Teacher Assistant/Bus Driver OCS Job Coach at CREC (Temporary)

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS

Physical Requirements : Must be physically able to lift and move objects related to the job functions. Physical demand requirements are for light work.

Data Conception : Requires the ability to compare and / or judge the readily observable characteristics of data, people or things.

Interpersonal Communication : Requires the ability to speak and / or signal people to convey or exchange information. Includes giving instructions, assignments or directions to students.

Language Ability : Requires the ability to read forms and materials associated with the job functions. Proficiency in specific foreign language preferred.

Intelligence : Requires the ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written or oral form.

Verbal Aptitude : Requires the ability to record and deliver information, to explain procedures, to follow oral and written instructions.

Must be able to communicate effectively and efficiently in standard English.

Numerical Aptitude : Requires the ability to add, subtract, divide and multiply.

Form / Spatial Aptitude : Requires the ability to inspect items for proper length, width and shape.

Motor Coordination : Requires the ability to coordinate hands and eyes accurately in using instructional objects.

Color Discrimination : Requires the ability to differentiate between colors or shades of color.

Interpersonal Temperament : Requires the ability to deal with people beyond giving and receiving instructions. Must be adaptable to performing under average levels of stress.

Physical Communications : Requires the ability to talk and hear.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES

Teacher Assistant

• Working knowledge of effective methods of dealing with children.
• Working knowledge of the core subjects and the Spanish language at the grade levels to which employment assignment is made.
• Some knowledge of the school organization and its community.
• Some knowledge of expected behavior of children, that is, basic characteristics of ages and stages.
• Skill necessary to operate audiovisual equipment and common office machines. ? Skill to make learning aids which will strengthen lesson plans.
• Ability to comprehend the purpose of teacher designed strategies as a fulfillment of the instructional objective.
• Ability to discern significant student behavior and refer this to the supervisor. ? Ability to impart information to the child's level of comprehension.
• Ability to apply impartially and consistently proper methods of recognition, reward and punishment.
• Ability to solve independently most minor problems.
• Ability to follow minimally detailed written and oral instructions without constant supervision. ? Ability to record and store data accurately.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality of student information

Bus Driver

• Knowledge of driving laws and regulations
• Knowledge of safe bus operations
• Knowledge of vehicle pre-run checks and their performance
• Maintain records of names and addresses of students, locations and times of stops, route information, and time sheets
• Administrative skills to implement established policies and procedures regarding student transportation, enforcing rules of student conduct and discipline
• Communication skills in dealing with students daily; communicating with parents regarding bus routes and discipline problems;

and advising the transportation department of bus malfunctions

• Leadership skills to maintain discipline on the bus
• Manual skills to maintain bus cleanliness
• Mechanical skills to detect bus malfunction
• Planning skills to develop student seating arrangements
• Common arithmetical function to count the number of students on the bus and to complete time
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