Bus Assistant

Anticipated Start Date: Immediate Hire

Work Location and Hours:

This is a fully in-person position requiring attendance five days per week, Monday through Friday, with one of the following schedules: 3:30–6:00 PM or 1:00–3:30 PM. Remote or work-from-home options are not available for this role.

Who You Are

• An educator with an unwavering commitment to the Democracy Prep mission of college success and authentic civic engagement for our scholars.
• A flexible professional who feels comfortable making quick adjustments to their work in response to scholar needs.
• A collaborative teammate who is eager to learn, model and uphold bus safety for all scholars.
• A strong communicator who will build rapport with school leaders regarding route updates, parent pickup, scholar behavior on bus rides and overall operations of the bus route schedule

What You’ll Do

• Monitor daily school bus activities to reinforce bus safety protocols and keep scholars safe.
• Ensure safe loading and unloading of scholars to and from destinations.
• Work as part of a team with the driver to assist with urgent and emergency bus evacuation procedures.
• Perform routine cleaning and attending to spills or body fluids that occur due to student illness or behavior.
• As necessary, fill out incident report forms, and document injuries of students or others while riding on the bus.
• Call families to get an ETA when they are not at the stop waiting for scholars.
• Supervise any scholars who need to be returned to school until their families pick them up.
• Email the school leadership team to summarize any safety incidents that needed to be addressed with scholars and families.
• Perform other duties as requested by school leadership or the bus driver.

Compensation

This position will pay $18/hour.