SY 25-26 - School Bus Driver

LOCATION: Transportation 

REPORTS TO:  Transportation Director, Kelly Shahan  

BASIC FUNCTIONS: 
Drives any type and size of school bus that may be operated by the school district for the transportation of passengers on regularly scheduled routes.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Operates assigned school buses on assigned trips in accordance with printed trip schedules and in accordance with specified stop, sequence, and time schedules.
•  Boards, transports, and discharges passengers. 
• May lift handicapped passengers and assist passengers into and out of bus as required by Transportation Services Department policy and procedure. 
• May operate a mechanized wheelchair lift. 
• Develops via-directions and maintains and updates current student and trip manifests. 
• Monitors the operational condition and safety of vehicle accessories of assigned buses on a daily basis; monitors gauges and sensors while operating a bus and reports discrepancies to initiate corrective actions. 
• Practices non-aggressive, defensive driving techniques.
•  Monitors, conducts, and responds to communications with the Transportation Operations staff via two-radio. 
• Maintains effective professional working relationships with pupils, parents, and district staff. 
• Enforces district policy and procedure in maintaining discipline on buses. 
• Renders first aide to passengers on an emergency basis. 
• Maintains working knowledge of and complies with laws and regulations pertaining to pupil transportation. 
• Maintains cleanliness of windows and interior of bus on a daily basis; may wash bus exterior.
• Ensures familiarity with assigned trips before transporting passengers; may dry-run new trips. 
• Periodically participates in mandated meetings and in-service programs during traditional and non-traditional workdays and work hours as required by the department. 
• Maintains and supports standards of personal conduct and discipline in accordance with the current discipline policy approved by the Board of Education. 
• Performs other duties reasonably related to the job class.                                                                                  

LICENSES AND OTHER REQUIREMENTS:

• Applicants must possess a valid Delaware Driver’s Certificate with a passenger transportation endorsement and a valid D.O.T. approved medical certificate.  Training will be provided if candidate does not currently hold CDL Drivers License with school bus endorsements. 
• Applicants must operate all types and sizes of school buses safely and on a specific time schedule in varied and complex topographical, weather, urban traffic, and rural conditions. 
• Applicants must exit from the rear of the bus to assist in emergency evacuations. 
• Communicate effectively and maintain cooperative relationships. 
• Show personality and character traits suited to supervision and care of children of multiple ethnicities and cultural values, behavioral, and physical handicaps. 
• Resolve conflict and maintain discipline of children on board buses. 
• Read and interpret maps, compass directions, schedules, student rosters and procedural instructions. 
• Rapidly learn routes and the operations of equipment related to duties. 

To Apply: 

External Applicants:
Completed Online Application via Join Delaware Schools
https://www.joindelawareschools.org/
Letter of Interest
Resume'
Three letters of reference

Internal Candidates:
Completed Online Application via Join Delaware Schools
https://www.joindelawareschools.org/
Letter of Interest
Resume'

Please send all items required to:
Red Clay Consolidated School District
Human Resources Office
1500 Sprue Avenue 
Wilmington, DE  19805 
Phone (302) 992-3700

Contact Information:
Kelly Shahan, Director of Transportation
Red Clay Consolidated School District
[email protected]
302-322-0251

Closing:  Until filled