Bus Monitor

ANTICIPATED OPENING

Salary: $15.00 per hour

Substitute appointment with potential to be appointed through civil service process

Organizational Relationship

or Line of Authority: Directly responsible to the Transportation Coordinator

and/or his/her designee.

Statement of Duties:

• The primary duty of a monitor is to assist the driver in maintaining control on the bus and to monitor the behavior of the students.

• Monitors should help the driver survey the front of the bus and check the rear emergency door to see if it is working properly.

• Monitors will survey the entire bus during runs for possible sources of injury to students.

• Monitors will see that the children load and unload the bus in an orderly and proper manner.

• Monitors are to do a seat check upon completion of routes to be sure that the bus is empty and to pick up any belongings that may have been left on the bus.

• They should inform students about safety rules: what they "can do" and "cannot do" on the bus.

• They should assist in bus evacuation drills.

• They should report any student behavior problems to the school principal or assistant principal.

• Monitors need to work in cooperation with the bus driver, the parents and the school administrators to help to maintain control on the bus.

Qualifications:

• Demonstrate qualities of neatness/cleanliness, punctuality, and a willingness to follow directions and guidelines.

• Demonstrate ability to adapt to change,be compatible with children and adults and be able to function in a school environment.

• Demonstrate aptitude or competence for assigned responsibilities.

• Excellent customer service, problem solving and communication skills required.

• A valid Driver's License is required.

• Such alternatives to the above qualifications the Superintendent may find appropriate and acceptable.

• Billingual Preferred

An Equal Opportunity Employer

The Haverhill Public Schools is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is in compliance with Federal regulations prohibiting discrimination in employment on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, age, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, or disability.