BUS MONITOR

Salary Schedule

Under general supervision, the purpose of the position is to perform school bus monitoring, and provide student and bus operator assistance as needed during daily school transportation routes. Employees in this classification assist with the safe loading and unloading of students to and from destinations, and ensure all bus activities support the safety and welfare of all persons. Work includes ensuring appropriate securing of students, and provides assistance to students with special medical needs devices.

Performs related work as directed.

• Responds to internal and external customers in a timely, accurate, courteous and empathetic manner representing OCPS in a positive light.
• Monitors daily school bus activities to ensure proper student conduct at all times, and adherence to appropriate disciplinary controls.
• Maintains attendance records and assigns student seating; learns assigned bus route(s).
• Ensures the safe loading and unloading of students to and from destinations, to include operation of specialized equipment for attending to students with special needs, i.e., wheel chair lifts and tie-downs, toddler/infant seats and seat belts.
• Assists bus operators with pre- and post- bus inspection activities to ensure proper operating conditions, adherence to prescribed Department of Transportation standards, and compliance with proper safety standards.
• Performs routine cleaning and bus maintenance activities, to include attending to spills and cleaning of body fluids.
• Establishes and maintains effective communications and working relationships with bus operators, district personnel, school officials, and parents.
• Responsible for keeping up to date on current technology, as job appropriate, being used by OCPS. With the support of the district, attends training to ensure skill level in various technologies is at the level required to perform in current position.
• Responsible for timely and accurate information they maintain as part of their job responsibilities.

The list of essential functions, as outlined herein, is intended to be representative of the tasks performed within this classification. It is not necessarily descriptive of any one position in the class. The omission of an essential function does not preclude management from assigning duties not listed herein if such functions are a logical assignment to the position.

• Performs related duties as directed.

High school diploma or GED preferred; with demonstrated ability to fulfill the dexterity and physical requirements of the work, and effectively attend to the needs of school age children, including those with special medical needs; or an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience. Requires ability to successfully complete agency provided County wheelchair certification, first aid and CPR training, and dexterity testing;

requires annual recertification in order to maintain employment in the classification.

Requires the ability to arrange, compare, count, differentiate, measure and/or sort data and/or information. Includes judging whether readily observable functional, structural or compositional characteristics are similar to or divergent from prescribed standards, procedures or routines.

Requires the ability to provide guidance, assistance, and/or interpretation to others on how to apply procedures and standards to specific situations.

Requires the ability to operate, maneuver and/or control the actions of safety restraint and wheelchair lift devices.

Requires the ability to utilize a wide variety of reference data and information.

Requires the ability to perform addition and subtraction.

Requires ability to carry out detailed but uninvolved written or oral instructions. Involves routine work according to clearly prescribed standard practices, with some latitude for independent judgment.

Requires the ability to exercise the judgment, decisiveness and creativity in situations involving a variety of generally pre-defined duties which are often characterized by frequent change.

Tasks involve the regular and, at times, sustained performance of moderately physically demanding work, typically involving some combination of climbing and balancing, stooping, kneeling,…