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Transportation Aide

Upper Arlington City Schools
Columbus, OH Intern
POSTED ON 8/8/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 9/6/2026
UPPER ARLINGTON CITY SCHOOLS

Position: Transportation Aide

Pay range: $24.06-$26.44 p/hour

Times: 4 Hours Per Day 6:30 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. (subject to change) then 2:15 p.m. to 4:15 p.m. (subject to change)

Reports to: Teresa Seward, Director of Transportation

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 lists below 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

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 the 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.

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