School Bus Assistant — Special Needs Safety & Care

Newport-News-Public-Schools; Newport News (VA); On-site; USD 31,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

Newport News Public Schools is seeking a Bus Assistant to ensure the safety and care of students on the school bus. The role includes helping students board, securing child safety seats or wheelchairs, and operating specialized equipment as needed.

The position requires a high school diploma or GED, CPR/First Aid certification, a VA driver’s license, and the ability to interact professionally with students, parents and staff.

Qualifications

• Must possess a high school diploma or GED.
• Must be certified in first aid and CPR or have the ability to become certified.
• Must possess the ability to maintain student discipline and ensure that student behavior is not a distraction to the driver.
• Must possess the ability to understand and follow through on oral and written instructions.
• Must possess the ability to interact with students, parents, and faculty in a positive and proper manner.
• Must be able to learn various special education categories.
• Must possess a valid VA driver’s license.

Responsibilities

• Help students to safely board the bus.
• Secures student in safety harness, car seat or wheelchair, when required.
• Ensures special equipment, such as car seat and wheelchairs, are properly and safely secured to the bus.
• Operates wheelchair lift and any other specialized equipment.
• Monitors students with feeding tubes, tracheotomies, oxygen and other unique medical needs to ensure that everything is operating properly and is secured.
• Reports any unusual or changed behavior to the driver, school staff and/or parents.
• Ensures that early childhood, PEEP, and kindergarten students are released to an authorized person.
• Must be able to learn about and adapt to different disabilities and/or special needs such as autism, ED, DD, and LD etc.
• Assists drivers in properly and safely evacuating special need students
• Models nondiscriminatory practices in all activities.

Skills

First aid

CPR

Student safety

Communication

Disabilities knowledge

Education

High school diploma or GED

Job description

Newport News Public Schools is seeking a Bus Assistant to ensure the safety and care of students on the school bus. The role includes helping students board, securing child safety seats or wheelchairs, and operating specialized equipment as needed.

The position requires a high school diploma or GED, CPR/First Aid certification, a VA driver’s license, and the ability to interact professionally with students, parents and staff.