Personal Needs Assistant/Bus Monitor

Craven County Schools • New Bern, NC

2d • Onsite

About The Position

An employee with this job description provides support to a specific assigned student during the instructional day. A wide variety of tasks are performed to support the student and teacher in the teaching-learning process for the assigned student. Problems are solved through the exercise of judgment in selecting the best course of action to be taken.

Requirements

• High school diploma or G.E.D.
• Experience and knowledge of students needs at different ages, educational and developmental levels.
• Working knowledge of educational practices, processes, and techniques.
• Willingness to become familiar with Craven County School Districts educational policies and rules as well as federal and state laws, regulations, policies, and rules.
• Skill in communicating verbally, and written, through translation and interpretation.
• Skill in establishing and effective working relations with others.
• Maintain confidential student information.
• Participates in staff development opportunities by the District.
• Participates in CPI certification yearly.
• Work is performed while standing, sitting and/or walking.
• Position will require the ability to communicate effectively using speech, vision, and hearing and the use of hands for simple grasping and fine manipulations.
• Work will entail bending, squatting, crawling, climbing, reaching and the ability to lift, carry, push, or pull medium weights, up to 50 pounds.
• Individual performing this job will participate in activities involving being around moving machinery, exposure to marked changes in temperature and humidity, and exposure to dust, fumes, and gases.

Nice To Haves

• Certification and Licensure Requirements (if applicable):

Responsibilities

• Serves as a helper/caregiver to accommodate the comfort/needs of the assigned student. This may include feeding, toileting, lifting.
• Works in collaboration with the student’s teachers to provide an effective classroom learning environment for the student.
• Provides individualized instruction/directions to the students.
• Demonstrates various instructional activities to assist the student’s comprehension and ability to access the curriculum.
• Keeps student on task.
• Praises and reinforces achievement of the student.
• Assists in data collection and reports student progress to teacher.
• Assists with management of student behavior.
• Monitors buses for students in need of Specialized Transportation as needed.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED