Educational Assistant - Transportation (SPED)

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Job Posting Title

Educational Assistant - Transportation (SPED)

Job Description

Responsible for monitoring special education students with moderate to severe needs and challenging or emotional difficulties on school buses. Assists with securing wheelchairs and other equipment. Develops and promotes good community relations among various community members and school clientele.

Essential Physical Requirements

• Ability to clear forty-two (42) inch exit door
• Frequent lifting twenty (20) to fifty (50) pounds
• Frequent sitting, bending, squatting, stooping
• Frequent pushing and pulling of up to two hundred fifty (250) pound wheelchair
• Occasional reaching, kneeling
  
  

Responsibilities

Position Specific Information (if Applicable):

• Perform pre- and post-trip inspections.
• Effectively monitor students on bus for behavior, special assistance, and emergency intervention; intervene and handle escalated behavior.
• Perform other related duties as assigned or requested.
• Communicate with parents and other school personnel as needed.
• Assist in instruction, documentation, behavior support, medical and health needs of each student.
• Maintain proper equipment and materials on bus for care of students with moderate and severe needs.
• Perform appropriate record keeping, including accounting for Medicaid and ZPass forms.
  
  

Certifications

CPI - DCSD, First Aid/CPR Certification - Colorado, Special Needs Certification - Certified Care

Education

High School or Equivalent (Required)

Skills

Able to read and understand Behavior and Health Care Plans.

Position Type

Regular

Primary Location:

Variable Location Employee - Multiple Terminals

One Year Only (Yes Or No)

No

Scheduled Hours Per Week

35

Fte

0.88

Approx Scheduled Days Per Year

184 Work Days

• (260 days indicates a year-round position. Time off [or Off-Track Days] are then granted based on the position. Any exceptions to the normal off-track time will be noted in the Additional Position Details section above, as scheduled work days.)
  
  

Minimum Hire Rate

$19.84 USD Hourly

Maximum Hire Rate

$25.20 USD Hourly

Full Salary Range

$19.84 USD - $30.55 USD Hourly

• All salary amounts listed above are based on a full-time (1.0) FTE. If applicable, part-time salaries will be prorated according to the assigned FTE.
  
  

Benefits

This position is eligible for health, vision, dental, health savings account (HSA), flexible spending accounts (FSA), District paid and voluntary additional (supplemental) life and accidental death and dismemberment insurance, short and long-term disability, critical illness and accident voluntary insurance, employee assistance program (EAP), voluntary 401(k), 403(b) and 457 retirement plan options.

Time Off Plans

This position is eligible for paid sick and personal time.

This position will be open until filled, but will not be open past:

June 27, 2025