Job Title: Bus Aide - Substitute
Wage/Hour Status: Nonexempt
Department: Transportation
Reports to: Transportation Supervisor
Approved by: Board of Trustees
SUMMARY
Ride buses and help driver ensure safe and orderly transportation of students.
QUALIFICATIONS
EDUCATION:
None
EXPERIENCE:
None
CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS
None
OTHER SKILLS AND ABILITIES
Ability to follow verbal instructions and communicate
Ability to operate safety equipment and adaptive
Ability to work well with children with
Working knowledge of wheelchair lifts, ramps, locks, and special needs adaptive
Ability to communicate clearly and concisely both in oral and written
Ability to perform duties with awareness of all district requirements and Board of Education
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Student Management
Lift and carry students with disabilities on and off the bus according to their individual
Supervise students as they board and leave bus and cross
Take children into building and help them find their
Learn and adapt to each student's special medical, physical, communicative, and emotional
Manage student behavior and report student discipline problems to appropriate
Communicate with teachers and parents on a daily basis regarding student behavior while on
Routes and Schedules
Become familiar with all routes to and from school campus to be of assistance to
Maintain an updated route
Safety
Supervise use of seat belts, harnesses, or car seats by
Follow emergency procedures and help driver administer first aid, if
Operate equipment according to established safety
Follow established procedures and techniques to perform job duties including lifting, assisting students,
Other
Become familiar with and follow procedures established by transportation and special education
Help driver keep bus
Work irregular hours as
Participate in staff meetings and special events as
Exercise professional judgment in absences; be punctual to work, meetings, and
Perform other duties as assigned by the immediate
SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES
None
LANGUAGE SKILLS
Ability to read a limited number of two and three syllable words and to recognize similarities and differences between words and between series of numbers.
Ability to write and speak simple sentences.
MATHEMATICAL SKILLS
Ability to perform basic math operations.
REASONING ABILITY
Ability to apply commonsense understanding to carry out detailed but uninvolved written or oral instructions.
Ability to deal with problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS
Occasional absences are understood but regular attendance is required.
While performing the duties of this job, frequent walking, stooping, bending, kneeling, pushing and pulling is required.
Moderate lifting and carrying is required.
Specific vision abilities required include close vision, depth perception, peripheral vision, and the ability to adjust focus.
The employee must maintain emotional control under stress.
WORK ENVIRONMENT
While performing the duties of this job, the employee works outside and inside and works around vehicles and machinery with moving parts.
The employee may be moderately exposed to extreme temperatures and vehicle fumes.
The noise level in the work environment is loud, to where you have to raise your voice to be heard.
Donna ISD considers applications for all positions without regard to race, color, national origin, age, religion, sex, marital status, veteran or military status, the presence of a medical condition, disability, or any other legally protected status.