About this role
Ballard Community School district currently needs part-time paraprofessionals to work in our Transportation Department. Para-educator Bus Attendants work approximately 15 hours per week.
Primary Responsibilities:
• Support bus drivers in meeting the needs of students of students with individualized needs. • Support individual and/or small groups of students. • Supervise students during their bus ride. Compensation:Minimum hourly base rate is $13.85. Additional compensation is available for related experience and education such as a paraprofessional certificate, AA degree, or BA/BS degree.
Qualifications:
• Display a basic understanding of the needs of children. • Ability to relate effectively to children with different academic and behavioral needs. • Display patience and compassion and maintain a caring and helpful relationship with children. • Display professional communications skills including active listening, written and oral. • Ability to physically lift up to 50 lbs. • Ability to bend, lift, sit on floor, run short distances, and assist physically active students. • Demonstrate the emotional maturity and stability necessary for the specialized work involved. • Demonstrate initiative and the insight to anticipate problem situations and respond accordingly. • Ability to take directions, work with minimal supervision and follow policies and practices.