School Bus Attendant - Multiple Positions Available - 2025-2026

School Bus Attendant - Multiple Positions

About the role

The School Bus Attendant reports to the District Office and is responsible for the safe transport of students to and from school on regularly scheduled routes.

Responsibilities

• Meet the requirements of the regular daily bus route for the purpose of transporting children to and from school in a safe and timely manner.
• Follow all State and Federal rules and regulations.
• Adhere to the procedures, policies, and practices presented in the “Bus Driver and Bus Attendants Handbook.”
• Complete safety and operational check of the school bus and any special equipment before all trips.
• Report any malfunctions concerning the bus and/or special equipment.
• Keep the buses clean and in an orderly condition.
• Be fair and firm with discipline of your passengers and be mindful of the safety of student riders when they are approaching, entering, riding, and leaving the bus.
• Knowledge of rules pertaining to the transportation of school children with responsibility to advise the students on the rules and the infractions.
• Responsibility to report any hazardous conditions observed along the scheduled bus route and route deviations.
• Responsibility to maintain and rigidly adhere to the bus route schedule for both pickup and return home.
• Responsibility to be courteous, pleasant and demonstrate respect for all students, school personnel, parents and the general motoring public.
• Responsibility to immediately report unusual incidents or events and to follow the directions provided by the Dispatcher.
• Report to work as scheduled or before in order to prepare the bus and start the route on time regardless of weather conditions.
• Boards, transports, and discharges passengers.
• Responsibility to maintain and rigidly adhere to the bus route schedule for both pickup and return home.
• May lift handicapped passengers and assist passengers into and out of bus as required by Transportation Services Department policy and procedure.
• May operate a mechanized wheelchair lift.
• Ensures that students and equipment are safely fastened in seats, when necessary.
• Maintains and updates current student and trip routes.

Requirements

• Be at least 18 years of age and identification card.
• Complete 1 day of school bus aide classroom training.
• Must not have felony convictions in last five years.
• Must not have ever been convicted of a crime involving children.
• Must not have ever been convicted of drug-related crimes.
• Must pass a successful background check including child protection registry.
• Must pass a successful pre-employment drug screening.
• Must have TB testing (initially) and school bus Aide physical (initially and annually).

Physical Requirements

• The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential duties and responsibilities of this job.
• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use hands and/or fingers to handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; talk or hear; and taste or smell.
• This job inquires repetitive stooping, twisting and bending.
• The employee frequently is required to stand, walk, and sit.
• The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

Pre-employment Requirements

• All persons employed by the Appoquinimink School District are required to submit a criminal background check and a tuberculosis test.
• Anyone offered employment is required to provide the following: proper identification (Social Security Card and Driver’s License), documentation of eligibility for employment in the U.S.A., completion of I-9 form, and completion of paperwork for the Delaware Child Protection Registry.