POSITION TITLE:  Bus Monitor

EXEMPTION STATUS: Non-exempt

REPORTS TO: Transportation Department

TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT:  9 months; 2024-2025 school year

HOURLY SALARY RANGE:  Minimum $11.00, Midpoint $13.75, Maximum $16.50

Primary Purpose: 

Provide services to students with disabilities, including boarding, riding and departing the bus or vehicle. Assist the bus driver in ensuring the safe and orderly transportation of students.

Qualifications:

Education/Certification
High School Diploma or GED, preferred
 
Special Knowledge/Skills
Ability to communicate effectively and follow written and verbal instructions
Ability to operate safety equipment and adaptive equipment
Ability to work well with children with disabilities

Experience:

Experience working with children, preferred

Major Responsibilities and Duties:

Student Management

• Lift and carry students with disabilities on and off the bus according to their individual needs and ensure students are safely secured in bus or vehicle.
• Supervise students as they board and depart the bus, cross the street, and arrive at their destination.
• Escort students to the door of their home and into school facilities, as needed.  Assist in ensuring students arrive at the classroom, gym, cafeteria or destination, as needed.
• Ensure that all students are off the bus at the end of the route or trip.
• Learn and adapt to each student’s special medical, physical, communicative, behavioral and emotional need.
• Manage student behavior, report student discipline problems to appropriate administrator, and communicate with teachers and parents daily regarding student needs and behavior.

Routes and Schedules

• Assist the bus driver by maintaining familiarity with all routes to and from campuses.
• Maintain an updated route schedule.Work irregular hours as needed.

Safety

• Safely operate wheelchair lift, ramp, adaptive and other equipment according to established safety procedures.
• Follow established procedures and techniques to perform job duties including lifting, positioning, and securing students.
• Supervise students’ use of seat belts, harnesses, and car seats.
• Follow emergency procedures and help the bus driver administer first aid when necessary.
• Assist the bus driver in maintaining a clean and safe bus or vehicle.

Communication

• Assist the bus driver in operating two-way radio equipment to communicate with the transportation office.
• Foster positive school-community relations and employee relations.

Professional Growth and Development

• Maintain familiarity with and follow procedures established by the transportation and special education departments.
• Participate in professional learning, staff meetings, and special events as assigned.

Mental Demands/Physical Demands/Environmental Factors

• Tools/Equipment Used: Wheelchair lift, ramp, lock, adaptive equipment, flares, reflective signs, fire extinguisher, two-way radio, computer
• Posture: Frequent sitting, walking, climbing, bending/stooping, kneeling/squatting/crouching, crawling, pushing/pulling, twisting, reaching
• Motion: Frequent repetitive hand and arm motions, wrist flexion/extension
• Vision: Close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, ability to adjust focus
• Lifting: Lifting and carrying up to 30 pounds without assistance, 30-55 pounds with assistance, and more than 55 pounds with appropriate assistance
• Environment: Work is performed indoors, outdoors, in bus or vehicle; regularly exposed to wet and/or humid conditions, hot and cold temperatures, moving mechanical parts, dust, fumes, airborne particles, toxic chemicals; daily in-district travel; occasional statewide travel; occasional irregular and/or prolonged hours
• Mental Demands: Maintain emotional control under stress, work with frequent interruptions