Bus Driver

Terms of Employment: 10-month

Exemption Status:
Non-Exempt

Salary Scale: AFSCME UA2, Grade 8-9

• High school diploma or GED required.
• Five (5) years of successful work experience as a school bus driver in the State of Maryland preferred.
• Possess or have the ability to secure a Commercial Class B Driver’s License with P&S endorsements within the period of time specified required.

• Must annually pass the Maryland School Bus Driver’s Physical Examination; meet all federal, state, and local school bus driver requirements.
• No current points preferred on driving record and satisfactory past driving record. No preventable accidents with appreciable damage of an accident in the past two years.

• Drives a school bus daily as scheduled by the Transportation Department.
• Satisfactory completion of a prescribed pre-service instruction program within a reasonable period of time. Other combinations of applicable education, training, and experience, which provide the knowledge, abilities, and skills necessary to perform effectively in the position, may be considered.
• Completes any additional training in other areas to assist special needs students.
• Takes all precautions to avoid accidents.
• Creates a positive, pleasant, and safe environment for all passengers.
• Responsible for cleaning inside and outside of assigned bus and for reporting mechanical defects upon detection to the School Bus Driver Manager.
• Keeps records of the operation of the bus and submits required reports; compiles and submits accident report information and reports prolonged traffic delays.
• Attends safety meetings.
• Maintains order among students aboard the school bus and reports cases of misbehavior to school officials.
• Completes pre- and post-trip inspections of the bus.
• Ability to work overtime to complete required bus routes/trips.
• Performs related duties as required.

The environmental factors and/or physical requirements of this position include the following:
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is required to have ordinary ambulatory skills sufficient to visit other locations; and the ability to stand, walk, stoop, kneel, crouch, and manipulate (lift, carry, move) light to medium weights of 10-50 pounds. Requires good hand-eye coordination, arm, hand, and finger dexterity, including the ability to grasp, and visual acuity to use a keyboard.

The employee is frequently required to sit, reach with hands and arms, talk, and hear.

Charles County Public Schools reserves the right to re-advertise and modify the content of vacancy announcements at any time; however, this may be the only notice for this position during the noted advertisement period.

The Charles County public school system does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, or disability in its programs, activities, or employment practices. For inquiries, please contact Dr. Michael Blanchard, Title IX/ADA/Section 504 Coordinator (students), or Nikial M. Majors, Title IX/ADA/Section 504 Coordinator (employees/ adults), at Charles County Public Schools, Jesse L.

Starkey Administration Building, P.O. Box 2770, La Plata, MD 20646; /. For special accommodations, call  or TDD two weeks prior to the event.