Position: Bus Driver

Term: 9 months

Classification: Classified/Non-exempt

Location: Transportation Department 

Qualification:

• High School Diploma
• Maintain a Minimum Missouri Class “B” Commercial Driver’s License with Passenger & School Bus endorsements
• Physical exam require

Supervisory: No

Reports to: Director of Transportation

Code: 001.2554.6151.12210.3.000

Position #: 890

Paid training for CDL with passenger and school bus endorsements is available. 

*This job requires a training period prior to the assumption of duties. The training period includes instructional time and written tests in order to obtain a permit. Successful completion of the school bus endorsement test is required 14 days after the permit is granted.

General Expectations:

• Supports the mission of Joplin Schools.
• Supports the value of education.
• Become familiar with, enforce, and follow all applicable Board policies and regulations, administrative procedures, other directions given by district administrators and supervisors, and state and federal laws.
• Properly supervise students at all times, if applicable to essential job functions.
• Obey all safety rules, including rules protecting the safety and welfare of students.
• Care for, properly use, and protect school property.
• Maintain courteous and professional relationships with students, parents/guardians, other district employees and the public.
• Communicate effectively with supervisors, department staff, all members of the school district, and community as required. 
• Provides excellence in customer service both internally and externally.
• Complies with privacy rights and safeguards confidential and/or sensitive information pertaining to staff and students.
• Reacts to change productively and receive and transmit constructive criticism as it relates to job duties.
• Actively participate in professional development and obtain skills and information necessary to effectively perform job duties.
• Conduct all official business in a professional and timely manner, utilizing district technology resources.
• Arrive to work and leave work at the time specified by supervisors and attend all required meetings pertinent to the position.
• Maintains accurate records and filing systems for accountability and audit purposes as required by law and Board policy.
• Solve practical problems utilizing math functions as needed to complete job duties. 
• Read and interpret documents such as work orders, safety rules, and handbooks and apply to job duties.

Essential Functions:

• Transport and/or supervise students over specified routes according to an established time schedule
• Teach, monitor, and supervise safe bus practices to ensure student safety
• Know, understand, and implement specific safety accommodations for students with disabilities, such as those documented in an IEP, Section 504 plan, etc.
• Properly supervise all bus operations, including oversight of Bus Aides
• Attend required meetings pertinent to the position
• Effectively communicate with school personnel regarding any student-related issues
• Exhibit through performance, an understanding of effective behavior management
• Maintains records and submits reports in a timely fashion
• Able to follow prescribed procedures for body fluid and waste clean-up as needed
• Achieve and maintain prescribed certifications per job requirements through training as provided by the District
• Perform all pre-trip and post-trip inspections
• Clean bus as required
• Comply with traffic regulations
• Drive safely and professionally
• Enforce the student discipline code
• Manually operate wheelchair lift, when required
• Carry out other duties as assigned

Physical Demands

• Occasionally lift up to 50 pounds
• Must sit for long periods of time while driving a school bus
• Frequently stand up from driver’s seat and walk
• Frequently walk up and down stairs 
• Frequently walk on a variety of ground surfaces, including, but not limited to, paved, gravel, grass, or dirt
• Frequently bend and twist the torso and neck
• Frequently use repetitive arm, wrist and hand movements
• Use close, distance and peripheral vision as well as depth perception

Attendance

Regular and consistent attendance is an essential function of this position.

The work conditions and environment described here are representative of those that an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

Conditions and Environment

Environment is that of a typical bus setting. The individual who holds this position must: 

• Frequently work in temperatures below 32 degrees and above 100 degrees Fahrenheit

• Occasionally work in rain, sleet and ice and drive on slippery conditions
• Often work in an area with a high noise level including engine noise and the sound of many children speaking, a raised voice may be necessary

Note: The statements herein are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees, and are not to be construed as an exhaustive list of responsibilities, duties, and skills required of personnel so classified. Furthermore, they do not establish a contract for employment and are subject to change at the discretion of the employer.