus to be of assistance to the driver.
• Maintain an updated route schedule.
• Supervise the use of seat belts, harnesses, or car seats by students.
• Follow emergency procedures and help the driver administer first aid, if necessary.
• Operate equipment according to established safety procedures.
• Follow established procedures and techniques to perform job duties, including lifting and assisting students.
• Become familiar with and follow procedures established by transportation and special education offices.
• Help the driver keep the bus clean.
• Work irregular hours as needed.

Requirements

• Ability to follow verbal instructions and communicate effectively.
• Ability to operate safety equipment and adaptive equipment.
• Ability to work well with children with disabilities.

Qualifications

High School Diploma or GED is required.

Skills

The ideal candidate will 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.

Benefits

Compensation for this role is set at an hourly rate of $10.00/hour. Other benefits include dental and vision plans, disability, life insurance, parenting benefits, generous vacation time, referral bonuses, and professional development. IDEA may offer a relocation allowance to defray the cost of moving for this role, if applicable.

Working Conditions

Maintain emotional control under stress. Frequent walking, stooping, bending, kneeling, pushing, and pulling. Moderate lifting and carrying. Work outside and inside. Work around vehicles and machinery with moving parts. Moderate exposure to extreme temperatures and vehicle fumes.