Bus Monitor

BUS MONITOR

Position Type: Transportation / Bus Monitor

Date Posted: 10/20/2025

Location: Transportation Department

Incumbents are responsible for ensuring the safety of children on school buses by monitoring behavior, securing at‑risk students, and identifying safety hazards.

• Ability to read and write to communicate and receive instruction, or equivalent combination of education and experience sufficient to perform essential duties.
• Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) and First Aid certification.
• IVP Fingerprint Card.

• Monitors students to and from the school bus, as well as on board the bus, to ensure appropriate behavior and remove safety hazards. Tasks include securing students requiring car seats or restraints, escorting students needing hand‑to‑hand delivery to an adult at stops, enforcing bus rules and policies, intervening and defusing fights, and performing related activities.
• Attends to minor medical needs of students on the bus.
• Reports violations of student behavior to the driver; alerts driver of incidents requiring emergency response or assistance. Reports all incidents to the Director of Transportation.
• Performs other duties of a similar nature or level.
• Responsible for assisting students to and from the bus, seating children in assigned locations, assisting the driver in loading/unloading wheelchair‑bound students, helping students follow driver instructions, closely supervising medically fragile special education students, maintaining hygiene needs for special education students, maneuvering physically disabled students, maintaining accurate records of riders and attendance, maintaining confidentiality of student records, and assisting in evacuating a school bus.

• Knowledge of applicable Federal, state, county, and city statutes, rules, regulations, policies, and procedures.
• Knowledge of Cartwright School District and departmental policies and procedures.
• Safety procedures and guidelines.
• Monitoring and redirecting children.
• Using equipment such as first aid kits, hand‑held radios, mops, thermometers, disinfectant machines, and related items.
• Communication and interpersonal skills for interaction with coworkers, supervisors, and the general public.

• Position requires climbing, balancing, stooping, kneeling, crouching, reaching, standing, walking, pushing, pulling, lifting, grappling, and repetitive motions.
• Medium work: exerting up to 60 pounds of force occasionally, up to 20 pounds frequently, and up to 10 pounds constantly to move objects.
• Subjected to odors, chemicals, blood and other body fluids, extreme temperatures, workspace restrictions, intense noises, and travel.

• Reports to:
  
  Director of Transportation
• Location:
  
  Transportation Department
• Calendar: 10‑Month
• Job category:
  Classified
• Shift type:
  Full‑time, 8 hours/day
• Salary: ESP Salary, Column A (Ranges from $15.90 to $20.79)
• Benefits:
  As approved by the Governing Board
• FLSA status:
  Non‑Exempt
• Deadline for application:
  Until filled

The district operates a four‑day work week for scholars and employees.

Cartwright School District's motto is “One Team, Una Familia!”