Substitute Bus Driver

Bus Driver Substitutes (Part-Time)

Job Description Title: Bus Driver Substitutes (Part-Time)

Reports To: Director of Transportation

Job Goal: Bus Drivers will drive daily their prescribed routes in a safe and prudent manner, along with other assigned duties.

Pay Column: Base + .50 Performance

Responsibilities:

• Adhere to all local, state and federal regulations.
• Abide by regulations set forth by the Poplar Bluff Board of Education.
• Have on file a current health certificate indicating that they are in reasonably good health.
• Hold a valid Missouri and Federal licenses as required by law.
• Drive in a careful and prudent manner and in accordance with the Missouri Motor Vehicle Laws.
• Conduct themselves in a manner so as to exercise good influence over pupils.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Keep person neat and clean.
• Abstain from use of tobacco products on school busses and school property.
• Refrain from driving under the influence of intoxicating liquor, or other drugs.
• Refer serious student disciplinary problems to building principals and to the Director of Transportation.
• Observe carefully all signs, signals, rules of the road and courtesies due others as provided by the motor vehicle laws of the state.
• Do not leave a loaded bus while motor is running.
• Keep inside of bus clean and comfortable.
• Clean busses when told to by Director of Transportation.
• Work in the custodial or maintenance force during the summer months.
• Be responsible for general bus lot duties when directed.
• Keep all records considered necessary by the Director of Transportation.
• Drive assigned route without any deviation unless directed by their supervisor.
• Be responsible for driving on out of town trips as assigned by their supervisor.
• Be responsible for any other duties assigned by the Director of Transportation.
• Be physically able to assist and remove students from the bus in case of an emergency.

Essential Functions of the Job - Bus Driver:

• Hold a valid school bus permit in accordance with section 302.272, RSMo, and submit all driver's license numbers to the office of the superintendent prior to the first day of school.
• Be at least 21 years old at the time he or she applies for a school bus permit.
• Be in good physical and mental health, free from communicable disease, and have normal use of both arms, hands, legs and feet. Vision shall be at least 20/40 in each eye, with correction if necessary. A driver shall be able to distinguish the colors of red, green and yellow. Hearing shall be adequate to hear ordinary conversation. A driver shall undergo a physical examination annually by a licensed physician, and shall present a signed physical examination certificate to the office of the superintendent prior to the first day of school. For those drivers aged 70 and over, the school bus permit shall be renewed annually. The driver shall pass the required examinations prior to receiving the renewed permit.
• Pass a drug test upon initial employment.
• Participate in random drug testing.

Poplar Bluff School District