Bus Monitor

Position Type:
Transportation Department/Bus Monitor

Date Posted:
7/23/2026

Location:
Transportation Department

Date Available:
07/23/2026
REPORTS TO: Director for Transportation DATE REVISED : JAN 20, 2023


LENGTH OF WORK YEAR: 189 days PAY GRADE: Hourly


WAGE/HOUR STATUS: Non-Exempt SALARY RANGE: $15.25 Min $19.32 Max

PRIMARY PURPOSE:
Ride buses and helps driver ensure safe and orderly transportation of students with disabilities.

QUALIFICATIONS:
High School Diploma or GED Required
Dependable and Cooperative
Able to work with children, including children with special needs
Twenty-one (21) years of age or older

MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES AND DUTIES:
• Supervise students as they board and exit the bus.
• Monitor students in the bus and makes sure students leave the bus in a safely and orderly manner (No child left behind).
• Report daily to assigned bus on time.
• Assist students in getting on and off the bus.
• Keep students in their assigned bus seats.
• Observe safety precautions and bus seat regulations.
• Drill students in emergency exits and bus safety rules.
• Make the students feel comfortable.
• Responsible for students if the bus driver needs to leave the bus.
• Maintain a business relationship with students, driver, parents, and campus staff.
• Report misbehaving students to the bus driver and appropriate campus personnel.
• Assist bus driver in managing behavior.
• Assist students with seat belts, vests, and wheelchair restraints.
• Install and maintain car seats, and all related hardware (with Region One ESC training).
• Maintain a high level of cleanliness in the bus for students and employees.
• Maintain daily logs including parent contacts, attendance, and IEPs.
• Performs all duties in a safe manner to avoid injury to self and/or to others.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

EQUIPMENT USED: Wheelchair lifts, ramps, seat belts, car seats, locks, and special needs adaptive equipment.

WORKING CONDITIONS: Mental Demands/Physical Demands/Environmental Factors:
• Maintain emotional control under stress. Frequent walking, stooping, bending, kneeling, pushing
and pulling; moderate lifting and carrying. Work outside and inside; work around vehicles and
machinery with moving parts; moderate exposure to extreme temperatures and vehicle fumes. Ability
to assist students during emergency evacuations including lifting students, and moving incapacitated students to a safe location.

The foregoing statements describe the general purpose and responsibilities assigned to this job and are not an exhaustive list of all responsibilities and duties that may be assigned or skills that may be required.

Nondiscrimination Statement
Edinburg CISD does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, disability or age in its programs or activities and provides equal access to the Boy Scouts and other designated youth groups. The following person has been designated to handle inquiries regarding the nondiscrimination policies: Title IX issues: Mark Micallef, View email address on click.appcast.io, Director of Personnel/Legal Issues, ADA/504 issues: Sofia Hinojosa, View email address on click.appcast.io , Director of Student & Social Services, 411 N. 8th Avenue, Edinburg, TX 78539, View phone number on click.appcast.io.
Edinburg CISD no discrimina por motivos de raza, color, origen nacional, sexo, discapacidad o edad en sus programas o actividades y brinda igualdad de acceso a los Boy Scouts y otros grupos juveniles designados. La siguiente persona ha sido designada para manejar consultas sobre las pol ticas de no discriminaci n Title IX issues: Mark Micallef, View email address on click.appcast.io, Director of Personnel/Legal Issues, ADA/504 issues: Sofia Hinojosa, View email address on click.appcast.io , Director of Student & Social Services, 411 N. 8th Avenue,