School Bus Monitor

About the Employer

Job Title: Bus Monitor
Transportation Department: Transportation Safety Assistants (Bus Monitors)

Context:
The Transportation Department is seeking qualified candidates for the position of Bus Monitor.

Responsibilities:*

- Assist students to move to their assigned seated location
- Maintain order and discipline of students assigned to the school bus in accordance with the schools board policies pertaining to discipline and school code of conduct
- Restrain students in child safety restraint system as required by the IEP/504 plan
- Assist with loading and unloading the school bus; secure student’s personal equipment, assists students with special needs; operates wheelchair lifts; secures wheelchair; assists children from wheelchairs to seats; assists children in wheelchairs in getting to and from loading area
- Assist in evacuating students during an emergency or evacuation drill
- Maintain confidentiality of each individual student’s information
- Communicate appropriate information to parents and other school team members
- Monitor student’s behaviors and implement students’ individual behavior plans as developed by school staff
- Understand how the bus ride impacts students with special needs
- Comply with federal, state and local laws, rules and regulations
- Comply with school board policies and rules set forth by the school’s transportation department
- Participate in training and workshops and perform other duties as may be assigned

Requirements:

- High school diploma
- Must be able to successfully complete a medical examination
- May be required to successfully complete a physical performance evaluation, meeting standards set forth by the school bus & traffic safety section of the NC Division of Motor Vehicles and the schools transportation department
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills and positive role model both professionally and personally

Term of Employment: 10 months
Salary: Per NC State salary schedule plus local supplement

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

- Ability to meet and maintain legal and physical requirements for North Carolina school bus certification and local rules
- Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with all levels (i.e., administrators, parents, students, and the general public)
- Ability to exercise good judgment in evaluating situations
- Ability to earn the respect of students of all ages and act sensitively to their needs
- Ability to perform medium work exerting in excess of 100 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 20 pounds of force frequently, and/or up to ten pounds of force constantly to move objects
- Ability to work with special needs students and pre-schoolers