Special education aide

Job Summary

Position is responsible for assisting with the safety of handicapped or students with severe mental and emotional challenges loading, unloading, and monitoring while enroute to a school placement within another County in Virginia.

Individuals may serve as a one on one assistant while students are in the out of county day school.

Essential Duties

• Secure each student in his / her location with wither harnesses, seat belts, wheelchair locks or other safety equipment as needed.
• Maintain discipline in keeping with division regulations.
• Assist in emergency evacuation drills in keeping with division regulations.
• Instruct riders regarding being responsible passengers.
• Report personal absences in time for supervisor to secure substitute aide.
• Know the physical and / or emotional handicap of each student on the bus.
• Be alert and exercise good judgment concerning emergencies, disables vehicles and irregular special requests by parents of riders.

Other Duties

Perform other duties as assigned.

Job Specifications

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill and / or ability required.

Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities, who are otherwise qualified, to perform the essential functions.

Minimum Qualifications (Knowledge, Skills and / or Abilities Required)

• Must hold a high school diploma or GED equivalency certificate.
• Ability to deal with exuberant and difficult behavioral characteristics of student riders.
• Ability to lift and / or carry children as required.
• Ability to administer first aid when necessary.
• Ability to recognize problems and move quickly to solve them.

Working Conditions & Physical Requirements

• Must have the ability to sit and stand for extended periods of time; exhibit manual dexterity to dial a telephone, to enter data into a computer;
• to see and read a computer screen and printed material with or without vision aids; hear and understand speech at normal classroom levels, outdoors and on the telephone;
• speak in audible tones so that others may understand clearly in normal classrooms, outdoors, and on the telephone; physical agility to lift up to 50 pounds;

and to bend, stoop, sit on the floor, climb stairs, walk and reach overhead. Must be able to drive in a vehicle for extended periods of time and travel out of county on a consistent basis.

Work Environment

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Duties are normally performed in a vehicle and classroom environment.

The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Clearance

Supervision Exercised : Dependent on grade level and subject; may include instructional assistants, volunteers, tutors.

Supervision Received : Supervisor of Transportation. Other direction and training may be provided by the Director of Special Education and / or her designee.

Last updated : 2024-03-23