Substitute Bus Driver

Key Responsibilities:

• Ensure safety of students, staff, and visitors and interact in a polite and positive manner
• Promote good public relations by personal appearance, attitude, and conversation
• Serve as a role model for students in how to conduct themselves as citizens and as responsible, intelligent
• human beings
• Exercise responsible leadership when on regular routes and school sponsored or approved activities
• Arrive at the bus compound at least twenty (20) minutes before scheduled departure time
• Ensure that the bus can be operated safely before driving and conduct pre-trip safety inspections as required by federal, state, and local laws and district policies
• Perform two-way radio checks prior to departing the bus compound
• Keep assigned bus or spare bus (if applicable) clean inside and outside
• Maintain routes, stops, and time schedules as established by the Director of Operations
• Obey all traffic laws
• Observe all mandatory safety regulations for school buses
• Maintain pupil control and and report any bus misconduct to the Director of Operations
• Notify the Director of Operations or designee in case of mechanical breakdown or late to deliver to home, to school, or late to work
• Notify the Director of Operations in case of illness daily or if continued illness so as to permit time to secure a substitute driver
• Discharge students only at authorized bus stops
• Transport authorized students only
• Report all accidents and complete required reports and post-accident drug/alcohol screenings
• Report any hazardous conditions to the Director of Operations
• Must be available in the event of a building emergency dismissal
• Conduct emergency evacuation drills as specified
• Conduct emergency evacuation speeches prior to departing on any school sponsored or approved activity
• Prepare reports, route sheets, schedules, authorized rider lists, and accident reports as required by the State of Ohio, Ohio Department of Education, and the Jefferson Local Board of Education
• Attend meetings and in-services as required
• Fuel assigned bus regularly
• Perform no student left behind checks at the end of each route
• Respond to routine questions and requests in an appropriate manner
• Perform other duties as assigned by the Superintendent or Director of Operations

Key Qualifications:

• High school diploma or GED
• Must be of legal age with 2 years of driving experience
• Pass T-8 physical examination (initially then annually thereafter)
• Pass BCI Ohio background check
• Pass FBI background check (initially then every six (6) years thereafter)
• Safe driving record (checked initially then semiannually)
• Pass pre-employment and random drug screenings
• Pass pre-employment and random alcohol screenings
• Pass Ohio Pre-Service Training (initially then every six (6) years thereafter)
• Current valid Ohio CDL with S/P endorsements
• First aid, CPR, and AED training certification
• Knowledge of relevant Ohio laws and regulations
• Knowledge of traffic rules
• Ability to listen for mechanical defects, view engine compartment for defects, and distinguish color of lights
• Ability to work effectively with others
• Ability to communicate ideas and directives clearly and effectively both orally and in writing
• Effective, active listening skills
• Basic computer skills

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