Bus Driver
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ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Ensures all children are appropriately chaperoned and never left unattended in all situations such as facility, transportation, playground, or community outing.
- Ensures all children have evacuated the bus, checks for personal item left on the bus and adjusts child restraint system (CRS) for the next group, AFTER EACH RUN.
- Transports, children, younger siblings, and parent volunteers to and from center(s) daily and on field trips.
- Conducts fire safety evacuation drills on bus as required.
- Responsible for notifying supervisor for the need of the 3,000 mile/3 month maintenance inspection and state inspection.
- Performs daily walk around and inside safety check (pre-trip/post trip) on bus and is responsible for having malfunctions and maintenance issues corrected.
- Performs general bus cleaning and sanitation.
- Enforces program bus rules and regulations according to the Pupil Transportation Division, Bureau of Traffic Safety, Harrisburg, PA
- Enforces proper safety harness restraints/car seat usage at all times.
- Responsible for completion of all applicable paperwork, maintenance logs, gas slips, etc. and timely submission of paperwork.
- Involves parents/families with transportation related experiences and assists in training children and families with pedestrian and rider safety.
- Coordinates bus activities with Curriculum Support Aides.
- Performs other reasonably related duties as assigned by immediate supervisor and other management as required.
ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Responsible for recertification
- Provides assistance as needed at the center.
- Follows the program procedures relating to confidentiality.
- Attends evening meetings and participates in job related training as required.
- Performs overnight travel as required.
- Assists children during morning arrival time, bathroom, and breakfast.
- Eats breakfast and snack with children sharing the same menu while demonstrating socially acceptable behaviors and manners.
- Responsible for set up and clean up of snack.
- Sanitizes dining room tables and chairs.
- Assists with children on field trips.
- Mandated Child Abuse/Neglect reporter