Overview
Salary Schedule. Under general direction, the purpose of the position is to perform district-based duties associated with the training of all bus operators for the district. The employee functions at an instructional level capacity and coordinates all phases of training including curriculum development, implementation, and evaluation. The employee communicates with other departments to ensure the safe and efficient transportation of students according to district policy. Performs related work as directed.
Responsibilities
Responds to internal and external customers in a timely, accurate, courteous and empathetic manner representing OCPS in a positive light.
Train bus operators in all aspects of courteous, safe, efficient transportation of students in the district; coordinates various training classes and workshops; uses textbooks, handbooks, and flipcharts; researches best practices in student transportation from statistical data and other sources.
Develops, pilots, and evaluates student safety program; revises student safety program.
Reviews, revises, and develops bus operator curriculum; consults policy manuals to assure that curriculum conforms to policy.
Develops organizational culture survey instrument; reviews culture survey instrument with Transportation Director; implements culture survey and calculates survey results.
Develops charts and graphs to illustrate culture survey results; presents results of culture survey results to Transportation director and staff.
Develop facilitative leadership curriculum for transportation techniques; trains transportation staff in facilitative leadership techniques.
Develops crisis management training curriculum for bus operators; trains bus operators in crisis management; evaluates crisis management training program.
Attends employee communications advisory committee meetings; attends Central Florida Quality Exchange meetings; shares information obtained at CFQE meetings with Director of Transportation.
Answers the telephone; provides assistance and information to the outside public.
Prepares news release and employee of the year applications; presents to management.
Operates a computer to enter, retrieve, review, or modify data; utilizes word processing, database, and software programs.
Responsible for keeping up to date on current technology, as job appropriate, being used by OCPS. With the support of the district, attends training to ensure skill level in various technologies is at the level required to perform in current position.
Responsible for timely and accurate information they maintain as part of their job responsibilities.
Marginal Functions While the following tasks are necessary for the work of the unit, they are not an essential part of the purpose of this position and may also be performed by other unit members.
Performs related duties as directed.
Minimum Training And Experience Bachelor’s degree in public administration, education, or closely related field; supplemented by a minimum of two (2) years previous experience and/or training involving teaching or training, or any equivalent combination of related education, training and experience which provides the required knowledge, skills and abilities to perform the essential job functions. Must have completed bus driver’s training and hold a valid CDL.
Performance Aptitudes
Data Utilization
Requires the ability to evaluate, audit, deduce, and/or assess data and/or information using established criteria. Includes exercise of discretion in determining actual or probable consequences, and in referencing such evaluation to identify and select alternatives.
Human Interaction
Requires the ability to apply principles of persuasion and/or influence.
Equipment, Machinery, Tools, and Materials Utilization
Requires the ability to operate, maneuver and/or control the actions of equipment, machinery, tools, and/or materials used in performing essential functions.
Verbal Aptitude
Requires the ability to utilize a wide variety of reference, descriptive, advisory and/or design data and information.
Mathematical Aptitude
Requires the ability to perform addition, subtraction, multiplication and division; ability to calculate decimals and percentages; may include ability to perform mathematical operations with fractions; may include ability to compute discount, interest, profit and loss, ratio and proportion; may include ability to calculate surface areas, volumes, weights, and measures.
Functional Reasoning
Requires the ability to apply principles of influence systems, such as motivation, incentive, and leadership. Ability to exercise independent judgment to apply facts and principles for developing approaches and techniques to problem resolution.
Situational Reasoning
Requires the ability to exercise the judgment, decisiveness and creativity required in situations involving the evaluation of information against sensory, judgmental, or subjective criteria, as opposed to that which is clearly measurable or verifiable.
ADA Compliance
Physical Ability
Tasks involve the ability to exert light physical effort in sedentary to light work, but which may involve some lifting, carrying, pushing and/or pulling of objects and materials of light weight (5-10 pounds). Tasks may involve extended periods of time at a keyboard or work station.
Sensory Requirements
Some tasks require visual perception and discrimination. Some tasks require oral communications ability.
Environmental Factors
Tasks are regularly performed without exposure to adverse environmental conditions, such as dirt, dust, pollen, odors, wetness, humidity, rain, fumes, temperature and noise extremes, machinery, vibrations, electric currents, traffic hazards, animals/wildlife, toxic/poisonous agents, violence, disease, or pathogenic substances.
The Orange County School District will provide reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities to allow them to perform the essential functions of the job when such individuals request an accommodation.
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Responsibilities
Responds to internal and external customers in a timely, accurate, courteous and empathetic manner representing OCPS in a positive light.
Train bus operators in all aspects of courteous, safe, efficient transportation of students in the district; coordinates various training classes and workshops; uses textbooks, handbooks, and flipcharts; researches best practices in student transportation from statistical data and other sources.
Develops, pilots, and evaluates student safety program; revises student safety program.
Reviews, revises, and develops bus operator curriculum; consults policy manuals to assure that curriculum conforms to policy.
Develops organizational culture survey instrument; reviews culture survey instrument with Transportation Director; implements culture survey and calculates survey results.
Develops charts and graphs to illustrate culture survey results; presents results of culture survey results to Transportation director and staff.
Develop facilitative leadership curriculum for transportation techniques; trains transportation staff in facilitative leadership techniques.
Develops crisis management training curriculum for bus operators; trains bus operators in crisis management; evaluates crisis management training program.
Attends employee communications advisory committee meetings; attends Central Florida Quality Exchange meetings; shares information obtained at CFQE meetings with Director of Transportation.
Answers the telephone; provides assistance and information to the outside public.
Prepares news release and employee of the year applications; presents to management.
Operates a computer to enter, retrieve, review, or modify data; utilizes word processing, database, and software programs.
Responsible for keeping up to date on current technology, as job appropriate, being used by OCPS. With the support of the district, attends training to ensure skill level in various technologies is at the level required to perform in current position.
Responsible for timely and accurate information they maintain as part of their job responsibilities.
Marginal Functions While the following tasks are necessary for the work of the unit, they are not an essential part of the purpose of this position and may also be performed by other unit members.
Performs related duties as directed.
Minimum Training And Experience Bachelor’s degree in public administration, education, or closely related field; supplemented by a minimum of two (2) years previous experience and/or training involving teaching or training, or any equivalent combination of related education, training and experience which provides the required knowledge, skills and abilities to perform the essential job functions. Must have completed bus driver’s training and hold a valid CDL.
Performance Aptitudes
Data Utilization
Requires the ability to evaluate, audit, deduce, and/or assess data and/or information using established criteria. Includes exercise of discretion in determining actual or probable consequences, and in referencing such evaluation to identify and select alternatives.
Human Interaction
Requires the ability to apply principles of persuasion and/or influence.
Equipment, Machinery, Tools, and Materials Utilization
Requires the ability to operate, maneuver and/or control the actions of equipment, machinery, tools, and/or materials used in performing essential functions.
Verbal Aptitude
Requires the ability to utilize a wide variety of reference, descriptive, advisory and/or design data and information.
Mathematical Aptitude
Requires the ability to perform addition, subtraction, multiplication and division; ability to calculate decimals and percentages; may include ability to perform mathematical operations with fractions; may include ability to compute discount, interest, profit and loss, ratio and proportion; may include ability to calculate surface areas, volumes, weights, and measures.
Functional Reasoning
Requires the ability to apply principles of influence systems, such as motivation, incentive, and leadership. Ability to exercise independent judgment to apply facts and principles for developing approaches and techniques to problem resolution.
Situational Reasoning
Requires the ability to exercise the judgment, decisiveness and creativity required in situations involving the evaluation of information against sensory, judgmental, or subjective criteria, as opposed to that which is clearly measurable or verifiable.
ADA Compliance
Physical Ability
Tasks involve the ability to exert light physical effort in sedentary to light work, but which may involve some lifting, carrying, pushing and/or pulling of objects and materials of light weight (5-10 pounds). Tasks may involve extended periods of time at a keyboard or work station.
Sensory Requirements
Some tasks require visual perception and discrimination. Some tasks require oral communications ability.
Environmental Factors
Tasks are regularly performed without exposure to adverse environmental conditions, such as dirt, dust, pollen, odors, wetness, humidity, rain, fumes, temperature and noise extremes, machinery, vibrations, electric currents, traffic hazards, animals/wildlife, toxic/poisonous agents, violence, disease, or pathogenic substances.
The Orange County School District will provide reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities to allow them to perform the essential functions of the job when such individuals request an accommodation.
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