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About the Role
ICS is seeking a dependable, safety-focused full-time School Bus Driver to transport students on daily local routes and on activity trips that include overnight, multi-day, and out-of-state travel. The driver is responsible for the safe operation of the vehicle, the wellbeing of every student on board, and representing ICS professionally at every destination. This role is a frontline part of our wraparound service model, greeting students and setting a positive tone for their day.
Responsibilities
- Operate an assigned route safely and on schedule, following all traffic laws and ICS transportation policies.
- Pick up and drop off students only at approved stops, verifying safe loading and unloading each time.
- Conduct and document pre-trip and post-trip vehicle inspections.
- Maintain accurate records: mileage, ridership, fuel, incidents, and maintenance concerns.
- Keep the bus clean, fueled, and ready for service.
- Greet students by name and build daily consistency.
- Drive students, coaches, and chaperones to games, competitions, performances, and educational trips.
- Coordinate with trip sponsors on schedules, departure times, and route changes.
- Remain available on-site or on-call during the event as assigned.
- Drive multi-day trips requiring one or more consecutive nights away from home, both within New York and across state lines.
- Comply with federal hours-of-service rules and required rest periods on interstate trips.
- Plan fuel stops, rest breaks, and overnight parking; secure and monitor the vehicle at hotels and venues.
- Assist staff with student head counts, luggage loading, and departure timelines.
- Serve as a visible, professional representative of ICS while traveling.
- Enforce bus rules calmly and consistently; report behavior concerns to school administration.
- De-escalate with patience rather than volume, recognizing that many ICS students are managing emotional challenges.
- Operate a wheelchair lift and secure mobility equipment correctly where assigned.
- Respond appropriately to emergencies, breakdowns, severe weather, and medical situations.
- Complete required accident, incident, and injury reports promptly.
- Maintain confidentiality regarding students and families.
Requirements
- High school diploma or equivalent.
- Valid Commercial Driver’s License (CDL) Class B with Passenger (P) and School Bus (S) endorsements.
- Current DOT medical examiner’s certificate.
- Clean driving record acceptable to ICS and its insurance carrier.
- Ability to pass a criminal background check, fingerprinting, and pre-employment and random drug and alcohol testing under FMCSA requirements.
- Willingness and availability to travel overnight, including weekends and multi-day trips out of state.
- Genuine commitment to the ICS mission and to students with emotional challenges and special needs.
Skills
- Safety-focused
- Professionalism
- Patience
- Calmness
- De-escalation
- First Aid
- CPR
- GPS usage
- Routing software usage
- Mobile communication tools usage
Location
- Local routes
Work Type
- Full-time
- Activity trips
- Overnight travel
- Multi-day travel
- Out-of-state travel
Experience Level
- Three or more years of school bus or commercial passenger driving experience (preferred)
Education Level
- High school diploma or equivalent
Salary/Compensations
- $55K-$65K
Benefits
- Lodging and meal per diem provided for overnight assignments
About the Company
- Integration Charter Schools is dedicated to providing innovative pathways to college that fully integrate students living with emotional challenges and others with special needs.
- ICS strives to fill gaps in public education.
- Our vision is to reimagine what public education can be—a place where schools serve not only as centers of learning, but as hubs of opportunity and transformation for children, families, and our faculty.
- We believe that amazing things happen when we remove obstacles and meet every child and family exactly where they are.