Bus Monitor

Position Type:
Transportation/Bus Driver
Date Posted:
5/11/2022
Location:
School Transportation Services
Date Available:
08/29/2022
Closing Date:
Open until filled
Transylvania County Schools seeks a Bus Monitor for the exceptional children program. Beginning in the 2022-23 school year starting pay will be $15/hour. Employee will ride the exceptional children bus each school day to assist the driver in maintaining student discipline and safety. For direct questions, please email Mr. Keith Wilmot, Director of Transportation. Interested candidates should submit an online employment application. Open until filled.
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITES:

• Assist the bus driver in maintaining discipline on school bus; monitor and assist students while bus is in operation.
• Consult with and assist bus driver in documentation of student information, recordkeeping and completing route surveys.
• Assist driver in assuring seat belts, harnesses and wheel chair clamps are secured as required.
• Assist parents and school personnel with safe loading and unloading of students; coordinate seating of pre-kindergarten students as required by State Transportation Guidelines.
• Communicate with teachers, teacher assistants, principals, and parents concerning student background, medical problems and behavior as appropriate.
• Maintain current knowledge of Emergency Evacuation procedures.
• Assist handicapped children on and off the bus and escort children across street upon return home; lift children as required; assure responsible adult meets students leaving the bus.
• Attend in-service meetings and training courses as assigned.
• Perform other duties as assigned.
• Maintain regular attendance
• Work is performed while standing, sitting and/or walking.
• Requires the ability to communicate effectively using speech, vision and hearing.
• Requires the use of hands for simple grasping and fine manipulations.
• Requires bending, squatting, crawling, climbing, reaching.
• Requires the ability to lift, carry, push or pull medium weights, up to 50 pounds
• Requires activities involving being around moving machinery, exposure to marked changes in temperature and humidity, and exposure to dust, fumes and gases.