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Newport News, VA - USA

Monthly Salary drjobs

Not Disclosed

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Salary Not Disclosed

Vacancy

1 Vacancy

Job Description

Job Summary

Position is responsible for the safety and care of all students including students with significant disabilities special needs or the very young while on a school bus.

Essential Duties

  1. Help students to safely board the bus.
  2. Secures student in safety harness car seat or wheelchair when required.
  3. Ensures special equipment such as car seat and wheelchairs are properly and safely secured to the bus.
  4. Operates wheelchair lift and any other specialized equipment.
  5. Monitors students with feeding tubes tracheotomies oxygen and other unique medical needs to ensure that everything is operating properly and is secured.
  6. Reports any unusual or changed behavior to the driver school staff and/or parents.
  7. Ensures that early childhood PEEP and kindergarten students are released to an authorized person.
    Must be able to learn about and adapt to different disabilities and/or special needs such as autism ED DD and LD etc.
  8. Assists drivers in properly and safely evacuating special need students
  9. Models nondiscriminatory practices in all activities.

(These are intended only as illustrations of the various types of work performed. The omission of specific duties does not exclude them from the position if the work is similar related or a logical assignment to the position.

Minimum Qualifications (Knowledge Skills and/or Abilities Required)

Must possess a high school diploma or GED. Must be certified in first aid and CPR or have the ability to become certified. Must possess the ability to maintain student discipline and ensure that student behavior is not a distraction to the driver. Must possess the ability to understand and follow through on oral and written instructions. Must possess the ability to interact with unique students parents and faculty in a positive and proper manner. Must be able to learn various special education categories. Must possess a valid VA drivers license.

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Newport News Public Schools prohibits discrimination on the basis of race color religion sex ethnicity national origin age disability pregnancy and childbirth marital status or any other basis prohibited by law. (Reference: School Board Policies 23344 and 46.

Employment Type

Full-Time

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