Bus Monitor

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Job : 5467635

Final date to receive applications: Dec 30, 2026 11:59 PM (Eastern Standard Time)

Posted: Oct 29, 2025 4:00 AM (UTC)

Starting Date: Immediately

Position title:

Bus Monitor

School/Department:

Per Job Posting

Pay grade:

Hourly Rate

FLSA status:

Non-Exempt

Reports to:

School Principal

Supervises:

Students

Summary
An employee in this class rides a school bus on assigned route(s) and schedule to provide safe and efficient transportation so that students may enjoy the fullest possible advantage from the programs and offerings of the school system. Employee must exercise tact and courtesy in maintaining acceptable relations with parents/guardians of students transported and with school personnel.

Qualifications:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Graduation from high school and some experience in transporting humans preferred; or any equivalent combination of training and experience that provides the required skills, knowledge, and abilities.

Must be able to begin in a seated position rise from the seat, exit through the rearmost emergency exit, and be in position to assist passengers in exiting the bus within 20 seconds.

Must be able to exert up to 50 pounds of force occasionally, and or up to 25 pounds of force frequently, and or up to 10 pounds of force constantly to move objects.

Requires the ability to read correspondence, reports, instructions, etc. Requires the ability to speak to people with poise, voice control, and confidence.

Requires the ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagrammatic form.

Requires the ability to coordinate hands and eyes rapidly and accurately in operating a school bus.

Requires the ability to recognize the colors of traffic signals and devices showing standard red, green, and amber.

Requires the ability to talk and/or hear. Requires sufficient hearing ability to distinguish warning sounds made by horns, screeching tires, sirens, grade-crossing alarms, and train whistles.

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Must be able to exert up to 50 pounds of force occasionally, and or up to 25 pounds of force frequently, and or up to 10 pounds of force constantly to move objects.

Requires the ability to read correspondence, reports, instructions, etc. Requires the ability to speak to people with poise, voice control, and confidence.

Requires the ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagrammatic form.

Requires the ability to coordinate hands and eyes rapidly and accurately in operating a school bus.

Requires the ability to recognize the colors of traffic signals and devices showing standard red, green, and amber.

Requires the ability to talk and/or hear. Requires sufficient hearing ability to distinguish warning sounds made by horns, screeching tires, sirens, grade-crossing alarms, and train whistles.

Considerable knowledge of safe and efficient practices and procedures used in the operation of a school bus.

Considerable knowledge of traffic laws and school bus regulations.

Considerable knowledge of safety regulations and standards for school buses.

General knowledge of Transportation Department instructions.

Ability to physically inspect the bus according to Transportation Department instructions.

Ability to detect and report observable mechanical defects or failures on the school bus.

Ability to maintain discipline of students assigned to ride the school bus.

Ability to maintain a clean school bus.

Ability to complete required reports.

Ability to understand and follow oral and written instructions.

Ability to exercise independent judgment and initiative in applying standards to a variety of work situations.

Ability to exercise tact and courtesy in contact with parents/guardians or students and with school personnel.

Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships as necessitated by work assignments.

The above statements are intended to describe the general purpose and…