School Bus Monitor – Helena

  • Part-time
  • Start Date: Immediate opening
  • Department: Regional Support and Leadership

Company Description

KIPP Delta is committed to creating a diverse, equitable and inclusive environment for all of our students, families, teachers, staff and community members. As an equal opportunity employer, we hire without consideration to race, religion, creed, color, national origin, age, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status or disability. KIPP Delta is part of the nation-wide KIPP non-profit network of 242 college-preparatory, public charter schools educating early childhood, elementary, middle, and high school students.
 
Our alumni have achieved a 100% high school graduation rate and are supported to and through college by our KIPP Through College program. We are excited that KIPP delta will serve over 1,200 students in Helena and Blytheville, AR in the 2021-2022 school year.
 

Job Description

ABOUT THE POSITION:
KIPP Delta is seeking to hire school bus monitors that will assist school bus drivers in maintaining a safe and orderly environment while buses are in operation. Monitors are responsible for a variety of tasks, which are explained below. Bus monitors work approximately one to two hours in the morning and in the afternoon. Morning routes may begin as early as 6:00 A.M. and afternoon routes begin at approximately 4:00 P.M.  Bus monitors may be asked to support athletic trips, field lessons, and other school activities that necessitate bus travel. Bus monitors follow the school calendar. This is a part-time, hourly position.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

  • Learn bus routes and assist drivers with identifying stop locations
  • Learn bus behavior expectations, monitor student behavior, and assist or redirects students as needed
  • Document when students fail to meet expectations.
  • Develop student seating charts and ensure students sit in assigned seats
  • Ensure students get on and off their assigned bus routes in an orderly and safely manner
  • Ensure a responsible adult is at each bus stop to meet students existing the bus and make calls as needed when a parent isn’t at the stop
  • Assist drivers with maintaining a clean bu
  • Communicate with students, school personnel, and parents concerning student concerns, behavior, changes to bus schedules, delays, etc.
  • Maintain a cooperative attitude with colleagues, supervisors, parents, and school personnel, always promoting goodwill
  • Maintain good work habits through timeliness and low absenteeism for daily assignment and extra trips
  • Maintain current knowledge of bus emergency evacuation procedures
  • Attend in-service meetings and training courses as assigned
  • Perform other duties as assigned

Qualifications

CANDIDATE REQUIREMENTS:

The ideal candidate will possess the following qualifications:

  • Ability to maintain emotional control in stressful situations
  • Experience working with and establishing trusting relationships with students in grades K through 12th
  • Ability to remember names and faces
  • Ability to read road maps, road signs, and bus schedules
  • Ability to establish and maintain cooperative and effective working relationships with others.
  • Ability to communicate clearly, calmly, and effectively both orally and in writing.
  • Must be able to administer first aid, CPR, and assist with or lead an emergency evacuation.
  • Ability to cope with ever-changing traffic environment, lifting (able to lift 24-40 lbs.), pushing, pulling (including jerking), walking, carrying, crouching, kneeling, reaching, bending, climbing bus steps repeatedly within a duty cycle.
  • Conditions include working in inclement weather, heat, rain, cold, humidity, other outdoor weather elements, and exposure to possible injury due to traffic accidents.
  • Character strengths of: zest, grit, self-control, optimism, social intelligence, gratitude, and curiosity.


A candidate will ideally possess:

  • A High School Diploma or GED
  • First Aid Certification

Additional Information

Salary:
Salary will be commensurate with experience. KIPP Delta's salary schedule is available on our website, under "State Required Information."

As an equal opportunity employer, KIPP Delta does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion (creed), gender, age, national origin (ancestry), disability, marital status, sexual orientation, military status, or any other basis made unlawful by applicable federal, state, or local laws or regulations.
 

 

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