Bus Driver

Bus Driver

Operates a school bus for transporting regular education and handicapped students to and from school.

Work performed includes but is not limited to driving bus safely to the destination and return; following school district procedures when driving assigned bus routes; and monitoring students' behavior while they are riding on the bus.

• Drives bus safely to the destination and return.
• Conforms to traffic rules and regulations; makes vehicle pre-checks and records and reports malfunctions; follows school regulations for handling vehicle breakdowns and accident incidents, and keeps the bus clean.
• Follows school procedures when driving assigned bus routes.
• Picks up and drops off students at designated times and bus stops; ensures students depart the bus at their usual stops; and determines that all students leave the bus at both ends of the route.
• Monitors students' behavior while they are riding on the bus.
• Takes suitable action to resolve incidents between/among students should such incidents occur and reports inappropriate student behavior to school authorities as soon as possible.

Knowledge of driving laws and regulations, knowledge of safe bus operations, knowledge of vehicle pre-run checks and their performance skills, recordkeeping skills to maintain records of names and addresses of students, locations and times of stops, route information, and time sheets, administrative skills to implement established policies and procedures regarding student transportation, enforcing rules of student conduct and discipline, communication skills in dealing with students daily; communicating with parents regarding bus routes and discipline problems, and advising the school of bus malfunctions.