Bus Monitor

Job Description

York School District One

Transportation Services

SCHOOL BUS AIDE

Qualifications: 

• High school diploma or equivalent  
• Effective verbal and written communications skills
• Such alternatives to the above qualifications as the board may find appropriate and acceptable 

Reports To:  Transportation Supervisor

Job Goal

To assist students with special needs during transport to and from school and/or special activities; and ensuring the safety and sanitation of assigned vehicles.

Performance Responsibilities 

• Assesses potential emergency situations on the bus and within loading and unloading zones to take appropriate action to protect the well-being of passengers.
• Assists students to provide for special needs during transport, safe loading and unloading from buses including both emergency situations and normal transport.
• Instructs students for the purpose of enforcing rules/regulations and maintaining safety.
• Monitors students to prevent distraction to the driver or injury to themselves or other students/passengers.
• Monitors students with special needs until released to the teacher, instructional assistant, parent/guardian to ensure the students’ safety.
• Prepares documentation (e.g., incident reports, passenger misconduct) to provide written support and/or conveying information.
• Reports observations and/or incidents (e.g., discipline, inappropriate social behavior) to communicate information to appropriate personnel.
• Secures students and/or equipment with restraints, tie-downs (e.g., wheelchairs, seat belts) to ensure the safety and well-being of students.
• Assists other personnel to support them in the completion of their work activities. 

Specific Job Requirements 

• Accept delegated responsibilities willingly
• Able to work under occasional stress
• Demonstrate a high level of initiative in job performance
• Must have sufficient agility to be able to enter and exit a school bus unassisted through the passenger entry door
• Must have sufficient agility to be able to move freely throughout the bus
• Must have sufficient agility to be able to bend, stoop, and kneel as necessary to secure students and/or equipment restraints, tie-downs (e.g., wheelchairs, seat belts) to ensure the safety and well-being of students
• Must be able to evacuate students from a bus in an emergency, including properly exiting from the rear-most floor level emergency exit and dragging a 125-lb weight 30 feet within 30 seconds 

Terms of Employment: 

182 days per school year; salary and work year to be established by the Board

Evaluation:

Performance of this job will be evaluated in accordance with provisions of the Board’s policy on Evaluation of Support Service Personnel.

York School District One is an equal opportunity employer
York School District One does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, handicap, sex, age, alienage, or national origin as required by applicable state and federal laws.