Bus Monitor

VACANCIES: BUS MONITORS
Up to 25 Hours Per Week

WORK YEAR: 216 days

COMPENSATIO $20 per hour

EFFECTIVE: As needed

REPORTS TO: Director of Transportation

QUALIFICATIONS:

• High school diploma preferred
• Experience working with children preferred
• Ability to effectively communicate and maintain effective work relationships with all stakeholders
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Such additions and alternatives to the above qualifications as may be appropriate and acceptable

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Work with the bus driver as a team to transport students to and from school safely
• Assist the bus driver with following the student code of conduct for school bus safety
• Assist the bus driver and parents with loading/unloading students at the bus stop
• Assist the bus driver and school personnel with loading/unloading the sttudentson the school grounds
• Enforce safety rules and provide direction to the students
• Report misconduct of students on the appropriate form and turn in report of student misconduct to the designated school administrator
• Maintain discipline on the bus in accordance with recommendations of the administration
• Ensure that all students are secured and when appropriate, secure restraining devices, i.e., seatbelts, harnesses and toddler seats
• When transporting wheelchairs, work with the bus driver as a team to properly fasten all wheelchair hookups
• Such other duties as may be assigned

APPLICATION PROCESS:

Internal candidates (current employees of the Darien Public Schools) must submit an internal application via Applitrack, including a current resume and cover letter addressed to Marjorie Cion, Director of Human Resources. Apply at www.darienps.org, Departments, Human Resources, Employment Opportunities

External candidates must submit an external application via Applitrack: www.darienps.org, Departments, Human Resources, Employment Opportunities. Supporting documents, including a cover letter addressed to Marjorie Cion, Director of Human Resources, resume, references and transcripts should be uploaded to the electronic system.

Applications will be reviewed as received.

NONDISCRIMINATION STATEMENT
Darien Public Schools is committed to a policy of equal opportunity/affirmative action for all qualified persons and equal access to Boy Scouts of America and other designated youth groups. Darien Public Schools does not discriminate in any employment practice, education program, or educational activity on the basis of race, color, religious creed, sex, age, national origin, ancestry, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability (including, but not limited to, intellectual disability, past or present history of mental disorder, physical disability or learning disability), genetic information, or any other basis prohibited by Connecticut state and/or federal nondiscrimination laws. The Darien Public Schools does not unlawfully discriminate in employment and licensing against qualified persons with a prior criminal conviction.