Job Description

School Bus Driver

Bus drivers are responsible for the safe operation of the district school bus and for ensuring the safety of student passengers while meeting established bus schedules. Bus drivers may be assigned a daily route or work intermittently as needed.

Essential Responsibilities:

• Drives a school transportation vehicle within a prescribed route in accordance with time schedules for picking up and discharging students at designated stops.
• Transports students and staff for field trips and competitions to various locations, planning necessary routes, and stops as needed.
• Maintains a proper order of discipline regarding student passengers according to district policy.
• Conducts safety and operational inspections of assigned vehicles daily.
• Reports mechanical repairs immediately to the head mechanic.
• Performs periodic safety drills as required by law and completes necessary reports upon request.
• Maintains cleanliness of the school vehicle to ensure safe operating conditions.
• Provides basic first aid as appropriate.
• Attends driver education programs and training to maintain current knowledge as it applies to the operation of school vehicles to transport children.
• Attends training, staff meetings, and district meetings to stay abreast of changing developments and policies.
• Maintains positive professional relationships with staff, students, parents/guardians, and administrators.
• Maintains confidentiality and a need-to-know policy with regards to staff and student information.
• Remains knowledgeable of procedures for reporting suspected child abuse and/or neglect.
• Complies with all district policies and procedures.
• Communicates regularly with the transportation director and/or lead mechanic regarding issues and concerns.
• Other duties as assigned by the transportation director and/or lead mechanic.

Essential Qualifications:

• Valid Indiana driver's license and be twenty-five (25) years of age.
• Must possess appropriate CDL or another licensure dependent upon vehicle.
• Free step by step CDL training is offered!
• Must possess a safe driving record and pass a criminal background check, drug screen, and DOT physical as required by law.
• Must meet all qualifications set forth by the Indiana Department of Education.

Physical Demands:

• Requires frequent sitting; must use hands to handle or feel, use foot controls to drive, reach with arms, climb, bend, stoop, and kneel.
• Must be physically able to perform and demonstrate emergency evacuation procedures.
• Communicate orally and hear on a two-way radio with the transportation department and administrators while the bus is in motion.
• Specific vision abilities include close vision, distance vision, night/dusk vision, color vision, and peripheral vision.
• May be required to carry, push, and/or pull up to 50 pounds.

Environmental Conditions:

• Duties are performed on a school bus. Extreme weather conditions to include heat, cold, wet and/or humid conditions may exist.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently exposed to loud noise levels; fumes or airborne particles; noxious odors; vibrations from driving a bus; and traffic.
• The employee is occasionally exposed to moving mechanical parts and unruly students.

Terms of Employment and Evaluation:

Employed for 181 service days and benefits as outlined in the classified handbook. Performance of said duties will be evaluated in accordance with district policy.

Contact Transportation Director, Mrs. Minette Elliott, at melliott@m-gsd.org with questions.

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