Student Transportation Aide — Safety & Care

Petersburg; Petersburg (VA); On-site; USD 19,000 - 34,000; Part time

Job summary

Petersburg City Public Schools is seeking a Transportation Aide to ensure the safety and care of all students on the school bus, including those with disabilities and special needs. The role requires a high school diploma or GED and valid VA driver’s license, with CPR/First Aid certification preferred.

Responsibilities include assisting students boarding the bus, securing seating and equipment, operating lifts, and monitoring medical needs.

Qualifications

• 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 unique students, parents, and faculty in a positive and proper manner.
• Must be able to learn various special education categories.

Responsibilities

• Help students to safely board the bus.
• Secures students in a safety harness, car seat or wheelchair, when required.
• Ensures special equipment, such as car seats 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.
• Assists drivers in properly and safely evacuating special needs students.

Skills

Student discipline

Oral & written instructions

Interpersonal with students/parents/fc

Learn special education categories

Education

High school diploma or GED

First aid & CPR certification

Job description

Petersburg City Public Schools is seeking a Transportation Aide to ensure the safety and care of all students on the school bus, including those with disabilities and special needs. The role requires a high school diploma or GED and valid VA driver’s license, with CPR/First Aid certification preferred.

Responsibilities include assisting students boarding the bus, securing seating and equipment, operating lifts, and monitoring medical needs.