School Bus Monitor

School Bus Monitor – Norman Public Schools

Job Title: School Bus Monitor

Location: Transportation Services Department

Reports to: Director of Transportation

Contract: 173 days

Salary

Schedule:

Bus Monitor

FLSA Classification: Non‑exempt

Safety‑Sensitive Position

Credentials: Oklahoma Driver's License

Education: High school diploma or GED

• Assist the bus driver in maintaining student discipline and daily cleanliness and helping students when needed while riding, boarding, and unloading from the bus.
• Bus monitors are responsible for sweeping the bus on a regular basis.
• Assist any student or special needs students in boarding and unloading off the bus. Operate the wheelchair lift as needed.
• Assist in adequately securing special needs students when on the bus. This may include working with baby seats, booster seats, safety harnesses, and various types of seat belts.
• Accompany special needs students across the streets and at various locations as required.
• Observe students to prevent vandalism to the interior of the bus.
• Work with parents and families of all students to understand specific transportation needs.
• Students may occasionally have accidents on the bus, and the Bus Monitor is responsible for cleaning up these situations.
• Assist the driver in any emergency involving vehicular accidents or other emergencies.
• Perform all primary and collateral duties as assigned by a Transportation Department Administrator.

Successful job performance requires good customer service/people skills, handling problems, and providing information and technical assistance as requested. It requires complying with safety guidelines and policies to reduce accidents or injuries to staff or students. It requires following school dress standards, proper attendance or leave policies as outlined in Board Policy 3005, and other work habits and concerns for staff. Creativity, initiative, and practical problem‑solving are critical to the position's success.

Help manage the computerization of school district operations. Provide training and support to district staff in using administrative computer systems. Perform such tasks to the ultimate benefit of the educational program. An incumbent in this position will utilize discretion, ingenuity, and independent judgment due to the job's complexity.

Physical and functional requirements:
The employee must sit for 2‑3 hours, stand for 3 hours, and walk for 3 hours daily. The job requires occasional bending/stooping, squatting/crouching, occasional climbing 3 feet of steps onto the bus, occasional reaching above the shoulder, and continuous pushing/pulling. The job requires assisting bus drivers with riders who may need assistance to get on or off the wheelchair ramp and help with lifting into the seat if necessary.

Such lifting can be up to 75 pounds. Employees must possess manual dexterity, visual, hearing, speaking, and mobility requirements to perform duties safely and communicate effectively. Employees must have mental capabilities to follow safety rules, make sound decisions in stressful situations, and handle confrontation effectively. The employee's job requires working close to machinery, outdoors with temperature changes, and being exposed to dust, fumes, and gases.

Employees must have the ability to handle children with disabilities.