About this role
This will be a salaried position with a 260 day contract. Preference given to applicants who hold CDL license or who are willing to obtain CDL license and necessary endorsements within 6 months of hire.
Summary Class Code: 7904
LOCAL DISTRICT CLASSIFICATION PLAN
BASIC FUNCTION
Coordinate the activities and operations of student transportation in an assigned geographical area of the school District; transfer regular, advanced, traditional, extracurricular and handicapped students.
REPRESENTATIVE DUTIES
- Develop knowledge of areas assigned including location of streets, new developments, schools, and school District boundaries; develop an awareness of traffic patterns within the area.
- Assist other personnel in establishing and preparing routes.
- Instruct drivers on individual route assignments; maintain current records of routes and route changes within the area.
- Consolidate routes and other route changes within an assigned area.
- Assist drivers, principals and the public in solving routing issues; resolve student transportation issues with parents, principals and other school administrators.
- Assign substitute and stand-by drivers; assure bus routes are covered.
- Assist in training and retraining bus drivers.
- Assist in attendance and payroll procedures.
- Assist in compiling statistical records.
- Perform related duties as assigned.
KNOWLEDGE AND ABILITIES
KNOWLEDGE OF
- Modern practices, procedures and equipment for the operation of a school district transportation system.
- Provisions of the Kentucky Motor Vehicle Code and the Kentucky Administrative Regulations applicable to the operation of vehicles used to transport students.
- Special transportation State reimbursements.
- Safe driving practices.
- Principles of efficient and economical bus routing techniques and scheduling of employees.
- Rules and regulations affecting school district transportation department.
- Geographic and topographic characteristics of community served by the District.
- Record-keeping techniques.
- Bus driving techniques and safety.
ABILITY TO
- Plan and coordinate regular bus schedules and organize emergency routing as needed to transport students to and from school and athletic events and on field trips.
- Resolve student transportation issues with parents, principals and other school administrators.