Job Description
Position Type: Maintenance/Custodial/Transportation Attendant
Date Posted: 10/13/2026
Location: District-wide
Closing Date: 10/19/2026
Job Summary: Supervises children at bus stops, interchange areas, and on bus going to and from school; assists bus driver as he/she may direct.
Schedule : Monday-Friday, School Year Only - 181 Days/Year
3.5 hours/day: 6:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.
Salary : Range 1: $16.90 - $17.57 / Hourly Rate
Minimum Qualifications & Abilities: - High school diploma or equivalent.
- One (1) year of experience working with children preferred.
- Ability to interact in a positive way with students, bus drivers, district, and community.
- Grooming and personality which establishes a desirable example for children.
- Good physical and mental health.
- Ability to demonstrate appropriate English usage and communication skills.
- Ability to use proper techniques and procedures for lifting and moving children incapable of providing assistance.
- Ability to demonstrate an understanding, patient, and receptive attitude toward children.
- Ability to physically pick up and carry a young student to his/her seat, if needed.
- Experience using positive behavioral supports and behavior management strategies.
- Knowledge of basic concepts of working with children with special needs.
- Ability to demonstrate flexibility as transportation routes change.
- Ability to ride in a motor vehicle without getting "car sick".
- Training in Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) preferred.
Essential Functions: - Performs a variety of functions related to the special needs of children being transported.
- Manages the behavior of children through the use of a variety of reinforcement techniques.
- Stays informed about students' health and/or behavior plans for safe transportation purposes; knows how to respond when there is a health or behavior concern.
- Shows consistency, firmness, and fairness in enforcing bus rules; maintains poise and a confident manner.
- Understands and carries out oral and written instructions related to the specific needs of individual children.
- Assures the health and safety of students by following established practices and procedures; maintains bus/transportation environment in a safe, orderly and clean manner; sanitizes the inside of the bus as needed.
- Works closely and effectively with drivers, students, parents, and other school staff members.
- Assists students with hygienic needs (nose blowing, cleaning up after a toileting accident or vomiting, etc.) while taking proper precautions to protect self from transfer of germs.
- May make minor adjustments on special equipment, such as wheelchairs, crutches, and braces as directed by school staff.
- May assist on transportation routes for field trips.
- Learns how to operate different types of safety seats, buckles, latches, wheelchair hooks, etc., as needed for safe transportation of students.
- Performs other duties as assigned by Superintendent or designee.
Attachment(s):
- Job Task Analysis - Transportation Attendant
Job Tags
Hourly pay, Monday to Friday