School Bus Driver

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Job Title: School Bus Driver

Location: USD 383 Transportation Department.

USD 383 is hiring School Bus Drivers to join our team. Drivers are an essential team member that transports students to and from school and extracurricular events while ensuring student safety. This is an ideal opportunity for retirees, veterans, and people needing a flexible schedule. Full-time and part-time job opportunities are available.

Position Type: Terms Of Employment include: position available during the regular school year; options for summer employment. New employees go through a 45-day introductory period as part of onboarding after which benefits will begin, and leave can be used.

• Must enjoy being around students and be patient, attentive, and have excellent decision-making skills.
• Ability to work individually or with a bus monitor.
• Communicate effectively with other educational professionals like teachers, principals, other transportation staff, and dispatchers.
• Obey and observe all traffic laws.
• Follow assigned schedule for routes.
• Maintain discipline with students on the bus and report any misconduct.
• Exercise responsible leadership when on out-of-town school activity trips.
• Check the bus before starting routes/activity for mechanical issues.
• Transport authorized passengers only.
• Performs other duties as assigned by the Director of Transportation.

Reports To: Director of Transportation.

Performance Evaluation: Performance of this job will be evaluated annually in accordance with provisions of the Board's policy on the evaluation of classified personnel.

• Must enjoy being around students and be patient, attentive, and have excellent decision-making skills.
• Ability to work individually or with a bus monitor.
• Communicate effectively with teachers, principals, other transportation staff, and dispatchers.
• Obey and observe all traffic laws.
• Follow the assigned schedule for routes.
• Check the bus before starting routes/activity for mechanical issues.
• Transport authorized passengers only.
• New employees go through a 45-day introductory period as part of onboarding.

• Vision and dental insurance are available for employees working 17.5 hours/week.
• Health insurance is available for employees working at least 30+/week with district contributions valued at $7,788 per year.
• Retirement Plan options available for employees working at least 17.5 hours/week.
• Short-term disability available for employees working at least 17.5 hours/week.
• Employee Assistance Program.
• Additional Benefits Available—Group Life Insurance, Flexible Spending Account, Individual Accident Insurance, Individual Cancer and Specified Disease Insurance, Heart Attack, Heart Disease, and Stroke Insurance.
• Paid sick and personal leave.
• Commercial Driver's License (CDL) provided with the completion of requirements. USD
  383 will provide and pay for all training, except your license and permit.
• FLSA Status:
  Non-Exempt.