Bus Monitors

Bus Monitors

Scituate School Department – Clayville, Rhode Island. Open position. This job is also posted in the Rhode Island State DOE Consortium Job Board.

Job : 5575132
Final date to receive applications: Posted until filled
Posted: Mar 09, 2026 12:00 AM (UTC)
Starting Date: Immediately

The Scituate School Department is looking for Bus Monitors and/or Transportation Aides to work on elementary and secondary bus routes. Hours vary (morning/afternoon or both shifts).

• Monitor pupils and daily school bus activities to ensure proper student conduct at all times, and adherence to proper and safe behavioral standards on the bus.
• Maintain attendance and ridership records and assign seating as necessary to ensure good student behavior.
• Observe and learn established bus routes so that when substitute drivers are operating the bus directional and routing assistance can be given.
• As requested by the Operations Manager or Dispatcher, verify route turn for turn sheets and note any route changes with written notes.
• As requested by the Operations Manager or Dispatcher, make additional directional or landmark notations on bus route sheets to assist future new or substitute bus drivers.
• As requested by the Operations Manager or Dispatcher, observe and track route timing, such as total time en‑route; time between stops; loading and unloading times or any other requested information for the purpose of establishing route efficiency.
• Ensure safe loading and unloading of students on and off the bus.
• As required, verify student use of seat belts and assist with securing or removing belts.
• Assist bus driver with sweeping and cleaning bus interior.
• Establish and maintain effective communications and working relationships with bus drivers, district personnel, students and parents.
• All other duties as assigned.

Must pass a Federal BCI.

Position Type: Part‑time

Job Categories: Support Staff >
Transportation

The Scituate School Department does not discriminate on the basis of age, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, race, religion, national origin, color, creed, political affiliation or disability in any of its educational programs and activities, and in employment and application for employment, as required by Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, Title VI and VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1965, the Age Discrimination Act of 1975, and other federal and state laws that prohibit discrimination.

The following person has been designated to handle inquiries regarding the non‑discrimination policies:
Equal Employment Officer, P.O. Box 188, North Scituate, Rhode Island 02857, Telephone: ;
Email:  You may also direct inquiries directly to:
Office for Civil Rights (Boston Office), U.S. Department of Education, 8th Floor, 5 Post Office Square, Boston, MA , Telephone: ;
Facsimile: ;
Email: OCR.Boston. If you require an accommodation to attend a meeting or program at a school, call the Equal Employment Officer at least two business days in advance of the meeting or program.

• Climbing/Frequently/Getting on and off the vehicle to assist challenged riders. Walking/Occasionally/Pick up the vehicle in parking lots, walk in aisles on board bus. Pushing/Occasionally/Opening and closing door, opening emergency door. Reaching/Regularly/Opening and closing door; opening and closing windows; assisting riders with seat belts Sitting/Frequently/Riding on a bus or van. Secure themselves correctly in the factory-installed seat belt unassisted. Talking/Regularly/Announcing streets, talking with passengers, or speaking on the radio.
  
  Seeing/Frequently/Keeping aware of general conditions in the bus, monitoring rider behavior, inspecting vehicle. Hearing/Frequently/Listening to traffic sounds, emergency vehicles, passenger inquiries, monitor radio, detect mechanical problems. Stooping/Stretching/Frequently/Securing young or challenged passengers, assisting passengers into and out of the bus, sweeping and cleaning the bus interior Standing/Occasionally/Monitoring bus loading and unloading; monitoring passenger behavior in the bus Lifting/Rarely/Assisting passengers during and emergency requiring evacuation of the bus.
• Citizenship, residency or work visa required.

• Barry Desruisseaux , Interim Project Manager
• 94 Trimtown Road
• Scituate, Rhode Island 02857
• Phone:
• Email: barry.desru