Job Description
Position Type: Support Staff/Transportation Aide
Date Posted: 12/3/2025
Location: Transportation
Date Available: ASAP
Closing Date: Until Filled
UPPER ARLINGTON CITY SCHOOLS Position : Transportation Aide
Pay range : $21.28-$23.38 p/hour
Times: 4 Hours Per Day
6:30 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. (subject to change)
2:15 p.m. to 4:15 p.m. (subject to change)
Reports to: Teresa Seward, Director ofTransportation
Employment Status: Regular/Part-time
FLSA Status : Non-exempt
Description: Help children safely board the bus. Help special needs children into their seats. Make sure wheelchairs, seat belts, car seats, and booster seats are installed correctly. Cope with behaviorally impaired children
Probationary Period: 120 work days
NOTE: The below lists are not ranked in order of importance
Qualifications: High school diploma or general education degree (GED)
Less than one year related experience
Such alternatives to the above qualifications as the Superintendent and/or Board of Education may find appropriate
Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
Ability to work effectively with others
Ability to communicate ideas and directives clearly and effectively both orally and in writing
Effective, active listening skills
Organizational and problem solving skills
Ability to have full control with bus discipline at all times
Knowledge of basic first aid
Ability to read and understand verbal and written instructions, written warnings and labels
Ability to be patient and understanding
Essential Functions: Help maintain positive control over the students transported on the school bus
Observe mandatory safety regulations for school buses
Help maintain pupil control and report any violations to the proper authorities as prescribed
Notify the supervisor in case of illness so as to permit time to secure a substitute
Promote good public relations by personal appearance, attitude, conversation, and the clean/orderly appearance of the school bus
Maintain respect at all times for confidential information, e.g., student medical records, etc.
Make contacts with the public with tact and diplomacy
Interact in a positive manner with staff, students and parents
Attend meetings and in-services as required
Serve as a role model for students
Other Duties and Responsibilities:
Report all accidents and complete required reports
Enforce applicable Board policies
Attend bus driver meetings and be available in the event of emergency dismissal
Conduct rear door emergency evacuation drills
Respond to routine questions and requests in an appropriate manner
Perform other duties as assigned
Equipment Operated: Wheelchairs, child car and booster seat mechanisms, child restraint (harness)
Additional Working Conditions:
Frequent exposure to blood, bodily fluids and tissue
Frequent interaction among unruly children
Occasional extensive sitting, up to 2 hours at a time
Frequently move around workspace and travel throughout school building
Frequently move and position self as necessary to access and operate equipment
Occasional requirement to lift and carry up to a maximum of 65 pounds
Occasional requirement to push and pull up to a maximum of 300 pounds (on wheels)
Occasional overtime work will be requested and expected of the employee
Employee shall remain free of any alcohol or non-prescribed controlled substance, use in the workplace throughout his/her employment with the District.
This job description is subject to change and in no manner states or implies that these are the only duties and responsibilities to be performed by the incumbent. The incumbent will be required to follow the instructions and perform the duties required by the incumbent's supervisor and or appointing authority.
The Upper Arlington City School District Board of Education does not discriminate on the basis of race,color, national origin, sex, including sexual orientation and transgender identity, disability, age, religion,military status, ancestry, genetic information, or any other legally protected category, in its programs and activities, including employment opportunities.
Job Tags
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