Bus Driver Pool 2025-2026
Bus Driver Pool 2025-2026
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Job Description
Job Title: Bus Driver (Max 6 hr/day)
Reports to: Transportation Operations Supervisor
Dept.: Transportation Services
Exemption Status: NonExempt
Pay Scale: TD 2
Calendar: 176 Days
Primary Purpose:The School Bus Driver is responsible for the safe and efficient transportation of students to and from school extracurricular activities and other authorized events. This role requires strong attention to safety adherence to traffic laws and excellent communication skills to ensure the wellbeing of all passengers.
Qualifications: Education/Certification:
- Clear and valid Texas Commercial Drivers License with Passenger (P) and School Bus (S) endorsements
- High School Diploma or equivalent
- Successful completion of statemandated school bus driver training and certification program.
Experience:
- Prior experience as a school bus driver or in transportation preferred
Special Knowledge/Skills:
- Must be 18 years of age
- Meet all state (TEA) qualifications for school bus drivers
- Ability to pass a Texas Department of Transportation Medical Examination
- Ability to pass dexterity exam
- Must pass a criminal background check and drug screening.
- Ability to communicate effectively with students parents and staff.
Major Responsibilities and Duties:
Vehicle Operation
- Drive bus daily following assigned route and adhering to established schedules.
- Drive bus to and from extracurricular activities.
- Anticipate problems such as traffic weather road conditions and schedule changes and make necessary adjustments to ensure student safety and reduce delays.
- Perform pre and posttrip inspections according to specifications to ensure bus can be operated safely and notify supervisor of needed repairs. Keep assigned bus clean and maintain appropriate level of fuel.
- Report all accidents vehicle damage student injuries and mechanical problems and complete required corresponding reports.
Student Management
- Instruct students on safe entering exiting and passenger rules and regulations. Supervise students while they board and leave the bus and cross the street.
- Perform emergency evacuation of students on bus when the situations warrants.
- Maintain discipline and use effective behavior management control over groups of students. Report student discipline problems to appropriate administrator and communicate with teachers and parents regarding students behavior when warranted.
Safety
- Observe all traffic laws and safety regulations for school buses.
- Ensure proper condition of emergency equipment such as first aid kit fire extinguisher flags fuses crowbar and reflector.
- Correct unsafe conditions in work area and promptly report conditions that are not immediately correctable to supervisor. Report any hazardous conditions along scheduled route.
- Maintain safety certification.
- Follow district safety protocols and emergency procedures.
Other
- Operate and monitor twoway radio equipment to communicate with transportation office and other drivers.
- Complete and maintain accurate uptodate and timely records and reports including but not limited to those related to bus mileage gas and oil consumption and number of passengers transported.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Supervisory Responsibilities:
None
Mental Demands/Physical Demands/Environmental Factors:
Tools/Equipment Used: Operate school bus; twoway radio; global positioning system (GPS); safety equipment including but not limited to flares reflective signs and fire extinguisher
Posture: Prolonged sitting; frequent standing and twisting; occasional kneeling/squatting bending stooping and pushing/pulling
Motion: Prolonged driving; moderate walking; frequent climbing stairs grasping/squeezing wrist and shoulder flexion/extension and reaching
Lifting: Limited light lifting and carrying (less than 15 pounds) on a daily basis
Environment: Frequent exposure to extreme hot and cold temperatures noise and vehicle fumes; work around moving vehicles; regularly work irregular hours and occasionally work prolonged hours;work must be perfomed onsite.
Mental Demands: Maintain emotional control under stress
This document describes the general purpose and responsibilities assigned to this job and is not an exhaustive list of all responsibilities and duties that may be assigned or skills that may be required.
This job description describes the general purpose and responsibilities assigned to this job and is not an exhaustive list of all responsibilities and duties that may be assigned or skills that may be required.
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Little Elm ISD does not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race color religion sex national origin age disability military status genetic information or on any other basis prohibited by law. Additionally the District does not discriminate against an employee or applicant who acts to oppose such discrimination or participates in the investigation of a complaint related to a discriminatory employment practice. Employment decisions will be made on the basis of each applicants job qualifications experience and abilities.
El Distrito Escolar Independiente de Little Elm no discrimina a ningn empleado o candidato a empleo por razn de raza color religin sexo nacionalidad edad incapacidad estatus militar informacin gentica o de cualquier otra razn prohibida por ley. Adems el distrito escolar no discrimina a ningn empleado o candidato a empleo que acte oponindose a ese tipo de discriminaciones o que participe en la investigacin de una queja relacionada co n alguna prctica discriminatoria en la contratacin. La toma de decisiones respecto a una contratacin se har en funcin de las calificaciones experiencia y habilidades del candidato
Employment Type
Full-Time
