Bus Monitor

Primary Purpose:
Ride buses and help driver ensure safe and orderly transportation of students with disabilities.
Qualifications:
Education/Certification:
Not Specified
Special Knowledge/Skills:

• Ability to work well with children with disabilities
• Ability to communicate effectively
• Ability to manage student behavior
• Ability to follow written and verbal instructions
• Knowledge of student discipline procedure
• Ability to operate safety equipment and adaptive equipment

Experience:
None required
Essential Job Functions:
Student Management

• Lift and carry students with disabilities on and off the bus according to their individual needs.
• Supervise students as they board and leave bus and cross street.
• Learn and adapt to each student's special medical, physical, communicative, and emotional needs.
• Manage student behavior and report student discipline problems to appropriate administrator.
• Communicate with teachers and parents on a daily basis regarding student behavior while on the bus.

Routes and Schedules

• Become familiar with all routes to and from school campus to be of assistance to driver.
• Maintain an updated route schedule.

Safety

• Supervise use of seat belts, harnesses, or car seats by students (if applicable).
• Follow emergency procedures and help driver administer first aid, if necessary.
• Operate equipment according to established safety procedures.
• Follow established procedures and techniques to perform job duties including lifting, assisting students, etc.

Other

• Become familiar with and follow procedures established by transportation and special education offices. (if applicable)
• Help driver keep bus clean.
• Work irregular hours as needed.
• Perform other duties as required by supervisor.

Professional Conduct:

• Maintain professional interactions with staff, parents, community and visitors.
• Demonstrate the ability to remain calm and withstand pressures.
• Demonstrate flexibility to change in routine and adapt quickly to changing situations.
• Demonstrates respect, courteous to peers and visitors and assist fellow workers willingly.
• Avoid gossip, or speaking badly about the district and district personnel.

Supervisory Responsibilities:
None
Equipment Used:
Wheelchair lifts, ramps, locks, and special needs adaptive equipment (if applicable)
Working Conditions
Mental Demands/Physical Demands/Environmental Factors:
The working conditions described are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions and expectations.
Regularly sit, talk or hear; frequently required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel; frequent repetitive hand motions; prolonged use of computer; occasionally lift and/or move up to 10-50 pounds; occasionally required to stand, walk reach with hands and arms. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, and peripheral vision. There are schedule deadlines associated with this position, which may cause significant stress. The employee must also deal with a wide variety of people on various issues. Maintain emotional control under stress. Predictable and regular attendance expected.