What are the responsibilities and job description for the BUS AIDE 5.0 HRS position at Putnam County School District?
PUTNAM COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT
Bus Aide
JOB DESCRIPTION
QUALIFICATIONS:
1) High School Diploma or equivalent preferred
2) Demonstrated ability to fulfill the dexterity and physical requirements of the work
3) Attend to the needs of school age children, including those with special medical needs; or an equivalent
combination of education, training, and experience
4) Requires ability to successfully complete wheelchair certification, first aid and CPR training; requires
annual recertification in order to maintain employment
5) Satisfactory criminal background check
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES:
(1) Ability to read and interpret documents such as policies and procedure manuals. Follow directions and
apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral or diagram form.
(2) To perform this job successfully, an individual should have knowledge of current Human Resources leave
system and Skyward inventory system (if applicable).
(3) Ability to utilize technology
(4) Ability to fulfill the dexterity and physical requirements of the work
(5) Ability to establish high standards and expectations for all students to accept responsibility for behavior
(6) Ability to adjust tasks and schedule to changed priorities
REPORTS TO:
Director, Transportation
JOB GOAL
Under general supervision, the Bus Aide is to perform school bus monitoring, and provide
student and bus operator assistance as needed during daily school transportation routes.
Employees in this classification assist with the safe loading and unloading of students to and
from destinations, and ensure all bus activities support the safety and welfare of all persons.
Work includes ensuring appropriate securing of students, and provides assistance to students
with special medical needs devices. Performs related work as directed.
SUPERVISES:
N/A
PERFORMANCE RESPONSIBILITIES:
(1) Serve as a role model for students, dressing and grooming professionally, demonstrating the importance
and relevance of learning, accepting responsibility, and demonstrating pride in your position.
(2) Maintain positive, cooperative, and mutually supportive relationships with the administration,
instructional staff, students, parents, and representatives of resource agencies within the community.
(3) Monitors daily school bus activities to ensure proper student conduct at all times, and adherence to
appropriate disciplinary controls.
(4) Maintains attendance records and assigns student seating; learns assigned bus route(s)
(5) Continue to grow professionally through collaboration with colleagues and professional growth
experiences.
(6) Perform assigned tasks in a timely and efficient manner
(7) Performs routine cleaning and bus maintenance activities, to include attending to spills and cleaning of
bodily fluids
(8) Responsible for keeping up to date on current technology, as job appropriate, being used by PCSD. Attend
trainings to ensure skill level in various technologies is at the level required to perform current position
(9) Ensures the safe loading and unloading of students to and from destinations, to include operation of
specialized equipment for attending to students with special needs, i.e., wheel chair lifts and tie-downs,
toddler/infant seats and seat belts
(10) Perform all other non-instructional duties as requested by director
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:
Heavy Work: Exerting up to 100 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 50 pounds of force as frequently
and/or up to 20 pounds of force as needed to move objects. Tasks involve the regular and, at times, sustained
performance of moderately physically demanding work, typically involving some combination of climbing
and balancing, stooping, kneeling, crouching, and crawling, and that may involve the lifting, carrying, pushing,
and/or pulling of moderately heavy objects and materials (20-50 pounds).
Job Description Supplement Code: 8
TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT:
Salary and benefits shall be paid consistent with the District’s approved compensation plan.
Length of the work year and hours of employment shall be those established by the District. Position is ten
months. Classified Salary Schedule.
EVALUATION:
Performance of this job will be evaluated in accordance with provisions of the PCSD Board’s policy on
evaluation of personnel.
Job Code Title: BUS AIDE
Job Code: 78032
Job Classification: 13 INSTRUCTIONAL AIDES
Job Class Category: C INSTRUCTIONAL SUPPORT PERSONNEL
EEO Line: 52
BOARD APPROVED:
June 2005
Amended: June 3, 2014
Amended October 2, 2018
Salary : $15 - $16