Experience: Two years experience as a certified school bus driver preferred Major Responsibilities and Duties: Routes and Schedules: • Assist or handle assignments of bus drivers bus routes, vehicles, and substitutes for morning and afternoon shifts • Assist with or coordinate extracurricular transportation • Prepare data required to plan bus routes and post-route schedules • Assist with or prepare special education bus routes and ensure that drivers maintain a route folder with accurate descriptions of their morning and afternoon routes • Coordinate and schedule all summer school routes • Prepare and update district maps showing areas served by each bus • Distribute maps to schools and within the district as directed • Write schedule and keep regular routes up to date on the computer. Communication: • Dispatch drivers and vehicles and communicate with them using a telephone and two-way radio • Notify drivers, parents, and school personnel of any changes in a students bus service (e.g., address change, change in pick-up and drop-off location, change in time or bus) • Maintain good public relations with students and school personnel • Communicate with students, parents, staff, and the community about their complaints about drivers, buses, routes, and safety • Communicate with drivers about problems or concerns they have with parents, students, teachers, and coworkers • Interact with special program administrators and school officials concerning the transportation of special education students • Help campuses to place new students on buses and advise drivers of new or dismissed students.