Transportation / Bus Assistant
Description:
Position Type:
Maintenance/Custodial
Date Posted:
7/1/2024
Location:
District Wide
Date Available:
2024/25 SY
Closing Date:
open external 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 Qualificatios:
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:
Mary Mayse, Executive Director of Operations, by email at:
Interested applicants please visit the Lorain City Schools website at: to complete and submit an employment application.