Bus Monitor

Transylvania County Schools seeks a bus monitor for the exceptional children program. Beginning in the 2022-23 school year starting pay will be $15/hour. The employee will ride the exceptional children bus each school day to assist the driver in maintaining student discipline and safety. For direct questions, please email Mr. K eith Wilmot, Director of Transportation. Interested candidates should submit an online employment application.

Open until filled.

• Position Type:
  Transportation / Bus Driver
• Date Posted: 5/11/2022
• Location:
  
  School Transportation Services
• Date Available:
  
  08/29/2022
• Closing Date:
  Open until filled

• Assist the bus driver in maintaining discipline on school bus; monitor and assist students while bus is in operation.
• Consult with and assist bus driver in documentation of student information, recordkeeping and completing route surveys.
• Assist driver in assuring seat belts, harnesses and wheelchair clamps are secured as required.
• Assist parents and school personnel with safe loading and unloading of students; coordinate seating of pre-kindergarten students as required by State Transportation Guidelines.
• Communicate with teachers, teacher assistants, principals, and parents concerning student background, medical problems and behavior as appropriate.
• Maintain current knowledge of Emergency Evacuation procedures.
• Assist handicapped children on and off the bus and escort children across street upon return home; lift children as required; assure responsible adult meets students leaving the bus.
• Attend in-service meetings and training courses as assigned.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

• Maintain regular attendance.
• Work is performed while standing, sitting and/or walking.
• Requires the ability to communicate effectively using speech, vision and hearing.
• Requires the use of hands for simple grasping and fine manipulations.
• Requires bending, squatting, crawling, climbing, reaching.
• Requires the ability to lift, carry, push or pull medium weights, up to 50 pounds.
• Requires activities involving being around moving machinery, exposure to marked changes in temperature and humidity, and exposure to dust, fumes and gases.