Bus Aide-Early Childhood

SCHOOL YEAR

Position Summary

Performs duties to ensure the safety and supervision of ECSE students on designated bus routes.

• Supervises the loading onto bus and unloading of assigned students, and other students as required.
• Performs securing and checking of students’ seat belts and/or restraints.
• Cooperates with teachers, teachers’ aides and/or assistants in exchanging students at bus loading/unloading areas.
• Cooperates with parents and/or guardians during loading and unloading, in a proper and pleasant manner.
• Cooperates with the bus driver in a mutually responsible manner, during loading, unloading and travel time.
• Monitors children during travel time to ensure their safety and well-being.

• Assists occasionally with route directions to pick up or deliver children when there is a substitute driver.
• Comforts any student who is upset.
• Assists in fire drills or other safety drills.

Physical/visual activities or demands that are commonly associated with the performance of the functions of this job.

• Standing, walking, sitting, climbing, balancing, stooping or crouching, reaching, grasping, talking, hearing.
• Normal attention with clarity of vision at 20 inches or less as well as 20 feet or more required.
• Moderate physical demand with lifting (or assisting) average weight (25 to 60 lbs.) children by hand on a daily basis.
• Must be able to manipulate zippers and seat belt fasteners in a timely manner.
• Must be able to assist the driver with a bus evacuation in the event of an emergency.

Subject to both inside and outside working conditions, with regular travel on school bus required.

Basic knowledge of arithmetic, spelling, English, and grammar. Accuracy in checking, posting, proofreading and counting, equivalent to high school diploma. GED may be accepted.

• Apply commonsense understanding to carry out one or two-step instructions. Deal with standardized situations with occasional or no variables in or from these situations encountered on the job.
• Add and subtract two digit numbers. Perform the four basic arithmetic operations.
• Reading, writing, and speaking at a basic level.
• Must possess positive, effective “people skills”.

WILL BE SCHEDULED TO WORK 15-20 HOURS

None required

This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee occupying this position. Employees may be required to follow other job-related instructions and to perform other job-related duties as requested, subject to all applicable state and federal laws.

Certain job functions described herein may be subject to possible modification in accordance with applicable state and federal laws.

“Commonly associated” is not intended to mean always or only
. There are different experiences that suggest other ways or circumstances where reasonable changes or accommodations are appropriate.

All activities, Demands, Conditions and Requirements are linked to Essential Job Functions unless marked with an asterisk which denotes linkage only to marginal function(s).

Equal Opportunity Employer