Professional Driver (Bus Driver) OR Driver Trainee

Position Type:
Transportation Job Families
Date Posted:
2020-08-25
Location: Administration or As Assigned
INTRODUCTION: CONTEXT AND MISSION
The Cleveland Metropolitan School District (CMSD) serves approximately 37,000 students in 100+ schools. Over the past several years, the Greater Cleveland community has united behind the collective goal of ensuring every child in Cleveland attends a high-quality school and every neighborhood has a multitude of great schools from which families can choose. The Cleveland Plan defines CMSD's approach to the reinvention of public education and holds our community accountable for the success of Cleveland's schoolchildren. The Cleveland Plan is supported by Ohio House Bill 525, which provides much-needed flexibility and autonomy for the district and its schools. Our schools have autonomy over human and financial resources in exchange for accountability for
performance. The principal has primary responsibility and accountability for establishing his or her school as a high-quality, high-expectations academic center with a focus on personalized instruction, professional support for teachers, and school-wide practices that lead to measurable results.
The Cleveland Metropolitan School District has developed standards of excellence that the district applies to all parts of the organization inclusive of schools, principals, school leadership teams, networks, and central office. Alignment between Standards of Excellence (SoE) and the district's Theory of Action helps ensure that principals are able to focus on scholar achievement and that central office supports are timely and effective.
Our Vision for Learning in a Post-Pandemic World:
In our pursuit of a more fair, just, and good system of education, we want each of our learners, both each of our scholars and each of their educators, to be individually and collectively presented with academically / intellectually complex tasks that are worthy of their productive struggle and allow them authentic opportunities to demonstrate their work and their learning of academic content and transferable skills in a joyful and adventurous environment.
THE OPPORTUNITY:
Reports To: Assistant Depot Manager
Pay rate/Salary: Professional Driver pay rate: $ 19.82/hour
Pay rate/Salary: Driver Trainee pay rate: $ 11.84/hour
Union: Teamsters Truck Driver, Local 407
The school bus driver, under general supervision, drives a school bus to transport students to and from school and on special trips.
Responsibilities

• Come to work every day and on time
• Operate the assigned school bus over the designated route(s)
• Make pupil pick-ups and drop-offs only at designated stops
• Follow all established time schedules
• Pick up only authorized students
• Make all required daily inspections of buses
• Keep the school bus clean, clear bus of all personal property daily
• Always carry the proper route identification sign(s) for the route you are operating
• Report mechanical defects on the proper form
• Check all fire, emergency, and first-aid equipment and keep the equipment clean and serviceable
• Keep order on the bus and maintain discipline, in keeping with school policies as approved by the Board of Education
• Report misconduct via the student referral forms to the principal or representative
• Be courteous to drivers of other vehicles and to each other
• Assist in the promotion of good public relations
• Participate in all training programs
• Attend all meetings and conferences
• Check buses after students are dropped off at school, last stop, and depots
• Complete all records and reports as required
• Ensure that you refuel your vehicles as required and keep accurate records
• Park buses and automobiles in designated slots
• Report to the office for check-in at the desk or be recognized by the dispatcher
• Report any overtime on overtime form upon your return to the depot
• Check your mailbox before and after each run
• Turn in Ridership list for a late run with overtime form
• Have received training in behavior management and assertive discipline techniques and practice them
• Maintains a calm, capable, mature attitude in all situations and handles disruptions in a warm, professional manner
• Has received training in behavior management techniques, assertive discipline technique to the bus driver
• Comply with Ohio Pupil Transportation Laws and Regulations as established by the Ohio Department of Education and Ohio Department of Highway Safety. Comply with all other traffic laws
• Becomes acquainted with particular handicaps and emergency treatments for each student on the bus
• Is knowledgeable of first-aid techniques
• Assist bus attendants as needed
• Perform such other duties as assigned by the Transportation Division

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent
• Must be 21 years and older
• Valid current Ohio Driver's License, preferably a Commercial Driver's License with S and P endorsements
• Experience working with children in a professional setting
• No more than two points on your license in the last two years
• Must acquire your Commercial Driver's License within two (months) of hire

Education
To Apply
Please submit your resume and application using Workday, our online human capital management system. Please note that an offer of employment will be subject to the successful completion of an FBI/BCI background check and drug screen.
EEO Statement
We believe that equity and inclusion at CMSD is an essential call to action, a catalyst to ensure value and appreciation among all our employees, so we may be fair and welcoming now and in the future. CMSD provides equal opportunities for employment, retention and advancement of all personnel by administering all terms and conditions of employment regardless of race, color, ethnicity, ancestry, national origin, sex, disability or genetic information, age, citizenship status, military status, sexual orientation or expression, socio-economic status, title, other dimensions of identity, or any other characteristic protected by law.
The District's Policy Prohibiting Discrimination, Discriminatory Harassment, and Sexual Harassment and the District's Title IX grievance procedures, including information on how to report or file a complaint of discrimination, how to report or file a formal complaint of sexual harassment, and how the District will respond, may be accessed on the District's Civil Rights Notices webpage, available at ClevelandMetroSchools.org/domain/105. The District's Title IX Coordinator / Director of Equal Employment Opportunity may be reached at:
1111 Superior Avenue East, Suite 1800
Cleveland, Ohio 44114
(216)-838-0070