School Bus Driver Instructor (589) 2026/2027
About the role
The job of School Bus Driver Instructor is done for the purpose/s of providing behind the wheel training and classroom training that addresses school bus operations to provide the District a pool of qualified school bus drivers, regulations, and safety procedures for the transporting of students over designated scheduled mountain routes and/or to/from special excursions, sometimes in hazardous winter conditions in highly congested tourist areas; identifying training requirements for both new and experienced drivers; evaluating bus drivers' knowledge and skills.
Responsibilities
- Provide behind the wheel training and classroom training addressing school bus operations.
- Evaluate bus drivers' knowledge and skills.
- Identify training requirements for both new and experienced drivers.
Qualifications
- Must be 18 years old
- Valid Class A or B Driver's License with Passenger Endorsement
- DL-45 CA Special Driver's Certificate
- First Aid/CPR Certificate
- CA Dept. of Education School Bus Driver Instructor Certificate
- Fingerprint Clearance
- TB Screening Result
- Pre-employment Medical Assessment
- Drug Screening
- Pre-employment Proficiency Test
- Physical Capacities Test
Contact
Contact Transportation for Information (530) 550-0740
Length of Work Year
2026-2027 School Year
Employment Type
Full Time
Hours of Position
8 hours per day, 5 days per week, 260 days per year
Employee Benefits
- Health Benefits
- Retirement
- Paid Holidays
- Vacation
- Sick Leave
Comments and Other Information
AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER
Tahoe Truckee Unified School District prohibits discrimination, harassment, intimidation, and bullying based on perceived ancestry, age, color, disability, gender, gender identity, gender expression, nationality, race or ethnicity, religion, sex, sexual orientation, or association with a person or a group with one or more of these actual or perceived characteristics.
If you feel that you are a victim of discrimination, harassment, intimidation, and/or bullying, please contact:
- Personnel/Human Resources
- Mike Shepherd
- Executive Director of Human Resources
- 11603 Donner Pass Road
- Truckee, CA 96161
- Phone: 530-582-2500
- Fax: 530-582-7606
- Email: mshepherd@ttusd.org
- Department: Transportation
- Locations: Transportation
Tahoe Truckee Unified School District
Our district encompasses more than 720 square miles serving California's Nevada, Placer, and El Dorado counties. We are proud to have the lowest district-wide class size ratios in Placer County and serve just over 4,000 students in our 12 schools. To round out their educational experience, TTUSD provides scholars with a wide range of extracurricular activities including band, clubs and sports such as soccer, football, track, cross-country, volleyball, basketball, tennis, snowboarding, Nordic and Alpine skiing.
The District recognizes that the Tahoe Truckee region and our natural surroundings are precious and takes every learning opportunity possible to encourage environmental stewardship among its scholars.