Multilingual Learner Assistant​/Bus DRIVER Position

MULTILINGUAL LEARNER ASSISTANT/BUS DRIVER Position # 308320

MULTILINGUAL LEARNER ASSISTANT/BUS DRIVER Position # 308320 Lee County Schools Broadway Elementary - Broadway, North Carolina Open in Google Maps

Job : 5543286

Final date to receive applications: Posted until filled

Posted: Feb 18, 2026 5:00 AM (UTC)

Starting Date: Immediately

Qualifications:

• High School diploma or equivalent.
• Qualifications required under the provisions of “No Child Left Behind”
  • Associate’s Degree, or
  • Completion of 48 semester hours of college credits, or
  • Successful completion of a series of Work Keys Tests plus 96 contact hours of appropriate staff development
  • Bi-lingual
• Valid Driver’s License with a good driving record
• CDL License with passenger school bus endorsement and current Bus Drivers Pocket Card

Nature of Work

An Instructional Assistant/Bus Driver provides support to the teacher in the instruction of students. A wide variety of tasks are performed to support the teacher in the teaching-learning process for students. The work is directed by specific instructions, precedents and established policy. The employee operates small, medium-sized, or large capacity vehicles transporting children on established or special routes. The work is performed under the limited supervision of the teacher and/or principal.

The Instructional Asst./Bus Driver will work with English learners as well as students in the Dual Language Spanish Immersion program.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Working knowledge of effective methods of dealing with children.
• Working knowledge of the core subjects at the grade level to which employment assignment is made.
• Some knowledge of the school organization and its community.
• Some knowledge of expected behavior of children, that is, basic characteristics of ages and stages.
• Skill necessary to operate audiovisual equipment and common office machines.
• Skill to make learning aids which will strengthen lesson plans.
• Ability to comprehend the purpose of teacher designed strategies as a fulfillment of the instructional objective.
• Ability to discern significant student behavior and refer this to the supervisor.
• Ability to impart information to the child’s level of comprehension.
• Ability to apply impartially and consistently proper methods of recognition, reward and punishment.
• Ability to solve independently most minor problems.
• Ability to follow minimally detailed written and oral instructions without constant supervision.
• Ability to record and store data accurately.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality of student information.
• Considerable knowledge of safe and efficient practices and procedures used in the operation of a school bus.
• Considerable knowledge of traffic laws and school bus regulations.
• Considerable knowledge of safety regulations and standards for school buses.
• General knowledge of Transportation Department Operating Instructions.
• Ability to physically inspect the bus according to Transportation Department Operating Instructions.
• Ability to detect and report observable mechanical defects or failures on the school bus.
• Ability to maintain discipline of students assigned to ride the school bus.
• Ability to maintain a clean school bus.
• Ability to complete required reports.
• Ability to understand and follow oral and written instructions.
• Ability to exercise independent judgment and initiative in applying standards to a variety of work situations.
• Ability to exercise tact and courtesy in contact with parents/guardians or students and with school personnel.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships as necessitated by work assignments.

Essential Job Functions
:

• Gives group instruction as prescribed by teacher.
• Provides individualized instruction.
• Demonstrates various instructional activities
• Monitors work assigned by teacher.
• Checks and corrects students’ work while in progress.
• Keeps students on task
• Praises and reinforces achievement of students.
• Reports student progress to teacher.
• Arranges classroom furnishing and equipment.
• Prepares visual aids.
• Duplicates materials.
• Reorganizes materials at the end of day.
• Scores students’ papers as instructed by teacher.
• Distributes and collects instructional…