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School Bus Monitors
Maintain order among students on a school bus. Duties include helping students safely board and exit and communicating behavioral problems. May perform pretrip and posttrip inspections and prepare for and assist in emergency evacuations.
- US jobs
- 78,420
- Median wage
- $35,100 a year
- Job family
- Physical work
Can agents do the work of school bus monitors?
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Typical tasks
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- Buckle seatbelts or fasten wheelchair tie-down straps to secure passengers for transportation.
- Escort young children across roads or highways.
- Assist children with disabilities or children with psychological, emotional, or behavioral issues with boarding and exiting the school bus.
- Monitor the conduct of students to maintain discipline and safety.
- Evacuate students from the school bus in emergency situations.
- Direct students boarding and exiting the school bus.
- Direct students evacuating the bus during safety drills.
- Operate a wheelchair lift to load or unload wheelchairs.
- Report delays, accidents, or other traffic and transportation situations to dispatchers or other bus drivers, using phones or mobile two-way radios.
- Prevent or defuse altercations between students.
- Respond to students' questions, requests, or complaints.
- Guide the driver when the bus is moving in reverse gear.
Other job titles for this occupation (14)
Bus Aide · Bus Assistant · Bus Attendant · Bus Monitor · Bus Paraeducator · School Bus Aide · School Transportation Aide · SPED Bus Aide (Special Ed Bus Aide) · SPED Bus Paraeducator (Special Education Bus Paraeducator) · SPED School Bus Monitor (Special Education School Bus Monitor) · School Bus Assistant · School Bus Attendant · School Bus Escort · School Bus Matron