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About the Role

The Bus Driver is responsible for transporting students over scheduled routes to and from school sites, ensuring passenger safety. This role involves operating the assigned bus safely and maintaining its operational condition, with a focus on the safety of all passengers, including special education students.

Responsibilities

• Safely transports students
• Drives a school bus safely in accordance with time schedules, transporting students to and from their homes, school sites, and on field trips
• Maintains order and proper discipline of passengers, resolving disputes, and documenting/reporting severe disciplinary cases
• Conducts established safety and operational inspection of the assigned vehicle daily
• Oversees the loading and unloading of students, releasing students to authorized individuals, and ensuring safety belts are fastened
• Maintains a variety of records and reports including mileage, routing, maintenance, and time schedules
• Notifies appropriate individuals of any delays in scheduled routes
• Ensures proper credentials (CDL, Medical Card, & Region One) are updated according to DOT and IDEA policy
• Understands the basics of transporting students
• Must be able to understand and take directions and feedback well
• Have an open communication channel with managers of campuses they drive
• Able to accept negative and positive feedback
• Able to self-reflect on own performance to improve the operation
• Must manage multiple tasks by prioritizing work
• Needs to adapt to changing circumstances while performing various tasks
• Handle various tasks simultaneously within established time constraints
• Be able to work on an open calendar
• Able to work on evenings, weekends, holidays, etc.
• Expected to work a minimum of 32 hours per week
• Able to work extended hours when necessary to meet business needs

Requirements

• Experience in the operation of large passenger vehicles or an equivalent combination of experience and training
• Ability to manage student behavior
• Must be over 21 years old
• Pass alcohol and drug tests
• Believes and is committed to our mission and being an agent of change
• Has demonstrated effective outcomes and results, and wants to be held accountable for them
• Has a propensity for action, willing to make mistakes by doing in order to learn and improve quickly
• Works with urgency and purpose to drive student outcomes
• Thrives in an entrepreneurial, high-growth environment; is comfortable with ambiguity and change
• Seeks and responds well to feedback, which is shared often and freely across all levels of the organization
• Works through silos and forges strong cross-departmental relationships in order to achieve outcomes
• We believe in education as a profession and hold ourselves to high level of conduct, professionalism and behaviors as models for our colleagues and students

Skills

• Commercial Driver’s License (CDL) with class P (passenger) and S (school bus) endorsements
• Bus driver safety training course completion

Work Type

• Full-time

Experience Level

• 0 years of experience

Education Level

• GED or High School Diploma

Salary/Compensations

• $25.00 - $28.75 per hour

Benefits

• Performance bonus based on team performance and goal attainment
• Comprehensive benefits plan covering the majority of the employee premium for the base medical plan
• Subsidizing the majority of costs for a spouse/domestic partner and children
• Paid Family Leave: Up to 8 weeks of paid leave for the birth or adoption of a child
• Tuition Reimbursement: Up to 50% of tuition paid toward a qualifying degree program, up to $5,250 maximum per year
• Employer-Paid Mental/Behavioral Health: 5 face-to-face counseling sessions within a year, unlimited 24/7 telephonic counseling, and other work-life services
• Dental and vision plans
• Disability insurance
• Life insurance
• Parenting benefits
• Generous vacation time
• Referral bonuses
• Professional development
• Relocation allowance may be offered

About the Company

• At IDEA Public Schools, we believe each and every child can go to college.
• Since 2000, IDEA Public Schools has grown from a small school with 150 students to a multi-state network of tuition-free, Pre-K-12 public charter schools.
• IDEA Public Schools boasts national rankings on The Washington Post and U.S. News & World Report’s top high schools lists.
• IDEA serves over 80,000 college-bound students in 143 schools across Texas, Florida, Ohio.
• When you choose to work at IDEA, you are part of our IDEA Team and Family.
• You will work alongside team members who set and reach ambitious goals every day, are excited to continue to grow with IDEA, and work relentlessly to make college for all a reality.
• At IDEA the Staff Culture and Belonging Team uses our Core Values to promote human connection and a culture of integrity, respect, and belonging for all Team and Family members.