Bus Monitor

Bus Monitor

The primary function of a bus monitor involves the supervision of students and assisting bus drivers as needed while transporting students.

The school bus monitor performs work involving the supervision and care of children with special needs. Employees in this classification provide student and bus driver assistance as needed during daily school transportation routes. Work includes ensuring that all bus activities support the safety, security and welfare of all persons. Performs all essential functions and related work as directed. The omission of any duty or responsibility does not preclude management from assigning duties not listed herein if such duty or responsibility is a logical assignment to the position.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

1. Ensure the safe loading and unloading of students to and from destinations, to include operation of specialized equipment for attending to students with special needs, i.e., wheel chair lifts and secures tie downs, toddler/infant seats and seat belts.
2. Greets and assists each student as they enter and exit the bus.
3. Surveys exterior perimeter of vehicle as students enter and exit to ensure students have cleared the bus safety zone.
4. Monitors daily school bus activities to ensure proper student conduct at all times, and adherence to appropriate disciplinary controls.
5. Assist to fasten student seat belts and ensure they remain fastened.
6. Assists and follows instructions of the vehicle driver.
7. Identifies and communicates operational, safety, and dangerous issues or incidents to supervisor at school department, or, the appropriate authority in any emergency situation.
8. Write and complete incident reports.
9. Communicates and interacts with children and adults having a variety of handicaps in a caring and compassionate manner.
10. Assists in the evacuation of the bus in emergency situations.
11. Sit for extended periods of time and endure various road conditions.
12. Wears the prescribed safety vest while on duty.
13. Does not eat, drink, or distribute food to students.
14. Only use cell phone in work related situations or emergencies.
15. Does not engage in personal conversation with students or drivers, and parents.
16. Practice discretion and maintains confidentiality.

Physical/Mental Requirements

• Tasks involve the regular and, at times, sustained performance of moderately physically demanding work, typically involving some combination of climbing, balancing, stooping, kneeling, crouching, carrying, pushing, and/or pulling, and the ability to lift and carry 20-30 pounds at least 50 feet.
• Most tasks require visual perception and discrimination, and some tasks require oral communications ability.
• Adequate hearing is required to safely monitor and assist students as needed.
• As well, tasks are regularly performed with potential exposure to adverse environmental conditions, such as temperature (-25F to 100F) and noise extremes, odors, humidity, road vibrations, traffic hazards, violence, disease, or pathogenic substances.

Education and Experience

• Graduation from high school or equivalent is desirable.
• Experience in youth work and/or working with children with special needs is desirable.

ADA & Minimum Qualifications to Perform Essential Job Functions

• Physical Requirements: Must be able to exert up to 30 pounds of force occasionally, and/or a negligible amount of force constantly to lift, carry, push or otherwise move objects, including the human body. Requires climbing, walking, standing to a significant degree.
• Data Conception: Requires the ability to compare and/or judge the readily observable, functional, structural or composite characteristics (whether similar or divergent from obvious standards) of data, people or things. Requires good eyesight and hearing in order to observe students and surroundings.
• Interpersonal Communications: Requires the ability to speak and/or signal people to convey or exchange information. Includes giving instructions, assignments or directions.
• Language: Requires the ability to read, speak and write.
• Intelligence: Requires the ability to apply principles of logical thinking to define problems, perceive danger or situations.
• Verbal Aptitude: Requires the ability to follow oral and written instructions. Must be able to communicate effectively and efficiently.
• Motor Communication: Requires the ability to coordinate hands and eyes rapidly and accurately.
• Manual Dexterity: Must have minimal levels of eye/hand/foot coordination.
• Physical Communication: Requires the ability to talk and hear (talking expressing or exchanging ideas by means of spoken word. Hearing perceiving nature of sounds by ear.) Must be able to communicate via telephone.