Special Education Bus Aide

About the role

To ensure the on bus safety of all students with special needs in our care so that they may enjoy the fullest possible advantage from the district’s curriculum and extra curricular programs.

Essential Duties

• Rides the bus to individual student stops as necessary in the morning and again in the afternoon each school day.
• Assists students on and off the bus securing on bus equipment including seatbelts, car seats and safety vests/cam straps to ensure the safe transport of students to and from school.
• Maintains a safe environment for all students and the driver.
• Supervises student activity and behavior.
• Communicates with teacher(s), principal, parents and Transportation Department.
• Daily maintenance of a log book of significant events that happen during the transportation of students.
• Attends all mandatory departmental in-service meetings.
• Uses department discipline ladder to report discipline issues to proper authority.
• Observes all mandatory safety regulations for school buses. Ensures the safety of students.
• Establishes and maintains cooperative professional relationships.
• Remains free of any alcohol or nonprescription controlled substance and abuse of any prescribed controlled substance in the workplace throughout employment in the district.
• Exhibits professional behavior, emotional stability, and sound judgment.
• Serves as a role model for students in how to conduct themselves as citizens and as responsible, and intelligent human beings.
• Understands the legal responsibility to help instill in students the belief in, and practice of, ethical principles and democratic values.
• Maintains confidentiality and respect for confidential information at all times.

Terms Of Employment

187 Days (179 work days – 8 paid holidays); 4.5 hours per day excluding lunch; number of days of vacation and salary as determined by Negotiated Agreement. Work year to be established by the Board.

Pay

$19.66/HR. - $21.74/HR.