Bus Monitor

Bus Monitor

Exemption Status:
Non-exempt

Reports To:

Transportation Department

Terms Of Employment: 9 months; 2025‑2026 school year

Hourly Salary Range:
Minimum $11.80, Midpoint $14.75, Maximum $17.70

Provide services to students with disabilities, including boarding, riding and departing the bus or vehicle. Assist the bus driver in ensuring the safe and orderly transportation of students.

• Education/Certification
  :
  High School Diploma or GED, preferred
• Special Knowledge/Skills
  :
• Ability to communicate effectively and follow written and verbal instructions
• Ability to operate safety equipment and adaptive equipment
• Ability to work well with children with disabilities
• Experience
  :
• Experience working with children, preferred

• Lift and carry students with disabilities on and off the bus according to their individual needs and ensure students are safely secured in bus or vehicle.
• Supervise students as they board and depart the bus, cross the street, and arrive at their destination.
• Escort students to the door of their home and into school facilities, as needed. Assist in ensuring students arrive at the classroom, gym, cafeteria or destination, as needed.
• Ensure that all students are off the bus at the end of the route or trip.
• Learn and adapt to each student's special medical, physical, communicative, behavioral and emotional need.
• Manage student behavior, report student discipline problems to appropriate administrator, and communicate with teachers and parents daily regarding student needs and behavior.

• Assist the bus driver by maintaining familiarity with all routes to and from campuses.
• Maintain an updated route schedule. Work irregular hours as needed.

• Safely operate wheelchair lift, ramp, adaptive and other equipment according to established safety procedures.
• Follow established procedures and techniques to perform job duties including lifting, positioning, and securing students.
• Supervise students' use of seat belts, harnesses, and car seats.
• Follow emergency procedures and help the bus driver administer first aid when necessary.
• Assist the bus driver in maintaining a clean and safe bus or vehicle.

• Assist the bus driver in operating two‑way radio equipment to communicate with the transportation office.
• Foster positive school‑community relations and employee relations.

• Maintain familiarity with and follow procedures established by the transportation and special education departments.
• Participate in professional learning, staff meetings, and special events as assigned.

• Tools/Equipment Used:
  Wheelchair lift, ramp, lock, adaptive equipment, flares, reflective signs, fire extinguisher, two‑way radio, computer
• Posture:
  Frequent sitting, walking, climbing, bending/stooping, kneeling/squatting/crouching, crawling, pushing/pulling, twisting, reaching
• Motion:
  Frequent repetitive hand and arm motions, wrist flexion/extension
• Vision:
  Close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, ability to adjust focus
• Lifting:
  Lifting and carrying up to 30 pounds without assistance, 30‑55 pounds with assistance, and more than 55 pounds with appropriate assistance
• Environment:
  Work is performed indoors, outdoors, in bus or vehicle; regularly exposed to wet and/or humid conditions, hot and cold temperatures, moving mechanical parts, dust, fumes, airborne particles, toxic chemicals; daily in‑district travel; occasional statewide travel; occasional irregular and/or prolonged hours
• Mental Demands:
  Maintain emotional control under stress, work with frequent interruptions