Transportation Aide

Upper Arlington City Schools; Columbus (OH); On-site; USD 33,000 - 36,000; Part time

Job summary

Upper Arlington City Schools in Columbus, OH is seeking a Transportation Aide to support daily bus operations and student safety. The role focuses on helping children board the bus and ensuring seats and restraints are properly used.

You will also assist with seating for special needs students, monitor behavior, and maintain orderly bus environments. This is a part-time, 4-hour shift with a 120-day probation period.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED is required.
• Less than one year related experience is preferred.
• Alternatives to qualifications may be considered by the Superintendent and Board.

Responsibilities

• Help children safely board the bus.
• Assist special needs children into their seats.
• Ensure wheelchairs, seat belts, car seats, and booster seats are installed correctly.
• Cope with behaviorally impaired children.

Skills

Communication (written and oral)

Active listening

Organization

Problem-solving

Bus discipline

Reading/writing instructions

Patience

Education

High school diploma or GED

Job description

UPPER ARLINGTON CITY SCHOOLS

Position: Transportation Aide

Pay range: $24.06-$26.44 p/hour

Times: 4 Hours Per Day 6:30 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. (subject to change) then 2:15 p.m. to 4:15 p.m. (subject to change)

Reports to: Teresa Seward, Director of Transportation

Employment Status: Regular/Part-time

FLSA Status: Non-exempt

Description: Help children safely board the bus. Help special needs children into their seats. Make sure wheelchairs, seat belts, car seats, and booster seats are installed correctly. Cope with behaviorally impaired children

Probationary Period: 120 work days

NOTE: The lists below are not ranked in order of importance

• Qualifications:
• High school diploma or general education degree (GED)
• Less than one year related experience
• Such alternatives to the above qualifications as the Superintendent and/or Board of Education may find appropriate
  
  

Required

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Ability to work effectively with others
• Ability to communicate ideas and directives clearly and effectively both orally and in writing
• Effective, active listening skills
• Organizational and problem-solving skills
• Ability to have full control with bus discipline at all times
• Knowledge of basic first aid
• Ability to read and understand verbal and written instructions, written warnings and labels
• Ability to be patient and understanding
  
  

Equipment Operated

• Wheelchairs, child car and booster seat mechanisms, child restraint (harness)

Additional Working Conditions

• Frequent exposure to blood, bodily fluids and tissue
• Frequent interaction among unruly children
• Occasional extensive sitting, up to 2 hours at a time
• Frequently move around the workspace and travel throughout school building
• Frequently move and position self as necessary to access and operate equipment
• Occasional requirement to lift and carry up to a maximum of 65 pounds
• Occasional requirement to push and pull up to a maximum of 300 pounds (on wheels)
• Occasional overtime work will be requested and expected of the employee

Employee shall remain free of any alcohol or non-prescribed controlled substance, use in the workplace throughout his/her employment with the District.

This job description is subject to change and in no manner states or implies that these are the only duties and responsibilities to be performed by the incumbent. The incumbent will be required to follow the instructions and perform the duties required by the incumbent's supervisor and or appointing authority.

The Upper Arlington City School District Board of Education does not discriminate on the basis of race,color, national origin, sex, including sexual orientation and transgender identity, disability, age, religion,military status, ancestry, genetic information, or any other legally protected category, in its programs and activities, including employment opportunities.