Description:       

Help children safely board the bus. Help special needs children into their seats. Make

sure wheelchairs, seat belts, car seats, and booster seats are installed correctly. Cope

with behaviorally impaired children

NOTE:       

The below lists are not ranked in order of importance

Essential Functions:

• Serve as a role model for students in how to conduct themselves as citizens and as responsible, intelligent human beings
• Has a legal responsibility to help instill in students the belief in and practice of ethical principles and democratic values
• Shall remain free of any alcohol or nonprescribed controlled substance abuse in the workplace throughout his/her employment in the District
• Manage students and maintain discipline on bus
• Observe mandatory safety regulations for school buses
• Help maintain pupil control and report any violations to the proper authorities as prescribed
• Notify the supervisor in case of illness so as to permit time to secure a substitute driver
• Maintain respect at all times for confidential information
• Make contacts with the public with tact and diplomacy
• Attend meetings and in-services as required
• Interact in a positive manner with staff, students and parents
• Immediately report all accidents in school vehicles
• Participate in school bus safety programs for students
• Train students and supervise emergency evacuations as directed by supervisor
• Promote good public relations

Other Duties and Responsibilities:

• Report all accidents and complete required reports
• Enforce applicable Board policies
• Attend inservice meetings as required.
• Be available in the event of emergency dismissal
• Respond to routine questions and requests in an appropriate manner
• Perform other duties as assigned by the Transportation Supervisor

 Qualifications:

• High school diploma or general education degree (GED)
• Such alternatives to the above qualifications as the Superintendent and/or Board of Education may find appropriate

 Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Ability to work effectively with others
• Ability to communicate ideas and directives clearly and effectively both orally and in writing
• Effective active listening skills
• Organizational and problem solving skills
• Knowledge of basic first aid
• Ability to read and understand verbal and written instructions, written warnings and labels

 Equipment Operated:

• Wheelchairs, child car and booster seat mechanisms, child restraint (harness)
• Mobile communication devices
• Safety equipment required on school vehicles
• Broom, flashlight, windown cleaning equipment

 Additional Working Conditions:

• Frequent exposure to blood, bodily fluids and tissue
• Frequent interaction with unruly children
• Occasional extensive sitting
• Occasional requirement to stand and walk
• Frequent requirement to stand, walk, sit, climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, read, hear, and see (occasional color vision required)
• Occasional requirement to lift and carry up to a maximum of 50 pounds
• Occasional requirement to push and pull up to a maximum of 300 pounds (on wheels)
• Occasional requirement to work overtime

This job description is subject to change and in no manner states or implies that these are the only duties and responsibilities to be performed by the incumbent. The incumbent will be required to follow the instructions and perform the duties required by the incumbent’s supervisor, appointing authority.

                                                                                            Revised: January 6, 2023