Transportation / Bus Assistant

Lorain City Schools; Lorain (OH); On-site; USD 23,419; Part time

Job summary

Lorain City Schools in Lorain, Ohio is hiring for a position focused on assisting students with disabilities during transportation. The role offers a pay rate of $17.00 per hour for 184 workdays and requires at least a high school diploma. Responsibilities include helping students in wheelchairs, following emergency procedures, and ensuring professional communication. Preferred qualifications include experience working with special needs students. Interested applicants should apply through the Lorain City Schools website.

Qualifications

• Must be a high school graduate or equivalent.
• Experience working with special needs students is preferred.
• Ability to move students in wheelchairs and maintain emotional control.

Responsibilities

• Assist students with disabilities in transportation.
• Comply with emergency bus evacuation procedures.
• Communicate effectively with students, staff, and parents.

Skills

Compassion and patience with students with disabilities

Ability to communicate professionally

First Aid and CPR training

Ability to maintain confidentiality

Physical mobility assistance skills

Education

High School graduate or equivalent

Job description

Location

Lorain City School District

Workdays

184 workdays

Shift / Hours

1st Shift, 5-hours

Rate of Pay

$17.00 per hour (updated rate for 24/25 school year)

Requirements

• High School graduate or equivalent
• Ability to work compassionately and patiently with students with disabilities
• Ability to follow directions
• Ability to communicate in a polite and professional manner with students, co-workers, parents, and school staff members
• Ability to physically move students in wheelchairs
• Extensive knowledge of proper emergency bus evacuation procedures
• Expensive knowledge of planned routes, runs, and assigned stop locations
• First Aid and CPR training required as part of the duties
• Ability to physically remove students from a disabled bus
• Ability to maintain confidentiality in regards to student information
• Ability to properly operate a wheelchair securement and child restraint equipment
• Ability to comprehend and understand the manifested disabilities of students with special needs
• Ability to maintain emotional control under stress
• Ability to regularly, predictably and reliably at work
• Ability to perform routine physical activities that are required to fulfill the job

Physical Requirements

• Required prolonged sitting or standing
• Requires physical exertion to manually move, lift, carry, pull, or push objects or materials
• Requires stooping, kneeling, crawling, bending, turning and reaching
• Extensive bus travel

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working with Special Needs students

Union

Ohio Association of Public School Employees, Chapter 377 B (OAPSE 377 B) union

District Contact For Information

• Barb Medrick, Transportation Coordinator, by email at: [e-mail]
• Mary Mayse, Executive Director of Operations, by email at: [e-mail]

Interested applicants please visit the Lorain City Schools website at: www.lorainschools.org/apply to complete and submit an employment application.