Bus Driver (10) - Transportation

Montgomery-Public-Schools; Decatur (AL); On-site; USD 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

Decatur City Schools seeks a responsible bus driver to transport students safely to and from school and events. You will maintain discipline, keep the bus clean, and perform safety inspections on the vehicle daily.

The role requires a valid Alabama Commercial Drivers License and the ability to follow written instructions, with flexibility to cover additional trips when needed.

Qualifications

• Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions and brief memos.
• Ability to write simple correspondence and present information clearly.
• Basic arithmetic involving two-digit numbers and units of weight, volume, and distance.
• Ability to apply common sense to follow written or oral instructions.

Responsibilities

• Drive school buses to transport students safely to and from school and events.
• Maintain discipline and ensure bus cleanliness.
• Perform safety checks on the vehicle (fluids, lights, brakes, steering, fuel).
• Keep mileage, fuel, and oil records.
• Report mechanical problems to the head mechanic.
• Be available to cover extra trips due to early releases or training.

Skills

Reading

Writing

Math

Reasoning

Education

Low education acceptable

Job description

SUMMARY:

• Drives school buses to ensure students' safe transport to and from school and school functions.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Maintain proper discipline on the bus.
• Keeps bus clean.
• Services vehicle for safety before driving (checks fluid levels, lights, brakes, steering, and replenishing fuel).
• Keeps records of mileage, gas, and oil consumption.
• Reports mechanical problems to the head mechanic.
• Be available to cover additional trips due to early school release.
• Be available to cover additional trips due to student evacuation training.
• Be on time.

NON-ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Other duties as assigned.

EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE:

• Less than high school education; or up to one month related experience or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.

LANGUAGE SKILLS:

• Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos. Ability to write simple correspondence. Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations.

MATHEMATICAL SKILLS:

• Ability to add and subtract two-digit numbers and to multiply and divide with 10's and 100's. Ability to perform these operations using units of weight measurement, volume, and distance.

REASONING ABILITY:

• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed but uninvolved written or oral instructions. Ability to deal with problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations.

CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, & REGISTRATIONS:

• Valid Alabama Commercial Drivers License
• Must satisfy the requirements established by the State Board of Education for Special Training and Licensing, including obtaining a physical examination report and/or waiver thereof signed by a licensed physician as required by Act No. 2012-372.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; reach with hands and arms; and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to walk.
• The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 20 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

WORK ENVIRONMENT:

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee occasionally works in outside weather conditions.
• The noise level in the work environment is usually very loud.

SALARY:

• Salary schedules are found on the main Decatur City Schools website, available here. Please right-click and select Open in New Tab to view our salary schedules.
• Listed below are items that may be necessary to complete your employment process in order to compute your annual salary. It is your responsibility to provide us with this requested information in order to receive your accurate salary.
• We need verification of previous public school teaching experience. Use the following information when requesting verification of experience from your past employment at other boards of education:
  • Within the state of Alabama, experience must be verified on Supplement EXP
  • Outside the state of Alabama, we must have a letter (on school district letterhead) or public school district form showing beginning and ending dates stating your years of service and position held while employed
  • Credit is awarded for public school experience only, private, parochial, or similar experience will not be accepted
  • Experience must be full time at least 50%-100% of the academic year
  • Administrative credit will be awarded only for experience in the same position, i.e., principal for principal position as stated in the salary schedule
  • Transfer Sick Leave: If you have sick leave from another state school system or from another state of Alabama agency, you must have a Sick Leave Transfer form sent from your previous employer to our Human Resources department

Equal Opportunity Employer:

The preceding job description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by an employee(s) within this classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of an employee(s) for this job.

The Decatur City School System does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, disability, sex, religion, national origin, or age in its programs, activities, or employment and provides equal access to the Boy Scouts and other designated youth groups. The Title IX Coordinator for Decatur City Schools is responsible for handling inquiries regarding the non-discrimination policies. The Title IX Coordinator can be reached by calling the Decatur City Board of Education at [phone].