Teacher Aide-Bus Monitor Part Time

Starting Wage Range: $18.86/hr. - $24.07/hr.

Job Summary:

To assist in any area of the Youth Education program as instructed by the coordinator. 

Essential Functions:

• Works with staff in the classroom, on the playground, and in field trip supervision. Also works with cook as needed.


• Assists in keeping classroom facilities clean.


• Replenishes materials and supplies for classroom activities.


• Assists staff in preparing snacks.


• Assists in craft and culture classes.


• Communicates bus rules prior to boarding and exiting the bus to insure order and safety


• Maintains discipline on bus at all times.


• Assists with boarding children onto and off of the bus, making sure each child is secured in his/her safety harness before departure and remains restrained while in travel.


• Enforces child drop-off procedures/policies.


• Assists with any necessary paperwork.


• Provide childcare during parent meetings and classes


• Performs a variety of other duties as assigned by supervisor.

Education, Experience, and Licenses:

• Requires a high school diploma or GED equivalency, and a minimum of six (6) months working with children.


• OR equivalent combination of education, training and experience.

Qualifications, Registrations, and Certifications:

• Ability to work well with children and staff required.


• Must be dependable and willing to participate in additional training.


• Requires TB and Hep B vaccinations and a physical every three years.


• First Aid certification required.


• Food handler’s card required.


• Knowledge of and sensitivity to Native American culture required. Native American employees preferred. 

Environmental Factors and Conditions/Physical Requirements:

• Continually requires the ability to express or receive detailed information or important instructions through oral communication.


• Continually requires working with fingers rather than the whole hand or arm. Requires repetitive movement of wrists, hands and/or fingers. Often requires walking or moving about to accomplish tasks.


• Requires standing and/or sitting for sustained periods of time, raising objects from a lower to a higher position and/or moving objects horizontally.


• Continually requires color identification, close vision, far vision, and depth perception.

• The worker is frequently subject to classroom noise.


• Occasionally requires lifting of up to 40 pounds.


• Due to the nature of the interactions with other employees and the public we serve, employees may be required to provide documentation of, or receive, certain health vaccinations.


• This position is frequently subject to inside environmental conditions which provide protection from weather conditions, but not necessarily from temperature changes, and is occasionally subject to outside environmental conditions.


• May be called upon to serve as a Disaster Reservist during Emergencies, or when the Tribal Emergency Operations Center is opened.


• Local travel is occasionally required. Travel outside of the state is infrequently required.

Background Check:

• Candidates for this position will be subject to criminal and character background checks and may be subject to fingerprinting.


• Must maintain registration in the State of Oregon Central Background Registry.