1. Assists special needs students when boarding and exiting school buses, occasionally lifting them when necessary and/or operating mechanical lift apparatus.
2. Assigns students to seats and adjusts safety straps. Safely stores crutches and other orthopedic aids.
3. Observes students during their transportation and reacts promptly to behavioral and/or physical needs.
4. Assists students during medical emergencies.
5. Sees that students requiring a bus change at a shuttle point are properly and safely transferred to the correct school bus.
6. May assist with or prepare reports of behavioral problems encountered with the students during their transportation to and from school.
7. Attends in-service training and workshops as established by the Transportation Division.
8. Works cooperatively with school bus drivers, parents, students and other staff members.
9. Performs other duties as assigned.