Bus Driver

Bus Driver

The job of Bus Driver is done for the purpose of transporting children and families to their Head Start/ECEAP related services; assisting with program activities; ensuring vehicle is in safe operating condition; and ensuring safety of students during transport, loading and unloading from buses. This job reports to Transportation Manager.

Essential Functions include advising students and other passengers of appropriate behavior for the purpose of reinforcing regulations and maintaining passenger safety, assessing incidents, complaints, accidents and/or potential emergency situations for the purpose of resolving and/or recommending a resolution to the situation, assisting in the development of bus routes for the purpose of efficiently transporting passengers and/or providing input regarding safety concerns on routes, assisting students and other passengers for the purpose of providing safe loading and unloading from buses including both emergency situations and normal transport, attending meetings, classroom and behind the wheel training, safety meetings, in-service, administrative conferences, etc. for the purpose of maintaining skills and meeting the certificate requirement/s of a school bus driver, cleaning assigned vehicles, both interior and exterior, for the purpose of ensuring safety, appearance, and sanitation of vehicle, conducting emergency evacuation drills for the purpose of ensuring efficiency of procedures and complying with mandated requirements, driving school buses for the purpose of transporting passengers over scheduled routes to and from school and/or special events in a safe and timely manner, embodying the principles and practices that form our culture and commitment to becoming an Antiracist Multicultural Organization for the purpose of meeting the Agency's End: Success for Each Child and Eliminating the Opportunity Gap by Leading with Racial Equity, lifting students and/or equipment for the purpose of positioning or repositioning students as appropriate, maintaining bus files for the purpose of ensuring the availability of information and/or instructions as required, monitoring students and other passengers during transit for the purpose of maintaining safety and following district policy, performing pre-trip and post-trip inspections for the purpose of ensuring the safe operating condition of the vehicle and complying with mandated guidelines, preparing documents and reports for the purpose of providing written support and/or conveying information, reporting observations and/or incidents for the purpose of communicating information to appropriate personnel, responding to emergency situations for the purpose of addressing immediate safety concerns, responding to inquiries for the purpose of providing information and/or direction, and securing students as assigned for the purpose of ensuring their safety during transport.

Other Functions include assisting other personnel as may be required for the purpose of ensuring an efficient and effective work environment.

Job Requirements: Minimum Qualifications include a High School Diploma or GED certificate/equivalent and Washington State Commercial Driver License (CDL) with Class B, with P and S endorsements.