What are the responsibilities and job description for the Route Bus Driver position at Marcus-Meriden-Cleghorn Community School District?
Title: Route Bus Driver
Location: MMCRU-Marcus
Reports to: Transportation Director
Required Qualifications:
- Must be 18 years of age or older
- Must have or be willing to obtain a CDL and a school bus endorsement, the district may help with acquiring the school bus endorsement.
- Clean driving record
- Ability to pass a Criminal Background Check
- Pass pre-employment DOT physical and drug screening and random MMCRU drug tests
- Ability and willingness to work with students and adults
Performance Responsibilities:
- Knowledge of Federal and State traffic laws
- Ability to make decisions and problem solve
- Ability to communicate with students, families, and school personnel
- Ability to solve conflicts in a constructive manner
- Obeys all traffic laws.
- Observes all mandatory safety regulations for school buses, including bus evacuation drills twice a year.
- Maintains discipline when students are on the bus.
- Reports undisciplined students to the building principal.
- Keeps assigned bus clean.
- Keeps to assigned schedule as much as possible given daily driving conditions.
- Checks bus before each operation for mechanical defects.
- Notifies the director of transportation in case of mechanical failure.
- Discharges students only at correct stops.
- Enforces regulations on the bus.