Minimum Qualifications & Abilities:

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• One (1) year of experience working with children preferred.
• Ability to interact in a positive way with students, bus drivers, district, and community.
• Grooming and personality which establishes a desirable example for children.
• Good physical and mental health.
• Ability to demonstrate appropriate English usage and communication skills.
• Ability to use proper techniques and procedures for lifting and moving children incapable of providing assistance.
• Ability to demonstrate an understanding, patient, and receptive attitude toward children.
• Ability to physically pick up and carry a young student to his/her seat, if needed.
• Experience using positive behavioral supports and behavior management strategies.
• Knowledge of basic concepts of working with children with special needs.
• Ability to demonstrate flexibility as transportation routes change.
• Ability to ride in a motor vehicle without getting “car sick”.
• Training in Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) – preferred.

 
Essential Functions:

• Performs a variety of functions related to the special needs of children being transported.
• Manages the behavior of children through the use of a variety of reinforcement techniques.
• Stays informed about students’ health and/or behavior plans for safe transportation purposes; knows how to respond when there is a health or behavior concern.
• Shows consistency, firmness, and fairness in enforcing bus rules; maintains poise and a confident manner.
• Understands and carries out oral and written instructions related to the specific needs of individual children.
• Assures the health and safety of students by following established practices and procedures; maintains bus/transportation environment in a safe, orderly and clean manner; sanitizes the inside of the bus as needed.
• Works closely and effectively with drivers, students, parents, and other school staff members.
• Assists students with hygienic needs (nose blowing, cleaning up after a toileting accident or vomiting, etc.) while taking proper precautions to protect self from transfer of germs.
• May make minor adjustments on special equipment, such as wheelchairs, crutches, and braces as directed by school staff.
• May assist on transportation routes for field trips.
• Learns how to operate different types of safety seats, buckles, latches, wheelchair hooks, etc., as needed for safe transportation of students.
• Performs other duties as assigned by Superintendent or designee.