SCHOOL BUS AIDE

Minidoka County School District•Rupert, ID

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The School Bus Assistant assists the School Bus Driver in providing routine, safe, and efficient transportation of students with special needs and other passengers to and from District schools and other assigned locations on school-related activities. The principal duties of this class are performed in an outdoor environment that may involve exposure to adverse weather conditions and traffic hazards.

Requirements

High school diploma or GED equivalency
CPR and First Aid certification
Knowledge of methods, techniques, and objectives of transporting special needs students.
Ability to operate equipment to accommodate special needs students, including but not limited to, wheelchair lifts, tie-downs, seat belts and restraining equipment, specialized safety equipment, and related equipment.
Ability to operate two-way radio equipment, oxygen tank, fire extinguisher, seatbelt cutter, and other required equipment.
Ability to maintain a professional demeanor during stressful situations.
Ability to establish and effective working relationships with students, principals and administrators, parents, supervisors, other employees, the public, and others.
Any equivalent combination of experience and training that provides the knowledge and abilities necessary to perform the work.

Responsibilities

Assists in conducting pre-trip inspection of bus to assess safety, mechanical condition, and operability of special needs equipment.
Assists in transporting special needs students and other passengers to and from District schools in a safe, timely, and efficient manner, obeying traffic and other applicable regulations.
Assists in transporting special needs students and other passengers to and from other assigned locations on field trips and other school-related activities in a safe, timely, and efficient manner, obeying traffic and other applicable regulations.
Ensures students are properly restrained by use of wheelchair tie-downs, seatbelts, safety harness, or other required devices.
Maintains order among student passengers using prescribed disciplinary methods, taking into account the special needs of the students, ensuring the bus driver can focus attention on driving the vehicle.
Monitors and responds to immediate and emergency health needs of student passengers, including cleanup of body fluids.
Confers with drivers, teachers, parents, supervisors, and other interested and affected persons regarding the special needs of individual students.
Assists in conducting emergency drills, evacuations, and related drills as prescribed, accommodating the special needs of the students.
Maintains passenger load, trip reports, route reports, disciplinary action, and other required records, logs, and documents.
Cleans and maintains the interior of the bus in a neat and orderly manner.
Performs all work duties and activities by federal, state, and District policies, procedures, and safety practices.
Performs other duties as assigned.