Year-Round Bus/Van Monitor: Safe Student Transport

Servingschools; Waterboro (ME); On-site; USD 25,000 - 29,000; Full time

Job summary

Regional School Unit 57 in Maine seeks a Bus/Van Monitor (Year Round) to support the driver in providing safe transportation for students. You will help maintain order on the school bus or van and directly assist individual children as needed.

Responsibilities include assisting with boarding and alighting, helping with chair lifts and seat belts, and supporting disciplinary issues. This is an hourly, year-round position with routine duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Ability to work with others.
• Ability to supervise students.
• Ability to read and write and understand verbal instructions.

Responsibilities

• Assists the driver in maintaining appropriate student conduct on the bus or van.
• Assists students getting on and off the bus or van; operates chair lift; assists with crossing streets and seat belts where appropriate.
• Assures that students get on and off the bus or van in an orderly fashion.
• Assists the driver with disciplinary problems.
• Performs other tasks and responsibilities as assigned.

Skills

Ability to work with others

Supervision of students

Reading & writing

Verbal communication

Driver training attendance

Job description

• Ability to assume responsibility for supervising students
• Ability to read and write, to understand verbal instructions, and to communicate with fellow employees, students, and Director of Transportation
• Attend driver training days and mandatory inservice meetings
  
  

Regional School Unit 57

Title: Bus/Van Monitor (Year Round)

Qualifications

• Ability to work with others
• Ability to assume responsibility for supervising students
• Ability to read and write, to understand verbal instructions, and to communicate with fellow employees, students, and Director of Transportation
• Attend driver training days and mandatory inservice meetings
  
  

Reports to: Director of Transportation

Job Goal

• To assist the bus driver in providing safe transportation for students by maintaining order on a school bus
  
  

or van by directly supporting individual children as needed

Performance Responsibilities

• Assists the driver in maintaining appropriate student conduct on the bus or van
• Assists young or disabled students with getting on and off the bus or van; operates chair lift; assists students in crossing streets; assist with seat belts and harnesses where appropriate
• Assures that students get on and off the bus or van in an orderly fashion
• Assists driver with disciplinary problems
• Perform other tasks and assume other responsibilities that may be assigned
  
  

Physical Demands

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

The employee is frequently required to sit, stand, climb stairs, lift (ranging from 25-75 lbs depending on student size), bend, pull, push, walk, kneel, crouch, and perform other physical tasks that may be required from time to time.

Terms of Employment: Hourly, year round and working conditions to be established by the RSU 57 School Board.

Hourly Rate: $17.60–$20.97 per hour

Evaluation: Performance of this job will be evaluated in accordance with provisions of the School Board’s policy on evaluation.

Note: The above job description reflects the general requirements necessary to describe the principle functions or responsibilities of the job identified and shall not be interpreted as a detailed description of all work requirements that may be inherent in the job, either at present or in the future.