Substitute Bus Monitor

General Description: This position is responsible for monitoring student safety and assisting in the students’ loading and unloading to and from school and, when necessary, to extracurricular events on a non-regular basis.

Essential Responsibilities:

• Supervises bus riders to maintain safe and orderly bus transport to and from school
• Assists in performing housekeeping duties inside and outside of the vehicle
• Reports mechanical defects to garage staff and/or supervisor
• Enforces rules of conduct and standards for acceptable behavior
• Administers disciplinary procedures in keeping with school board policies and administrative regulations
• Assists students with special needs
• Assists Driver and other staff in emergency evacuation drills in keeping with division regulations and instructs riders regarding being responsible riders
• Manages emergency situations as they occur
• Completes job essential training classes when offered

• Performs related duties as required or assigned

Work Environment/Physical Requirements:

(Transportation)

• Duties are typically performed on a bus or vehicle preparing for or during transportation
• Employees frequently work outdoors in street environments near moving traffic
• Employees frequently work in confined spaces
• Employees are frequently exposed to extreme heat and cold; moving mechanical parts; fumes, toxic or caustic chemicals, and loud noises
• Occasional lifting of equipment, objects, and/or materials weighing up to 50 pounds may be required
• Requires sufficient strength, agility, dexterity, visual acuity, and reaction time to operate a school bus or vehicle at all times including emergency situations
• Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, depth perception, and the ability to focus
• Requires employee to regularly stand; sit; walk; use hands to handle, feel objects, tools, equipment or controls; reach with hands and arms
• Verbal communication and hearing may be required for expressing or exchanging information
• Use of computer or other device screens may be necessary