Bus Monitor - IDEA Lake Houston (Immediate Opening)

IDEA Public Schools; Houston (TX); Sur place; USD 14 000 - 19 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Disability insurance

Life insurance

Parenting benefits

Vacation time

Referral bonuses

Professional development

Relocation allowance

Résumé du poste

IDEA Public Schools seeks a bus aide to support students with disabilities on and around the school bus. You will assist with boarding, safety, routines, and navigation to buildings, while learning each student’s unique needs.

Strong communication with teachers and parents will be essential as you ensure safe transport and daily positive outcomes for students. The role involves handling students with diverse medical, physical, communicative, and emotional needs, managing behavior, and following

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED required.
• Ability to work with children with disabilities.
• Ability to follow verbal instructions and communicate effectively.

Responsabilités

• Lift and assist students with disabilities on and off the bus.
• Supervise students boarding and leaving the bus and crossing the street.
• Escort students into buildings and help them navigate to their destinations.
• Learn and adapt to each student’s medical, physical, communicative, and emotional needs.
• Manage student behavior and report disciplinary issues to the administrator.
• Communicate with teachers and parents daily regarding student behavior on the bus.
• Familiarize yourself with routes and assist the driver as needed.
• Maintain an updated route schedule.
• Monitor use of seat belts, harnesses, or car seats.
• Follow emergency procedures and assist the driver with first aid if needed.
• Operate equipment safely and follow established procedures for lifting and assistance.
• Follow procedures from transportation and special education offices.

Connaissances

Follow verbal instructions

Safety equipment usage

Work with children with disabilities

Formation

High School Diploma or GED

Description du poste

What We Offer

• Compensation: Compensation for this role is set at an hourly rate of $12.00/hour

• Other benefits include dental and vision plans, disability, life insurance, parenting benefits, generous vacation time, referral bonuses and professional development. IDEA may offer a relocation allowance to defray the cost of moving for this role, if applicable.

What You Bring -- Competencies:

• Ability to follow verbal instructions and communicate effectively
• Ability to operate safety equipment and adaptive equipment
• Ability to work well with children with disabilities

Qualifications:

• Education: High School Diploma or GED
• Experience:
• License or Certification:

What You’ll Do – Accountabilities:

• Lift and carry students with disabilities on and off the bus according to their individual needs.
• Supervise students as they board and leave bus and cross street.
• Take children into building and help them find their way.
• Learn and adapt to each student’s special medical, physical, communicative, and emotional needs.
• Manage student behavior and report student discipline problems to appropriate administrator.
• Communicate with teachers and parents on a daily basis regarding student behavior while on bus.
• Become familiar with all routes to and from school campus to be of assistance to driver.
• Maintain an updated route schedule.
• Supervise use of seat belts, harnesses, or car seats by students.
• Follow emergency procedures and help driver administer first aid, if necessary.
• Operate equipment according to established safety procedures.
• Follow established procedures and techniques to perform job duties including lifting, assisting students, etc.
• Become familiar with and follow procedures established by transportation and special education offices.
• Help driver keep bus clean.
• Work irregular hours as needed.

We look for Team and Family who embody the following values and characteristics:

• Believes and is committed to our mission and being an agent of change: that all students are capable of getting to and through college
• Has demonstrated effective outcomes and results, and wants to be held accountable for them
• Has a propensity for action, willing to make mistakes by doing in order to learn and improve quickly
• Works with urgency and purpose to drive student outcomes
• Thrives in an entrepreneurial, high-growth environment; is comfortable with ambiguity and change
• Seeks and responds well to feedback, which is shared often and freely across all levels of the organization
• Works through silos and forges strong cross-departmental relationships in order to achieve outcomes
• We believe in education as a profession and hold ourselves to high level of conduct, professionalism and behaviors as models for our colleagues and students

Working Conditions:

• Maintain emotional control under stress.
• Frequent walking, stooping, bending, kneeling, pushing and pulling
• Moderate lifting and carrying.
• Work outside and inside
• Work around vehicles and machinery with moving parts
• Moderate exposure to extreme temperatures and vehicle fumes.

About IDEA Public Schools

At IDEA Public Schools, we believeeach and everychild can go to college.Since 2000, IDEA Public Schools has grown from a small school with 150 students to a multi-state network of tuition-free, Pre-K-12 public charter schools.

IDEA Public Schools boasts national rankings on The Washington Post and U.S. News & World Report’s top highschoolslists. IDEA serves over 80,000 college-bound students in 143 schools across Texas, Florida, Ohio, and is on-track to maintain its legacy of sending 100% of its graduates to college.

When you choose to work at IDEA, you are part of our IDEA Team and Family. You will work alongside team members who set and reach ambitious goals every day, are excited to continue to grow with IDEA, and work relentlessly to make college for all a reality.

At IDEA the Staff Culture and Belonging Team uses our Core Values to promote human connection and a culture of integrity, respect, and belonging for all Team and Family members. Learn more about our Commitment to Core Values here: https://ideapublicschools.org/our-story/#core-values