Substitute Bus Monitor

Primary Purpose

Ride buses and help driver ensure safe and orderly transportation of students with disabilities.

Qualifications

• Special Knowledge/Skills:
  • Ability to understand and follow written or verbal instructions
  • Ability to communicate effectively with others
  • Ability to operate safety equipment and adaptive equipment
  • Ability to manage student behavior
  • Ability to work well with children with disabilities
• Experience: None

Major Responsibilities And Duties

• Student Management:
  • Absorb students on and off the bus according to their individual needs including lifting and carrying students with disabilities.
  • Supervise students as they board and exit the bus and cross the street following established safety procedures.
  • Escort students into the building and deliver to their assigned destination.
  • Instruct students on safe entering, exiting, and riding rules and regulations.
  • Learn and adapt to each student’s special medical, physical, communicative, and emotional needs.
  • Manage student behavior and report student discipline problems in a timely manner to appropriate administrator.
  • Communicate with teachers and parents regarding student behavior while on bus.
• Routes and Schedules:
  • Complete and maintain accurate, updated, and timely records and reports including route sheet and daily non-notification forms.
• Safety:
  • Operate equipment according to established safety procedures.
  • Make sure that seat belts, harnesses, or car seats are used correctly and help students use safety devises when needed.
  • Follow emergency procedures including evacuation of students as needed and assist driver to administer first aid, if necessary.
  • Follow established procedures and techniques to perform job duties including lifting and assisting students.
• Other:
  • Become familiar with and follow procedures established by transportation and special education offices.
  • Aid driver keeping bus clean and performing pre- and post-trip inspections.

Mental Demands/Physical Demands/Environmental Factors

• Posture: Frequent standing and sitting; kneeling/squatting, bending/stooping, pushing/pulling, and twisting
• Motion: Frequent walking and reaching
• Lifting: Frequent heavy lifting (45 pounds or over) and positioning of students with physical disabilities, controlling behavior through physical restraint, assisting nonambulatory students, and lifting and moving adaptive equipment
• Environment: Work inside and outside (exposure to sun, heat, cold, and inclement weather); exposure to noise and vehicle fumes; exposure to biological hazards (bacteria, communicable diseases); work around vehicles and machinery with moving parts; may work irregular or prolonged hours
• Mental Demands: Work with frequent interruptions; maintain emotional control under stress