Bus Monitor-Hourly (No Benefits)

NORTHAMPTON COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS; Machipongo (VA); On-site; USD 19,286; Part time

Job summary

NORTHAMPTON COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS is looking for a part-time Bus Monitor in Machipongo, Virginia. In this role, you will assist with the transportation of students with special needs, ensuring their safety on the bus. Candidates should have a High School Diploma or GED and the ability to work patiently with children. Responsibilities include boarding assistance, securing students in their seats, and maintaining a safe environment. The position offers a salary of $14.30 per hour without benefits.

Qualifications

• Minimum of a High School Diploma or GED is required.
• General knowledge of transporting students preferred.
• Ability to assist students with patience and understanding is essential.

Responsibilities

• Assist students on and off buses.
• Ensure passengers are properly secured in their seats.
• Assist in controlling student behavior.

Skills

Patience and understanding

Effective communication

General knowledge of student transportation

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Job description

Bus Monitor

Salary: $14.30/hr. (Hourly Position-No Benefits Included)

Description

Perform responsible human support work assisting with the transportation of pupils with special transportation needs to and from school, providing help to the school bus driver; securing passengers in their seats; assisting students boarding and leaving the school bus.

Reports To

Bus Driver/Transportation Department

Qualifications

• Minimum of a High School Diploma or GED
• General knowledge of the transportation of students preferred.
• Some knowledge of transporting students with special needs preferred.
• Ability to assist students with patience and understanding.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with school officials, parents, students and colleagues.

Performance Responsibilities

• Assist students on and off buses.
• Ensure that all student passengers, including those in wheelchairs and braces, are properly secured in their assigned seats or wheelchair slot.
• Assist in controlling student behavior.
• Tend to the special needs and conditions of each student.
• Learn bus routes, schedules, and pickup points.
• Assist substitute drivers with directions.
• Keep abreast of route and bus stop changes and student day care arrangements.
• Assist drivers in conducting bus evacuation drills.
• Assist drivers in maintaining a clean bus interior.
• Perform related work as required.

Physical Requirements

• Duties are performed on a school bus.
• Frequently exposed to loud noise levels; fumes or airborne particles; noxious odors; vibrations from driving a bus; and traffic.
• Frequently required to sit.
• Exhibit physical dexterity in using hands, fingers, to handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; climb; bend, stoop, and kneel; and talk and hear.
• The employee must be physically able to perform and demonstrate emergency evacuation procedures.
• Ability to lift to 50 pounds occasionally and over 50 pounds rarely.
• Must have the ability to use emergency exits at any location on the bus.

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

Terms of Employment

Part Time/Hourly as per work agreement issued

Evaluation

Performance of this job will be evaluated annually in accordance with Northampton County Public Schools supervision procedures.