Substitute Bus Driver

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Rockford Public Schools provides the following salary range:
Base pay range $20.25/hr - $22.25/hr your actual pay will be based on your skills and experience.

Transportation/Bus Driver

4/10/2025

Sterling Holley Center - Transportation

Sub Bus Driver

5556

Transportation

Chief Operations Officer

$20.25 - $22.25 per hour

Under general supervision of Dispatch and Terminal Manager, this role is responsible for providing bus transportation on daily routes when called in, as needed.

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• Ensures that all actions are in concert with the Board policies as well as the mission statement, beliefs, objectives and parameters found in the Board’s strategic plan.
• Participates in job training and professional growth opportunities in order to enhance ability to perform the essential functions of the job.
• Performs other related duties as assigned for the purpose of ensuring an efficient and effective work environment.
• Operates school buses to transport students to and from school in a safe and timely fashion from assigned locations per approved schedule.
• Explains rules and regulations to students riding on the bus.
• Uses assertive discipline and other acceptable techniques in dealing with student discipline.
• Completing disciplinary reports for students who do not respond to disciplinary actions.
• Turning in disciplinary reports to field supervisors.
• Performs daily pre-trip inspection of the bus as mandated by the State.
• Reports all accidents, mechanical problems, and hazardous conditions immediately.
• Responsible for the care, cleanliness and gassing of bus driven.
• Attends training courses and meetings to increase skills related to transportation.
• Prepares reports and maintains records as requested.
• Carries out and obeys all laws and regulations of Rockford School District #205, Transportation Department, State, Federal and other regulatory bodies.

• Commercial CDL license with all the endorsements needed to drive the school bus provided.
• Basic reading and math skills. Good vision and hearing is essential.

• Climbing – ascending or descending ladders, stairs, scaffolding ramps, poles and the like.
• Balancing – maintaining body equilibrium to prevent falling when walking, standing or crouching on narrow, slippery or erratically moving surfaces.
• Stooping – bending body downward and forward by bending spine at the waist.
• Kneeling – bending legs at knee to come to a rest on knee or knees.
• Crouching – bending the body downward and forward by bending leg and spine.
• Reaching – extending hand(s) and arm(s) in any direction.
• Standing – particularly for sustained periods of time.
• Walking – moving about on foot to accomplish tasks, particularly for long distances.
• Pushing – using upper extremities to press against something with steady force order to thrust forward, downward or outward.
• Pulling – using upper extremities to exert force in order to draw, drag, haul or tug objects in a sustained motion.
• Lifting – raising objects from a lower to a higher position or moving objects horizontally from position to position.
• Finger use – picking, pinching, typing or otherwise working, primarily with the fingers rather than the whole hand or arm as in handling.
• Grasping – applying pressure to an object with the fingers or palm.
• Talking – expressing or exchanging ideas by means of spoken word.
• Hearing – perceiving the nature of sounds. Ability to receive detailed information through oral communication, and to make fine discriminations in sounds such as when making fine adjustments on machinery.
• Repetitive Motions – substantial movements (motions) of the wrist, hands, and/or fingers.

• Sedentary Work – Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally and/or negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, push, pull or otherwise move objects, including the human body.
• Light Work – Exerting up to 20 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 10 pounds of force frequently, and/or a negligible…