Bus Monitor

Transportation AssistantPrimary 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 olderMajor 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.