School Bus Monitor

Clear Creek Amana Community School District; Chesapeake (VA); On-site; USD 16,531 - 22,041; Part time

Job summary

Clear Creek Amana Community School District is seeking a School Bus Monitor for the 2026-2027 school year in Chesapeake, VA. The role supports the bus driver in ensuring student safety, behavior, and orderly loading and unloading.

Responsibilities include observing passengers, reporting safety infractions, seating arrangements, operating a wheelchair lift when needed, and helping keep the bus clean and well-maintained. Applicants must meet state requirements.

Qualifications

• Must be at least 18 years old with six months driving experience.
• Must pass a DOT drug and alcohol test.

Responsibilities

• Seat self to observe all passengers and enforce safety rules.
• Report infractions of school bus safety.
• Separate students to prevent conflicts.
• Operate wheelchair lift and secure wheelchairs when needed.
• Secure children in restraints and monitor daily.
• Attend school bus safety meetings.
• Maintain high standards of student conduct.
• Keep bus clean and check for damages daily.
• Ensure students take belongings when departing.
• Perform other duties as assigned by supervisor.

Skills

Driving experience

DOT compliance

Safety observation

Job description

For the 2026-2027 School Year

School Bus Monitor

Job Summary

Assists the bus driver with the safety, movement, management and care of the children boarding the school bus, leaving the bus or being transported

Qualifications

• Must be at least eighteen (18) years old with six (6) months driving experience
• Must pass a DOT drug and alcohol test

Specific Duties

• Seat self in an area on the bus to ensure observation of all passengers at all times and make sure they are following school bus safety rules
• Assist the school bus driver in reporting infractions of school bus safety
• Observe potential problems between students and keep those students separated by assigning seats if warranted
• When working on a school bus equipped with a wheelchair lift, operate the lift for loading and unloading of wheelchairs and also ensure that the wheelchair is properly secured on the school bus
• Secure students who ride in child restraint seats, etc.
• Attend school bus safety meetings
• Maintain a high standard of student conduct at all times
• Assist driver in keeping the bus clean and inspect for damages and repairs daily
• Ensure that a child takes his/her belongings with him/her when departing the bus
• Perform other duties and responsibilities as assigned by supervisor

Other Skills/Abilities

While performing the duties of this job, employee is frequently required to stand, walk, climb, use hands and fingers to handle and/or feel objects, squat, stoop, kneel, reach above the head and push/pull or lift/move heavy objects. The job may require exerting up to 50 pounds of force occasionally. The following list of critical demands is representative but not all-inclusive of the job.

• Work in various inside and outside environments being subjected to weather changes, noise, vibrations, job hazards and atmospheric conditions.
• Use visual acuity required for depth perception
• Visually inspect small defects and/or small parts
• Use a variety of measuring devices
• Assemble or fabricate parts at or within arm's length
• Operate machines, motor vehicles, hand tools, and job specific equipment and tools to determine the accuracy and thoroughness of work
• Ability to interpret instructions furnished in written and oral form
• Safely work in situations of exposure to blood borne pathogens which may require specialized personal protective equipment

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this job. The information contained in this job description is in compliance with the American Disabilities Act (A.D.A.) and is not an exhaustive list of the duties performed for this position. Additional duties are performed by the individuals holding this position and additional duties may be assigned. The Clear Creek Amana School is an Equal Opportunity Employer. The district does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, disability, age, religion, creed, sexual orientation or gender identity. Federal law obligates an employer to provide reasonable accommodation for the known disabilities of applicants, unless doing so would pose an undue hardship on the employer.