What are the responsibilities and job description for the Transportation Director position at Wilkinson County Transportation Dept.?
TITLE: TRANSPORTATION DIRECTOR
QUALIFICATIONS:
1. High school diploma, preferably some college
2. Four years of experience in transportation, including two years in a supervisory capacity preferably in a school district
3. Demonstrated success in performing tasks of the sort listed below
REPORTS TO: Superintendent
SUPERVISES: Bus Shop Mechanics and School Bus Drivers
JOB GOAL: To enable each student, through safe and efficient transportation to take full
advantage of the complete range of curricular and extra curricular activities
offered by the district’s schools.
PERFORMANCE RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Develops and administers a transportation program to meet all the requirements of the daily instructional program and extra-curricular activities.
- Prepares bus routes for all public and nonpublic schools in the district.
- Prepares and updates bus schedules for all public and non-public schools in the district.
- Recommends bus route assignments to the Superintendent in accordance with board policy.
- Administers the transportation budget.
- Requests purchases in accordance with budgetary limitations and district rules.
- Conducts and coordinates staff development workshops for bus drivers.
- Develops recommendations for future equipment and personnel needs based on a survey of resident students, distances, and grade levels.
- Conforms with all state laws and regulations regarding school transportation.
- Recruits, trains, and supervises all transportation personnel and makes recommendations to the Superintendent on their employment, transfer, promotion, and release.
- Maintains safety standards in conformance with state and insurance regulations and develops a program of preventive safety.
- Cooperates with school principals and others responsible for planning special school trips.
- Completes and dispatches insurance reports.
- Submits all reports required by state authorities.
- Advises Superintendent on road hazards for decision on school closing during inclement weather.
- Attends appropriate committee and staff meetings.
- Performs other duties as assigned by the Superintendent.
EVALUATION: Performance of this job will be evaluated annually.