Coordinator of School Transportation Services (NBOE)

Definition

Under direction, plans, organizes, directs and coordinates school transportation programs, services, operations and staff; performs other related duties as required.

Qualifications And Requirements

• Thirty (30) semester hour credits are equal to one (1) year of relevant experience.
• Seven (7) years of professional experience involving the organization, planning, direction and scheduling of mass passenger transportation services, three (3) years of which shall have been in a supervisory capacity.
• Possession of a bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university; and three (3) years of the above-mentioned professional supervisory experience.

Basic Functions And Responsibilities

• Directs and coordinates the operation, maintenance, scheduling and reporting of a fleet of school buses.
• Supervises expenditures in budget categories affecting bus transportation in accordance with established regulations.
• Plans and supervises bus routes.
• Adjusts schedules and student bus assignments when necessary.
• Plans, organizes and conducts driver training courses, periodic refresher courses in safety, and workshops for school bus drivers.
• Prepares cost estimates and budget recommendations.
• Maintains communications between all personnel involved in pupil transportation, including parents, school principals and general public.
• Instructs and gives assignments to staff involved in student transportation.
• Recruits, selects, and recommends drivers and other transportation personnel.
• Prepares and compiles detailed and complex transportation reports and records for submission to Business Manager, Superintendent of Schools, County Superintendent and State Department of Education.
• Investigates accidents involving school buses and recommends disciplinary action when appropriate.
• Oversees the registration process for bus licensure.
• Maintains a central record of use of all vehicular units, including running costs.
• Visually inspects buses for needed repairs and ensures safety provisions and sanitary conditions meet standards.
• Supervises the preparation and maintenance of complex, detailed correspondence, records, and files.
• Supervises the work operations and/or functional programs and has responsibility for effectively recommending the hiring, firing, promoting, demoting and/or disciplining of employees.

Knowledge And Abilities

• Knowledge of State and local laws, rules regulations, policies and procedures dealing with public bus operation.
• Knowledge of bus inspection methods.
• Knowledge of the procedures used in the operation and maintenance of school buses.
• Knowledge of the types of violations commonly found in school bus operations.
• Knowledge of safety precautions to be followed when working with children both with and without disabilities.
• Knowledge of supervisory methods and techniques.
• Knowledge of problems involved in dispatching several vehicles from a central pool.

• Ability to give assignments and instructions to subordinates and supervise the performance of their work.
• Ability to direct the operation of a fleet of school buses.
• Ability to recommend the trade-in and replacement of vehicles.
• Ability to work collaboratively with superiors, associates, employees and other persons interested in or concerned with work of pupil transportation department.
• Ability to make impartial investigations of accidents involving school buses and to recommend as necessary, disciplinary actions against employee involved.
• Ability to develop and conduct detailed and complex studies, reports, and surveys concerning various phases of bus operation and maintenance.
• Ability to supervise the preparation and maintenance of essential records, files, and correspondence.
• Ability to learn how to utilize various types of electronic and/or manual recording and information systems used by the agency, office, or related units.
• Ability to read, write, speak, understand, and communicate in English sufficiently to perform duties of this position.

Knowledge And Abilities (continued)

• Knowledge of problems involved in dispatching several vehicles from a central pool.
• Ability to give assignments and instructions to subordinates and supervise the performance of their work.
• Ability to direct the operation of a fleet of school buses.
• Ability to recommend the trade-in and replacement of vehicles.
• Ability to work collaboratively with superiors, associates, employees and other persons interested in or concerned with work of pupil transportation department.
• Ability to make impartial investigations of accidents involving school buses and to recommend as necessary, disciplinary actions against employee involved.
• Ability to develop and conduct detailed and complex studies, reports, and surveys concerning various phases of bus operation and maintenance.
• Ability to supervise the preparation and maintenance of essential records, files, and correspondence.
• Ability to learn how to utilize various types of electronic and/or manual recording and information systems used by the agency, office, or related units.
• Ability to read, write, speak, understand, and communicate in English sufficiently to perform duties of this position.

Knowledge And Abilities (continued)

• Knowledge of problems involved in dispatching several vehicles from a central pool.
• Ability to give assignments and instructions to subordinates and supervise the performance of their work.
• Ability to direct the operation of a fleet of school buses.
• Ability to recommend the trade-in and replacement of vehicles.
• Ability to work collaboratively with superiors, associates, employees and other persons interested in or concerned with work of pupil transportation department.
• Ability to make impartial investigations of accidents involving school buses and to recommend as necessary, disciplinary actions against employee involved.
• Ability to develop and conduct detailed and complex studies, reports, and surveys concerning various phases of bus operation and maintenance.
• Ability to supervise the preparation and maintenance of essential records, files, and correspondence.
• Ability to learn how to utilize various types of electronic and/or manual recording and information systems used by the agency, office, or related units.
• Ability to read, write, speak, understand, and communicate in English sufficiently to perform duties of this position.

Knowledge And Abilities (continued)

• Knowledge of problems involved in dispatching several vehicles from a central pool.
• Ability to give assignments and instructions to subordinates and supervise the performance of their work.
• Ability to direct the operation of a fleet of school buses.
• Ability to recommend the trade-in and replacement of vehicles.
• Ability to work collaboratively with superiors, associates, employees and other persons interested in or concerned with work of pupil transportation department.
• Ability to make impartial investigations of accidents involving school buses and to recommend as necessary, disciplinary actions against employee involved.
• Ability to develop and conduct detailed and complex studies, reports, and surveys concerning various phases of bus operation and maintenance.
• Ability to supervise the preparation and maintenance of essential records, files, and correspondence.
• Ability to learn how to utilize various types of electronic and/or manual recording and information systems used by the agency, office, or related units.
• Ability to read, write, speak, understand, and communicate in English sufficiently to perform duties of this position.

Knowledge And Abilities (continued)

• Knowledge of problems involved in dispatching several vehicles from a central pool.
• Ability to give assignments and instructions to subordinates and supervise the performance of their work.
• Ability to direct the operation of a fleet of school buses.
• Ability to recommend the trade-in and replacement of vehicles.
• Ability to work collaboratively with superiors, associates, employees and other persons interested in or concerned with work of pupil transportation department.
• Ability to make impartial investigations of accidents involving school buses and to recommend as necessary, disciplinary actions against employee involved.
• Ability to develop and conduct detailed and complex studies, reports, and surveys concerning various phases of bus operation and maintenance.
• Ability to supervise the preparation and maintenance of essential records, files, and correspondence.
• Ability to learn how to utilize various types of electronic and/or manual recording and information systems used by the agency, office, or related units.
• Ability to read, write, speak, understand, and communicate in English sufficiently to perform duties of this position.

Knowledge And Abilities (continued)

• Knowledge of problems involved in dispatching several vehicles from a central pool.
• Ability to give assignments and instructions to subordinates and supervise the performance of their work.
• Ability to direct the operation of a fleet of school buses.
• Ability to recommend the trade-in and replacement of vehicles.
• Ability to work collaboratively with superiors, associates, employees and other persons interested in or concerned with work of pupil transportation department.
• Ability to make impartial investigations of accidents involving school buses and to recommend as necessary, disciplinary actions against employee involved.
• Ability to develop and conduct detailed and complex studies, reports, and surveys concerning various phases of bus operation and maintenance.
• Ability to supervise the preparation and maintenance of essential records, files, and correspondence.
• Ability to learn how to utilize various types of electronic and/or manual recording and information systems used by the agency, office, or related units.
• Ability to read, write, speak, understand, and communicate in English sufficiently to perform duties of this position.

Knowledge And Abilities (continued)

• Knowledge of problems involved in dispatching several vehicles from a central pool.
• Ability to give assignments and instructions to subordinates and supervise the performance of their work.
• Ability to direct the operation of a fleet of school buses.
• Ability to recommend the trade-in and replacement of vehicles.
• Ability to work collaboratively with superiors, associates, employees and other persons interested in or concerned with work of pupil transportation department.
• Ability to make impartial investigations of accidents involving school buses and to recommend as necessary, disciplinary actions against employee involved.
• Ability to develop and conduct detailed and complex studies, reports, and surveys concerning various phases of bus operation and maintenance.
• Ability to supervise the preparation and maintenance of essential records, files, and correspondence.
• Ability to learn how to utilize various types of electronic and/or manual recording and information systems used by the agency, office, or related units.
• Ability to read, write, speak, understand, and communicate in English sufficiently to perform duties of this position.

Knowledge And Abilities (continued)

• Knowledge of problems involved in dispatching several vehicles from a central pool.
• Ability to give assignments and instructions to subordinates and supervise the performance of their work.
• Ability to direct the operation of a fleet of school buses.
• Ability to recommend the trade-in and replacement of vehicles.
• Ability to work collaboratively with superiors, associates, employees and other persons interested in or concerned with work of pupil transportation department.
• Ability to make impartial investigations of accidents involving school buses and to recommend as necessary, disciplinary actions against employee involved.
• Ability to develop and conduct detailed and complex studies, reports, and surveys concerning various phases of bus operation and maintenance.
• Ability to supervise the preparation and maintenance of essential records, files, and correspondence.
• Ability to learn how to utilize various types of electronic and/or manual recording and information systems used by the agency, office, or related units.
• Ability to read, write, speak, understand, and communicate in English sufficiently to perform duties of this position.

Knowledge And Abilities (continued)

• Knowledge of problems involved in dispatching several vehicles from a central pool.
• Ability to give assignments and instructions to subordinates and supervise the performance of their work.
• Ability to direct the operation of a fleet of school buses.
• Ability to recommend the trade-in and replacement of vehicles.
• Ability to work collaboratively with superiors, associates, employees and other persons interested in or concerned with work of pupil transportation department.
• Ability to make impartial investigations of accidents involving school buses and to recommend as necessary, disciplinary actions against employee involved.
• Ability to develop and conduct detailed and complex studies, reports, and surveys concerning various phases of bus operation and maintenance.
• Ability to supervise the preparation and maintenance of essential records, files, and correspondence.
• Ability to learn how to utilize various types of electronic and/or manual recording and information systems used by the agency, office, or related units.
• Ability to read, write, speak, understand,