Bus Aide

Job Description

Purpose: The Bus Aide works to ensure a clean, safe, and reliable transportation of students and staff to and from school and other District-sponsored activities. They also supervise students as they are on the school bus as well as assist students on and off the bus.

Reports To: Director of Transportation & Maintenance

FLSA Status: Non-exempt, daily rate based on the bus route

Required Qualifications:        

• High school diploma or equivalent
• Must be over 18 years of age
• Display sound judgment and flexibility to change.
• Must be work-orientated, self-motivated, and able to work independently  
• Ability to work in all types of weather
• Ability to work both indoors and outdoors in all temperatures
• Health and Inoculation Certificate on file in the District Office (after an employment offer is made)

Essential Functions:  To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential function satisfactorily

• Helps students on and off the bus
• Assists students in and out of school buildings as needed
• Supervises students on the bus and assists with their needs on the bus
• Helps substitute drivers so they will understand where to go and in what order.
• Maintains a high level of ethical behavior and confidentiality of information.
• Ability to provide clean, safe, and reliable transportation to ensure students benefit from District programs and activities
• Ability to ensure all activities conform to District and State school transportation guidelines
• Maintains discipline when students are boarding, disembarking, and ridding the school bus
• Reports student concerns to the Principal and Director of Transportation & Maintenance
• Exercises responsible leadership at all times while working
• Ability to communicate and work effectively and cooperatively with members of the school district and community through multiple modes of communication, including but not limited to in-person, written, on the phone, or over district radios
• Ability to ensure all activities conform to District guidelines and practices
• Ability to operate all equipment and machinery safely and appropriately as necessary
• Ability to react to change and frequent interruptions productively and positively while still meeting deadlines as assigned
• Ability to work to implement the vision and mission of the District
• Regular and consistent attendance at work

General Responsibilities

• Must observe and follow all District policies and procedures at all times
• Must keep accurate records of maintenance projects by utilizing district digital databases and systems
• Must be able to retain information and records confidential when necessary
• Reports all accidents or incidents to the Director of Transportation & Maintenance along with completing all report forms in a timely manner
• Ability to promote the safety, health, and comfort of students and staff within the District
• Ability to work evenings, weekends, and overtime when emergencies arise to prevent disruption of school when approved by direct supervisor
• Ability to perform other tasks and assume additional responsibilities as directed by the administration

Physical Demands:  The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to perform the essential functions of this job successfully.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Requires specific vision abilities include but not limited to close vision, distance vision, color vision, [peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.
• Working in a variety of weather and temperate conditions from below freezing to high heat
• Requires prolonged sitting or standing, and use of equipment, including repetitive motions and computer eye fatigue
• Requires stooping, bending, reaching, pulling, pushing, and lifting for extended periods
• Requires physical exertion to manually lift, carry, pull or push heavy objects or materials regularly
• Required to manually lift, push, and pull at least 25 pounds
• Required to bend, stoop, sit on the floor, climb stairs, walk and reach overhead
• Must occasionally work in noisy and crowded environments, with numerous interruptions
• Must work in and around dust, fumes, and odors
• Ability to hear and understand speech at normal indoors, outdoors, and on the telephone
• Ability to enter data into a computer, to see and read a computer screen and printed material with or without vision aids

Terms of Employment: At-will employment. 10-month position

Evaluation:   Performance evaluations in accordance with the Board’s policy and the Classified Employee Handbook

Fort Leavenworth USD 207 is an Equal Opportunity Employer, and does not discriminate in recruitment, hiring, training or promoting on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin or ancestry, sex, age, disability, veteran's status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity or any other legally protected status under local, state or federal law.