Special Education Route Coordinator Supervisor

Edmond Public Schools; United States; On-site; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Edmond Public Schools is seeking a Special Education Route Coordinator Supervisor to oversee transportation for students with special needs, ensuring safety and efficiency. The role reports to the Director of Transportation and requires leadership across transportation and special education teams.

The position is full time, with a 240-day contract, monthly pay, and standard work hours. Candidates should have 1-3 years in related fields and relevant education, with strong supervisory abilities.

Qualifications

• Education: Relevant 2-year degree or higher.
• Experience: 1-3 years in transportation, special education, and/or supervisory duties.
• Strong communication, leadership, supervisory, and interpersonal skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership and direct supervision to the Special Education Route Coordinator.
• Monitor and evaluate transportation routes for efficiency, safety, and IEP compliance.
• Collaborate with school staff, special education teams, and parents to address transportation concerns.
• Assist in recruitment, training, and evaluation of bus drivers and monitors on special education routes.
• Coordinate training on transporting students with disabilities, including safety procedures and emergency responses.
• Review route changes with the Route Coordinator to ensure optimal coverage.
• Serve as liaison between transportation and special education departments and outside agencies.
• Conduct ride-alongs/site visits to evaluate service quality.

Skills

Leadership or supervision

Communication

Team coordination

Transportation knowledge

Education

Relevant 2-year degree or higher

Job description

Special Education Route Coordinator Supervisor

Location: TRANSPORTATION

Closing Date: ASAP

POSITION TYPE: PNB

FLSA STATUS: Exempt

DEPARTMENT: Transportation

REPORTS TO: Director of Transportation

WORK CALENDAR:

SALARY RANGE:

CONTRACT DAYS: 240 Days

STIPEND:

FULL TIME / PART TIME: Full time

STANDARD WORK HOURS: 8

PAY FREQUENCY: Monthly

JOB OBJECTIVE

Supervise all aspects of transportation for students with special needs, including safety and efficiency.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Provide leadership and direct supervision to the Special Education Route Coordinator.
• Monitor and evaluate special needs transportation routes and services to ensure efficiency, safety, and compliance with IEP requirements.
• Collaborate with school staff, special education teams, and parents to address and resolve transportation-related concerns for students with disabilities.
• Assist in the recruitment, training, and performance evaluation of bus drivers and monitors assigned to special education routes.
• Coordinate training on transporting students with disabilities, including proper use of equipment, behavioral strategies, and emergency procedures.
• Review and approve route changes, additions, or deletions in cooperation with the Route Coordinator to ensure optimal coverage.
• Serve as a liaison between the transportation department and the special education department as well as outside agencies.
• Conduct ride-alongs and site visits to evaluate service quality and support staff.
• Maintain accurate records related to routes, student assignments, driver certifications, and compliance audits.
• Respond promptly to incidents or emergencies involving special needs transportation.
• Stay current with laws, regulations, and best practices related to special education transportation.
• Perform other duties as assigned by the Director of Transportation.
• Be willing to occasionally work extended hours including evenings or weekends for emergencies or special events.
• Collaborate, support, and supervise with the Special Education Route Coordinator in their job description:
  • Organize and establish Special Education routes and shuttles for the school year; revise schedules as required throughout the school year.
  • Interact with children, parents, teachers and other employees in a safe, proper and helpful manner.
  • Maintain the computer information system used to assign Special Education students to transportation.
  • Investigate and design solutions to all parental, teacher and administrative concerns about Special Education student transportation.
  • Assign field trips and special events to Special Education drivers and monitors in accordance with the SEE agreement.
  • Design and conduct training for drivers and monitors on safety practices and evacuation procedures unique to the needs of Special Education students.
  • Maintain and update emergency confidential information sheets for all students needing Special Education Transportation.
  • Supervise drivers and monitors on observance of school policies pertaining to driving, payroll, overtime, leave, alcohol and drug abuse. Train personnel concerning confidentiality issues and laws that pertain to the transportation of Special Education students.
  • Attend all meetings as required by various school officials pertaining to Special Education student transportation.
  • Organize and supervise the transportation of Special Education students involved in the Extended School Year summer program.
  • Perform data recording/record keeping operations requiring logging, filing or posting single entry items either manually or by computer.
  • Read and interpret routine written or printed materials such as basic blueprints, charts, diagrams, maps or instruction materials that pertain to the transportation of Special Education students.
  • Implement any changes in law, policies, procedures, etc.
  • Provide training in operating policies and procedures.
  • Work with Transportation Payroll Clerk to continually the latest information for all employees.
  • Follow all rules for Transportation Bus Driver/Monitor when working in that capacity.
  • Ability to train others and properly utilize 2-way radio system to communicate with vehicles in a positive and calm manner.
  • Oversee and provide CPR and CPI training/certification in accordance with all state/EPS rules.
  • Maintain records pertaining to students riding the bus for use by school sites at IEP meetings.
  • Obtain an annual State physical and pre-employment drug screening.Be involved in monthly random drug screening in accordance with Federal/District standards.
  • Provide backup support for all departments of Transportation.
  • Other duties may be assigned.

Length of Contract: Two hundred forty (240) contract days.

EVALUATION: The performance of this job will be evaluated by the Director of Transportation in accordance with the provisions of the Board's policies and state law.

QUALIFICATIONS

Required

Education:Relevant 2 year Degree or Higher OR

Previous Experience: 1-3 years in related field of transportation, special education, and/or supervisory duties

• Ability to work cooperatively with others, demonstrate self-discipline and initiative, and follow state and district guidelines
• Strong communication, leadership, supervisory, and interpersonal skills.

CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS

Preferred:Class "A" or "B" CDL with Passenger and School Bus endorsements and no air brake restriction. SDE school bus certification. Physical completed in accordance with all state/EPS rules. CPI and CPR instructor/certification preferred in accordance with all state/EPS rules.

KNOWLEDGE & SKILLS

• Knowledge:
  • Federal and state regulations pertaining to student transportation and special education services (ex: IDEA, ADA).
  • Ability to manage multiple tasks and work in a fast-paced environment.
  • Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations.
  • Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals.
  • Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups, staff, parents, and the general public.
  • Ability to plan budgets and use the mathematical skills required to do so.
  • Ability to maintain accurate records and support documentation for projects under the supervision of the position.
  • Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
  • Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.
  • Ability to use computer and computer related programs and other technologies needed to perform essential job functions.
  • Ability to apply knowledge of current research and theory.
  • Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with students, staff, and the community.
  • Ability to organize and chair or facilitate committees and meetings.
  • Ability to communicate clearly and concisely both in oral and written form.
  • Ability to perform duties with awareness of all district requirements and Board of Education policies.
• Basic Skills:
  • Constantly (M ore than 5.6 hours or 69% of the day): Speaking, Active Listening, Monitoring, Reading Comprehension, Complex Problem Solving, Critical Thinking, Mathematics, Science
  • Frequently (Between 2.6 hours and 5.5 hours or 33% to 68% of the day): Writing, Active Learning, Learning Strategies
  • Occasionally (Up to 2.5 hours or 32% of the day):
  • Rarely: (Less than 1 hour or 12% of the day):
• Resource Management Skills:
  • Constantly (M ore than 5.6 hours or 69% of the day): Time Management, Management of Personnel Resources, Management of Material Resources
  • Frequently (Between 2.6 hours and 5.5 hours or 33% to 68% of the day): Management of Financial Resources
  • Occasionally (Up to 2.5 hours or 32% of the day):
  • Rarely: (Less than 1 hour or 12% of the day):
• Social & System Skills:
  • Constantly (M ore than 5.6 hours or 69% of the day): Coordination, Service Orientation, Social Perceptiveness, Systems Evaluation, Judgement & Decision Making
  • Frequently (Between 2.6 hours and 5.5 hours or 33% to 68% of the day): Instructing, Persuasion, Negotiation
  • Occasionally (Up to 2.5 hours or 32% of the day):
  • Rarely: (Less than 1 hour or 12% of the day):
• Technical Skills:
  • N/A

SUPERVISORY

Supervisory Responsibilities

• Supervisory Responsibility: Group: Directly supervises the Special Education Route Coordinator, Bus Drivers, & Bus Monitors
• Supervisory Activities: Budgeting/Staff allocation, Directing, Hiring, Training, and Disciplining
  • Number of direct reports: 35-70
  • Number of indirect reports: 150+
• Decision Making Authority: Depending upon situation, up to full discretion for the Transportation Department.
• Customer Interactions: Very High: Extensive interactions with immediate co-workers, department heads, school staff/administrators, vendors, and parents
• Budget Management: N/A
  • Order supplies, staffing/payroll, federal program: N/A
  • Create or develop a budget: N/A
  • Manage or monitor a budget: N/A
  • Budgetary signing authority: N/A
• Asset Management
  • Manage district assets: Yes
    • Type of assets: Vehicles, equipment, & personnel
    • Approximate value/number of assets: $9,900,000
  • Responsible for safety/security of district assets: Yes
    • Type of assets: Vehicles, equipment, personnel, & students
    • Approximate value/number of assets: $9,900,000+

WORKING CONDITIONS

The working conditions described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions

• Physical & Psychomotor Demands:
  • Constantly (M ore than 5.6 hours or 69% of the day): Finger & Hand Dexterity, Hearing, Balancing, Multi-Limb Coordination, Reaching, Repetitive Motion
  • Frequently (Between 2.6 hours and 5.5 hours or 33% to 68% of the day): Sitting, Walking, Lifting, Pulling, Pushing
  • Occasionally (Up to 2.5 hours or 32% of the day): Standing, Crouching, Kneeling
  • Rarely: (Less than 1 hour or 12% of the day): Climbing, Crawling
• Work Type:
  • Medium work: Continuous modest intensity, such as light pushing/pulling or normal walking.Frequently exerting up to 25 pounds and occasionally exerting up to 50 pounds. May require the ability to stand up to six hours in an eight-hour work day.

Everyday risk and discomfort level: The environment involves everyday risks or discomforts that require normal safety precautions typical of such places as offices, meeting and training rooms, libraries, residences, or commercial vehicles, e.g., use of safe work practices with office equipment, avoidance of trips and falls, observance of fire regulations and traffic signals. The work area is adequately lighted, heated, and ventilated. The employee must be able to work in a high-stress, fast-paced environment.

EEO Disclaimer

Edmond Public Schools is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex (including sexual orientation and gender identity), disability, age, religion, military status, ancestry or genetic information (collectively, "Protected Classes").

The information contained in this job description is for compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (A.D.A.) and is not an exhaustive list of the duties performed for this position. Edmond Public Schools reserves the right to change or assign other duties to this position.