Substitute Bus Aide Job Birmingham area,Alabama USA,Transportation

Job Title:

Bus Aide

Job Goal:
To provide assistance and ensure the safety of special needs students while loading and unloading bus and to supervise students on bus at all times

Qualifications:

Possess a valid driver's license and be able to provide own transportation to and from school/transportation
Ability to meet the suitability criteria for employment and/or certification licensure under the Alabama Child Protection Act of 1999 and Act No. .
Possess management skills to supervise and direct students
Demonstrated success in relevant work
Ability and willingness to work in a highly demanding, stressful
Demonstrated proficiency in oral and written communication with students, parents and
Ability to identify and solve problems as a productive team
Physical strength, agility, dexterity, acuity, and mobility to perform job responsibilities.
Ability to use technology to communicate, to manage data, and to produce/submit required reports, correspondence, and/or financial
Ability to follow instructions and accept constructive
Ability to stand, walk, stoop, and assist students with specific hygiene
Ability to transfer students, and provide physical intervention when
Ability to lift up to 50
Ability to work flexible hours as needed to provide assistance on special education
Ability to be punctual and in regular
Such alternatives to the above qualifications as the BOE may

Performance Responsibilities and

Essential Functions:

Demonstrates support for the school system, its purpose, direction, and

Demonstrates the ability to multi-task, to delegate appropriately, and to prioritize tasks

Maintains confidentiality of any Board of Education business, its staff, and its students.

Rides BOE provided transportation before school, after school, and on field trips as

Demonstrates professionalism in appearance and in attitude at all

Properly uses and cares for tools, equipment, and materials owned by the

Demonstrates initiative in identifying opportunities for improvement in areas of responsibility.

Maintains a neat and professional

Demonstrates regular and predicable attendance

Possesses patience, caring and desire needed to work with students; bus drivers; parents/guardians; and other professionals to ensure that each student has the opportunity to succeed

Be courteous and professional at all times and maintain the ability to work cooperatively with students; bus drivers; parents/guardians; and other professionals

Maintains physical, emotional, and mental stability and dexterity to perform required work

Participates in professional growth and development

Helps students board and exit school buses. Assists bus driver in keeping routine records related to student transportation or behavior as

Transfers students in and out of holding or locomotive devices and on and off buses.

Assists with movement of students with special needs as required (positioning, lifting, transferring, and physical intervention).

Assists in managing student behavior to include crisis intervention when needed, including restraining disruptive or physically dangerous students within the guidelines of Crisis Intervention and Prevention (MCS) training if aide has been trained.

Assists teachers and bus drivers on field trips by helping students with physical needs, maintaining discipline, and reinforcing learning

Assists bus drivers in maintaining discipline and responding to the physical needs of

Perform basic health, first aid, or basic nursing care for special education students as directed or authorized by a school

Attends IEP meetings, if

Performs other job-related duties as assigned by the Special Education Coordinator and/or Transportation

Salary:

Based on the St. Clair County School System Salary Schedule

Terms of Employment: 182 days

Evaluation:
Performance will be evaluated according to board policy.