Bus Driver

School Bus Driver

Compensation: Starting rate is $20-$30 per hour, commensurate with experience.

Essential Functions:

• Ensure a safe and risk free environment at all times while meeting the individual needs of the students.
• Assist in providing safe transportation for all off-site trips.
• Be familiar with bus routes, schedules and general areas, keeping routes on time.
• Manage the overall safe performance of buses: conduct proper daily safety inspection of the vehicle including: recording gas level, mileage and maintenance on designated forms; evaluate before and after trip checks each day and record all information; clean out the bus each day.
• Refuel buses on a regular basis.
• Promote safety at all times by keeping first aid kit and emergency road kit fully stocked.
• Ensure proper loading, unloading and tracking of students.
• Ensure the use of child safety restraints required by state law.
• Ensure proper verification procedures for evacuation of the vehicle based on the type of vehicle and ages of the students served.
• Ensure the developmentally appropriate practices applicable to the behavior management of students during transportation.
• Ensure that bus rules are announced and followed throughout each trip.
• Communicate regularly with other bus drivers.

Qualifications:

• Desire and ability to work with children, must have the ability to drive a bus and be knowledgeable of the rules/guidelines involved in driving a bus, and must have the ability to respond to emergency situations and have the visual and auditory ability to identify and respond to environmental and other hazards related to activity.
• Must present a professional image and possess conflict resolution skills, and demonstrate sound judgment and initiative.
• Must be able to maintain confidentiality of information.
• Minimum 21 years of age.
• High school diploma or equivalent preferred.
• At least 3 years of experience driving a vehicle.

Certifications Required:

• Current, valid NYS Bus driver license; clean driving record (e.g., no DUI, no more than three violations in a rolling three-year period, etc.), signed driver agreement form; if contacted for an interview, must bring a copy of your most recent driving abstract (within 7 days of scheduled interview).
• Current Department of Transportation Medical Card.

We are committed to making our recruitment practices barrier-free and as accessible as possible for everyone. This includes making adjustments or changes for disabled people or people with long-term health conditions. If you would like us to do anything differently during the recruitment process, or provide any information in an alternative format, please let us know.

Dwight School's goal is to achieve and maintain equal employment opportunities. It is also the policy of Dwight School to maintain a work environment free from discrimination based on race, color, religious creed, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, disability, genetic information, veteran/military status, marital status, or other status protected by federal or state law, with regards to any term or condition of employment.