Bus Monitor Route 205

**Bus Monitor - Route 205 & 208**:
**South Shore Regional Centre for Education**

The South Shore Regional Centre for Education (SSRCE) practices the culturally responsive pedagogy approach in providing an inclusive, diverse, equitable, safe and healthy education that supports learning and success both personally and academically to the 59,000 residents of Lunenburg and Queens Counties, an area of 5,250 square kilometres and a total of 23 schools.

**School Bus Monitor Responsibilities**:

- Assist the bus driver in supervising students to ensure a safe environment.
- Operate the outside of the bus lift when not accompanied by TA.
- Participate in securing the wheelchair safely. Usually the bus monitor will enter the bus after loading the child on the ramp and securing the door to assist the driver in finishing securing the wheelchair.
- Monitor the actions of the students on the bus to and from school.
- Assist the driver in unloading the wheelchair when not accompanied by TA. The bus monitor will be responsible for removing the rear straps and unbuckling the lap belt. The driver will finish removing all other straps.
- Fasten and remove seat belts for the walk on students.
- Load and unload children from the bus safely to their Teacher Assistants if the TAs are there waiting, if not, the driver will be responsible to keep the children on the bus until the TAs arrive while the bus monitor proceeds with wheelchair procedure.
- Familiar with bus evacuation procedures.

**Qualifications / Experience**:

- Ability to lift 50 pounds
- First Aid Training
- Experience working with children / youth

**Characteristics**:

- Excellent time management and interpersonal skills
- Persistence, assertiveness, confidentiality
- Team player, committed to promoting quality service

**Timing**
- Route/Driver - 205 (Justin Turner)
- meets bus at Bluenose, continue to PVEC

**Morning**:
8:30 am pick-up at Bluenose Academy
9:30 am drop-off at PVEC

**Afternoon**:
Route/Driver - 208 (Alan MacInnes)
3:32 pm leave Park View
4:18 pm arrive at Hermans Island

Approximate travel time: 2.5 hours

**BACKGROUND/SECURITY CHECKS**:
**The South Shore Regional Centre for Education requires all **newly hired** employees to provide a satisfactory Criminal Record / Vulnerable Sector Check and a Nova Scotia Child Abuse Register Check. We will accept checks completed within the last 3 months.**

**Thank you for your interest in the South Shore Regional Centre for Education, however, only those shortlisted for an interview will be contacted.