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School Bus Monitors

Maintain order among students on a school bus. Duties include helping students safely board and exit and communicating behavioral problems. May perform pretrip and posttrip inspections and prepare for and assist in emergency evacuations.

What you’d do

  • Buckle seatbelts or fasten wheelchair tie-down straps to secure passengers for transportation.
  • Escort young children across roads or highways.
  • Assist children with disabilities or children with psychological, emotional, or behavioral issues with boarding and exiting the school bus.
  • Monitor the conduct of students to maintain discipline and safety.
  • Evacuate students from the school bus in emergency situations.
  • Direct students boarding and exiting the school bus.
  • Direct students evacuating the bus during safety drills.
  • Operate a wheelchair lift to load or unload wheelchairs.

Skills that matter

  • Monitoring
  • Social Perceptiveness
  • Speaking
  • Active Listening
  • Service Orientation
  • Coordination

How to get there

Little to some preparation: usually a high school diploma or GED, though some jobs do not need one

Also called

  • Bus Aide
  • Bus Assistant
  • Bus Monitor
  • Bus Paraeducator
  • Bus Attendant
  • School Bus Aide

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