Summer ESY Bus Paraprofessional @ Special Education

Work Schedule: 5.00 hours per day - 29 days (Monday - Friday) July 7, 2026 - August 14, 2026. Shift is split between the AM route and PM route.

AM Route approximately 6:25am - 8:55am

PM Route approximately 12:55pm - 3:25pm

All bus routes are subject to contractual elimination.

Reports To: Director of Transportation

Salary: Position hourly rate will be paid at the current hourly rate of successful candidate(s) rate of pay

Account Code: 2100-25-3110-0000-2000-0000-0 @ 5.00 hours

Position Summary:

This position is responsible for supervising students as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Current SEIU 10 Employee
• High School Diploma or equivalent
• Ability to stoop, crouch, crawl, bend, kneel, and stand for long periods of time
• Position could require diapering, toileting, and feeding of special needs students
• Ability to assist in student de-escalation and physical intervention when needed
• Ability and willingness to work with students who bite, kick, hit, and can be verbally aggressive
• Ability to lift objects weighing up to 40 pounds and assist with Emergency Response Protocols regarding student restraint
• 1st Aid & Adult/Child CPR training (completed within 30 days from date of hire and to be maintained for the duration of this job)
• Right Response training to be maintained for the duration of this job (completed within 30 days from date of hire and to be maintained for the duration of this job)
• Experience and/or training with cultural, ethnic, and language diversity preferred
• Successful Washington State Patrol and Federal Bureau of Investigation Fingerprint Clearance
• Proof of Immunization (if born 1/1/57 or later)
• I-9 Employment Eligibility in compliance with the Immigrations Reform and Control Act
• Completion of all district-required training (30) calendar days from hire date

Essential Job Functions:

This list of essential job functions is not exhaustive and may be supplemented as necessary. Depending upon individual assignment, the employee may perform all or a combination of several of the following duties:

• Assists students in dealing with conflict, expressing themselves in appropriate ways, and improving their behavior
• Assists students with wheelchair mobility as needed
• Supervises students and enforces assigned area rules
• Supervises and corrects students as necessary to maintain a safe environment
• Supervises and oversees student activities and safety in assigned areas
• Escort students to and from locations
• Uses computers and related technologies
• Attend meetings or training as required
• Maintain consistent presence at assigned worksite and regular work hours
• Professionally interact with students, staff, and public
• Comply with all district policies and procedures
• Perform related duties as assigned

Desired Skills:

• Ability to be fair and consistent when working with children
• Ability to deal with students in a warm and confident manner
• Ability to remain flexible to changes in assignments or situations
• Ability to complete assigned tasks in a timely manner
• Ability to follow written and oral instructions
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with a variety of staff, students, and the public in a multi-cultural environment
• Ability to lift objects weighing up to 40 pounds
• Knowledge of safety rules, regulations, and procedures
• Knowledge of learning styles appropriate to assigned grade levels and individual students
• Skills in written and oral communications
• Skills in handling confidential matters
• Skills in operating a PC (personal computer) utilizing district adopted software
• Skills in learning and interpreting assignments, procedures, rules, and regulations
• Skills in encouraging students

Work Environment:

The work environment characteristics described are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. The employee must be able to stoop, crouch, crawl, bend, kneel, stand for periods of time, and lift in order to assist students and must be willing to work outdoors in inclement weather. The employee is required to deal with distraught and/or angry persons and is exposed to infectious diseases carried by children. The noise level in the work environment is acceptable to this particular environment and can vary depending upon daily activity but will remain within acceptable ranges.

Evaluation:

This position shall be evaluated periodically by the Executive Director of Special Education pursuant to the currently established district procedures and evaluation criteria. The process shall include an evaluation of the employee's performance of the above essential job functions.

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER (EOE):

Marysville School District provides equal employment opportunity and treatment for all applicants and employees in recruitment, hiring, retention, assignment, transfer, promotion, and training without discrimination based on race, color, religion, creed, national origin, sex (including pregnancy and related conditions), sexual orientation, gender expression or identity, age, honorably discharged veteran or military status, marital status, genetic information, the presence of any sensory, mental, or physical disability, or the use of a trained dog guide or service animal by a person with a disability.

The following Marysville School District employees/departments are designated to address questions and complaints of discrimination:

• Civil Rights: Executive Director of Human Resources; 360-965-0071
• Harassment, Intimidation, & Bullying: Executive Director of Human Resources; 360-965-0071
• Title IX:Executive Director of Human Resources; 360-965-0071
• Section 504 and ADA: Executive Director of Special Education and Student Services; 360-965-0174

Discrimination and discriminatory harassment may be reported to the district employee/department listed above by phone at (360) 965-0000. You also have the right to file a written complaint. Address: 4220 80th Street NE, Marysville, WA 98270.

The Marysville School District is a drug- and tobacco-free workplace.

Classification History:

Job description developed June 2005. Job description revised November 2008. Job description revised April 2009. Job description revised April 2011. Job description revised April 2012. Job description revised September 2023.