Bus Monitor Substitute (26-27 school year)
San Angelo ISD TRANSPORTATION - San Angelo, Texas Open in Google Maps
Job Details
Job ID: 5723266
Application Deadline: Posted until filled
Posted: May 19, 2026 5:00 AM (UTC)
Starting Date: To Be Determined
Job Description
POSITION TITLE: Bus Monitor Substitute
EXEMPTION STATUS: Non-exempt
REPORTS TO: Transportation Manager
TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT: As needed; 2026-2027 school year
HOURLY SALARY: $11.80
Primary Purpose: Substitute for the bus monitor and ride buses; assist bus driver to ensure safe and orderly transportation of students, and assist students with disabilities while boarding, riding and departing the bus or vehicle.
Qualifications
- Education/Certification: High School Diploma or GED
- Special Knowledge/Skills: Ability to communicate effectively and follow written and verbal instructions
- Special Knowledge/Skills: Ability to operate safety equipment and adaptive equipment
- Special Knowledge/Skills: Ability to work well with children with disabilities
- Experience: Experience working with children, preferred
Major Responsibilities and Duties
- Student Management
- Lift and carry students with disabilities on and off the bus according to their individual needs.
- Supervise students as they board and leave bus and cross street and ensure that all students are off the bus at the end of the route or trip.
- Take children into building and help them find their way.
- Learn and adapt to each student’s special medical, physical, communicative, and emotional need.
- Manage student behavior and report student discipline problems to appropriate administrator.
- Communicate with teachers and parents on a daily basis regarding student behavior.
- Routes and Schedules
- Become familiar with all routes to and from campus to assist the driver.
- Maintain an updated route schedule.
- Work irregular hours as needed.
- Safety
- Supervise students’ use of seat belts, harnesses, or car seats.
- Follow emergency procedures and help driver administer first aid, if necessary.
- Operate equipment according to established safety procedures.
- Follow established procedures and techniques to perform job duties including lifting, positioning students, etc.
- Assist driver in keeping bus clean.
- Communication
- Assist driver in operating two-way radio equipment to communicate with transportation office as needed.
- Foster good school/community relations and good relations among all school employees.
- Professional Growth and Development
- Become familiar with and follow procedures established by transportation and special education office.
- Participate in professional learning, staff meetings, and special events as assigned.
- Mental Demands/Physical Demands/Environmental Factors
- Tools/Equipment Used: Wheelchair lift, ramp, lock, and special needs adaptive equipment; safety equipment such as flares, reflective signs, fire extinguisher; two-way radio; computer
- Posture: Prolonged sitting; frequent 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, and 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, and 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; frequent in-district travel; occasional statewide travel; occasional irregular and/or prolonged hours
- Mental Demands: Maintain emotional control under stress, work with frequent interruptions
Position Type: Substitute
Job Requirements
- Citizenship, residency or work visa required
Contact Information
- Human Resource, Human Resources
- 1621 University Ave.
- San Angelo ISD Administration Building,
- San Angelo, Texas 76904
- Phone: 325-947-3838
- Email: HR@saisd.org