Bus Monitor Ride buses and assist driver to provide safe and orderly transportation of student with disabilities.
Education:
High School Diploma or GEDSpecial Knowledge/Skills: Ability to follow verbal instructions Ability to operate safety equipment and adaptive equipment Ability to work well with children with disabilities
Experience: None
Working Conditions:
Mental Demands: Maintain emotional control; ability to communicate effectively; ability to maintain effective control over groups of students
Physical Demands/Environmental Factors: Must be physically able to climb in and out of the school bus emergency door to perform evacuation procedures; frequent walking, stooping, bending, kneeling, pushing and pulling; moderate lifting and carrying; work outside and inside; work around machinery with moving parts and vehicles; moderate exposure to extreme temperatures (hot) and vehicle fumes. Able to lift up to 50 pounds.
Major Responsibilities and Duties:
1. Assist in loading and unloading of students with disabilities according to their individual needs.2. Assist the bus driver with updating and maintaining bus route and student information.3. Maintain discipline and report student discipline problems to the appropriate administrator.4. Assume responsibility for learning and adapting to each student's special medical, physical, communicative, and emotional needs.5. Communicate with teachers and parents on a daily basis about student behavior while on the bus.6. Accurate and consistent use of Time Clock Plus (TCP) and AESOP.7. Perform other duties as assigned by the director of transportation.
Tools/Equipment Used: Specialized and adaptive equipment used by students
Posture: Frequent standing and sitting; kneeling/squatting, bending/stooping, pushing/pulling, and twisting
Motion: Frequent walking and reaching
Lifting: Frequent heavy lifting (45 pounds or over) and positioning of students with physical disabilities, controlling behavior through physical restraint, assisting nonambulatory students, and lifting and moving adaptive equipment
Environment: Work inside and outside (exposure to sun, heat, cold, and inclement weather); exposure to noise and vehicle fumes; exposure to biological hazards (bacteria, communicable diseases); work around vehicles and machinery with moving parts; may work irregular or prolonged hours
Mental Demands: Work with frequent interruptions; maintain emotional control under stress