Bus Monitor

Bus Monitor
- Full Time with Benefits

Wilkes County Schools CC Wright Elementary
- North Wilkesboro, North Carolina Open in Google Maps

This job is also posted in North Carolina School Jobs , and Wilkes County School District

Job : 5923696
Final date to receive applications: Posted until filled
Posted: Sep 11, 2026 4:00 AM (UTC)

Starting Date: Sep 21, 2026

Wilkes County Schools provides a robust variety of state and local benefit offerings that include but are not limited to health insurance, annual leave, sick leave, holiday pay, dental insurance, vision insurance, life insurance, state pension plan, and other ancillary benefits. Benefit eligibility is determined by job status and percentage of employment. In addition, Wilkes County Schools offers a local salary supplement of 5%.

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.

• Lifts and carries students with disabilities on and off the bus according to their individual needs.
• Supervises student(s) as they board and leave bus and cross street.
• Takes children into building and helps them find their way.
• Learns and adapts to each student’s special medical, physical, communicative, and emotional needs.
• Manages student behavior and reports student discipline problems to appropriate administrator.
• Becomes familiar with all routes to and from school campus to be of assistance to driver.
• Supervises use of seat belts, harnesses, or car seats by students.
• Follows emergency procedures and helps driver administer first aid, if necessary.
• Operates equipment according to established safety procedures.
• Follows established procedures and techniques to perform job duties including lifting, assisting students, etc.
• Becomes familiar with and follows procedures established by transportation and special education offices.
• Helps driver keep bus clean.
• Assumes responsibility for performing the personal care required under the I.E.P. during the pick-up, transporting and the unloading of students.
• Maintains regular attendance.
• Performs other related work as required.

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

Must possess and maintain a valid North Carolina Class A or Class B Commercial Driver’s License with school bus certification.

• Must be physically able to operate a school bus. Must be able to quickly decelerate the bus and firmly apply the brake in an emergency situations. Must be able to turn the steering wheel of the vehicle rapidly in an emergency situation. Must be able to begin in a seated position with seat belt fastened, parking brake released, and engine running, secure the bus, 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 ability to read correspondence, reports, instructions, etc. Requires ability to speak to people with poise, voice control and confidence.
• Requires ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out…