Bus Driver

Bus Driver

Reports To: Dean of Student Services

Terms of Employment: 10 Months

Qualifications: A valid North Carolina Driver's License, North Carolina CDL endorsement, and Completion of bus driver training classes

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

Job Summary: 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.

Work Tasks/Responsibilities:

• 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.
• Monitor students' behavior while they are riding on the bus.
• Take suitable action to resolve incidents between/among students should such incidents occur and report inappropriate student behavior to school authorities as soon as possible.

Job Specifications:

• 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