Full-Time
Bus Assistant
Transportation Central
Posted on 10/1/2025
Cherry Creek Schools
5,001-10,000 employees
Public K-12 school district
No salary listed
Colorado, USA
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- Criminal background check and fingerprinting required
- High School Equivalency (HSE) diploma
- No professional work experience required
- CPR and First Aid certifications within 90 days of hire
- Intermediate verbal and written communication skills
- Intermediate interpersonal relations skills
- Intermediate organizational skills
- Ability to consistently report for scheduled work
- Ability to learn and master skills related to transporting students with special needs
- Ability to diffuse and manage stressful situations
- Ability to maintain confidentiality in all aspects of the job
- Ability to demonstrate emotional stability with challenging situations
- Ability to work within a moving vehicle for up to four hours
- Ability to work in existing and varying weather conditions
- Ability to work alone and with others
- Ability to maneuver heavy wheelchairs (manual and electric) that total weight up to 800 pounds.
- Consistently monitor students with varying special needs during the bus ride. Assess any medical or behavioral situation and take safety steps accordingly; identify problems and act quickly, safely, and according to District protocol and guidelines. Provide initial first aid/emergency care when needed. Exemplify understanding of and compassion and tolerance for students’ physical conditions and lack of body function control.
- Provide emotional and behavioral support and physically assist students with a variety of special needs and disabilities with entering/exiting the bus, walking, sitting, securements, backpacks, etc. Use a variety of equipment to ensure students are safely and comfortably secured. May include but not limited to: wheelchair lifts, securements, vests, seatbelts, integrated seats, etc.
- Safely secure wheelchairs on board the bus without compromising wheelchair structure. Identify and execute emergency release mechanism if necessary. Properly adjust a student’s safety vest and its attachments and properly position student adjustments of wheelchair and car seats. Maintain and replace District equipment as needed.
- Perform pre- and post-trip vehicle inspections with the bus driver.
- Communicate student information to the bus driver, parents/guardians, and/or teachers when needed. Prepare and submit all required records and reports in a timely and acceptable manner. Maintain the students’ emergency card book that contains confidential information.
- Collaborate with the bus driver to formulate an emergency evacuation plan. Execute emergency evacuation procedures if necessary, which may include stopping and securing the vehicle in the event the bus driver is incapacitated and utilizing bus equipment including but not limited to the bus radio, emergency signal lights, first aid kit, and fire extinguisher. Read maps of area and know route directions to assist any substitute bus driver. Work as a team with the bus driver to best service the affected student(s) while confined to small spaces.
- Maintain all required certifications and participate in regularly scheduled training meetings.
- Perform other duties as assigned or requested.
- Experience working in the public sector
- Experience working directly with people from diverse racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic backgrounds
- Racially conscious and culturally competent with the skill, will, capacity, and knowledge to commit to a culture of continuous improvement
- Work requires maneuvering heavy wheelchairs (manual and electric) that total weight up to 800 pounds with student/chair combined (e.g. maneuvering up ramps, over curbs, and around the inside of a bus)
- Frequent bending, reaching, squatting, and climbing
- Eye/hand coordination
- Visual concentration
- Concentrated reading/writing/mathematics
- Prolonged standing and walking
- Overhead work
- Occasional lifting, pulling, and pushing
- Work within a moving vehicle for up to four hours
- Work in any existing weather conditions
Cherry Creek Schools provides public K–12 education across a district of high achievement. It operates a network of elementary, middle, and high schools, delivering core academics, arts, athletics, and support services to students. The district emphasizes its Vision, Mission, and Values as the guide for culture and decision-making, focusing on creating an engaging, supportive learning environment to help all students succeed. Unlike some districts, Cherry Creek emphasizes strong academic outcomes and a clear, value-driven culture aligned with its goals for student growth, community involvement, and responsible stewardship of resources. The district’s goal is to offer an excellent education for every child in Cherry Creek, preparing them for college, career, and life beyond school.
Company Size
5,001-10,000
Company Stage
N/A
Total Funding
N/A
Headquarters
Greenwood Village, Colorado
Founded
1991
Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- $5.3 million state funding increase supports 2026-2027 budget stability.
- Voters approved $950 million bond and $9 million MLO in 2024.
- Serves 53,000 students across 108 square miles with inclusive excellence focus.
What critics are saying
- Cuts 51 special education jobs despite 8,000 special needs students growing.
- Violated federal law denying interpreters to 11 deaf students for three months.
- Academic proficiency at 48% English, 43% math; PSAT scores down 20 points since 2019.
What makes Cherry Creek Schools unique
- Cherry Creek Innovation Campus partners with Colorado Village Collaborative on tiny home village.
- Purchased $20.8 million facility at 7194 S. Revere Parkway for food infrastructure expansion.
- Settled DOJ complaint to improve language access for non-English speaking parents.
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Cherry Creek School District cutting 159 jobs, reducing expenses by $23 million amid budget shortfall. The school district broke down preliminary changes that are expected as it works to reduce its budget. ARAPAHOE COUNTY, Colo. - Cherry Creek School District announced Thursday it is cutting 159 jobs and reducing its expenses by $23 million for the 2026-2027 school year budget amid a shortfall. The school district said on its website that the majority of reductions are impacting Central Administration staff in non-student-facing roles and budgets. "Like many school districts across the state, we are facing a significant budget shortfall and are making difficult reductions across the district, with a focus on minimizing impacts to classrooms and student learning," the school district said. The budget changes are preliminary and subject to change, the school district said. The school district released a breakdown of the positions that are being cut: * Central Personnel (36 jobs totaling a $3.7 million reduction) * 21 District Operations positions (i.e. transportation, maintenance) * 12 District Support positions (i.e. fiscal services, IT, communications, HR) * Three Central Office Leadership positions * School Support (123 jobs totaling a $10.3 million reduction) * 51 Special Education positions - $4.2 million * 37 Gifted and Talented positions - $3.7 million * Four Language Supports and Services FTE - $800,000 * 18 Full-time equivalent (FTE) Elementary Administrative Health Liaisons - $850,000 * 13 FTE High School Administrative Support - $760,000 The school district also released a list of Central Non-Personnel Budget items, reducing it by $8.9 million. * $2 million in reduced district property and liability insurance claims and premiums * $850,000 for Education Accelerated contract * $850,000 for professional development (across districtwide budgets) * $840,000 for overtime and extra pay (across districtwide budgets) * $800,000 for Renaissance Education contract * $350,000 for FLGA contract * $332,000 for Learning by Design contract * $300,000 for renegotiated mobile leases * $200,000 for renegotiated wellness platform * $200,000 reduction in communication services * $135,000 for Hanover contracts * $2 million for miscellaneous (supplies, equipment, food, technology, materials, consultants etc.) The school district also said it is pulling back $5 million from administrative departments and $1 million in discretionary budgets at schools from the current 2025-2026 budget. "The District prides itself on running a lean central office, with the majority of our money going to schools," the school district said. It noted that nearly 90% of it's budget goes towards staff salaries and benefits towards staff, and 3.8% is spent on central office staff. The school district said that it is expected to receive $5.3 million increase in funding next year from the state, but that state funding "continues to fall well below increasing costs of delivering a high-quality K12 education."
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