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Job Description
DEFINITION: Under the supervision of an assigned supervisor, schedule and coordinate efficient and effective school bus transportation for students requiring service; assist and provide support to dispatch staff; provide support for computers used in the department; perform other work consistent with the job description.
ESSENTIAL JOB DUTIES: The following tasks are essential for this position. Incumbents in this classification may not perform all of these tasks or may perform similar related tasks not listed.
• Preparation and maintenance of special and regular education routes, including minimum days and special schedules, ensuring they are accurate and complete, using available resources as efficiently as possible.
• Assist dispatcher and provide dispatch backup as needed.
• Work with, maintain, and assist in maintaining various computers and data files, including but not limited to: student, geographic, boundary, field trip data used in the department and elsewhere in the district.
• Analyze routes for efficiency, recommending and implementing upon direction, changes as needed.
• Review school bell times, traffic patterns and bus stop locations, recommending and facilitating changes necessary to improve safety, operations and efficiency upon direction.
• Ensure parents, students, schools, drivers, and others have accurate information and are adequately informed of all changes and procedures that may affect them.
• Maintain accurate records and current information on laws as they pertain to school pupil transportation, district policies and contracts.
• Generate detailed reports and make presentations as required. Provide assistance to and confer with drivers, students, parents, schools, departmental personnel, and others as required, ensuring a high quality working relationship exists in all communications.
• Assist transportation workers regarding work methods, procedures and problem solving.
• Substitute as School Bus Driver as needed.
• Other related duties as assigned.
KNOWLEDGE OF:
• Transportation routing and scheduling including computer systems application. Laws and regulations governing the transportation of pupils in the State of California.
• Materials, equipment and standard practices of transporting all types of students.
SKILL AND ABILITY TO:
• Efficiently route buses.
• Operate a computer, using standard PC applications, Versa Trans software, and other software used in the department.
• Analyze situations and recommend an effective course of action.
• Deal with high stress situations in a calm and tactful manner.
• Satisfactorily complete tasks and assignments in a timely manner and meet established deadlines.
• Read, write and speak at the level for successful job performance.
• Work with limited supervision within the framework of standard policies and procedures.
• Work cooperatively with community, employees, faculty and parents in a friendly and effective manner to maintain the best possible working relationships.
• Maintain and prepare accurate records and reports.
• Follow oral and written instructions and provide clear and logical oral and written instruction and gui dance to others.
• Provide leadership in a positive, open manner and be focused on providing the best service possible to all customers of the department.
TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE: Completion of highschool. At least four years of increasingly responsible experience in school pupil transportation. Experience and/or education related to home to school and special education routing for school pupil transportation.
LICENSES AND CERTIFICATION TO ATTACH: Valid California Driver's License; California Class B Driver's License Valid California School Bus Driver's Certificate, First Aid and Medical Certificates.
WORKING CONDITIONS: Require vision (which may be corrected) to read small print. Require mobility of arms to reach and dexterity of hands to grasp and manipulate small objects. Lower body mobility may not be required. Perform lifting, pushing and/or pulling which does not exceed 50 pounds and is an infrequent aspect of the job. Is subject to inside and outside environmental conditions. May be required to use personal vehicle in the course of employment. May be required to attend periodic evening meetings and/or to travel within and out of District boundaries to attend meetings. May be required to work evenings or weekends.
EXAMINATION WEIGHT:
Assessments may consist of a written, oral and/or performance examinations.
FIRST EXAMINATION: 50%
SECOND EXAMINATION*: 50%
*Administered only to those who pass the first examination. Qualified candidates will be notified of the minimum passing points for each examination part.
Closing Date/Time: Thu, 17 Apr 2025 -
ABOUT THE COMPANY
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Berkeley Unified School District
Show moreAbout the District
Since the founding of the University of California, Berkeley in 1868 and the establishment of Berkeley’s first high school in 1879, Berkeley’s community has been proud to be a leader in public education. In 1968, the Berkeley Unified School District was the nation’s first school district to desegregate without a court order. What you should know about our District:
- Students are our priority.
- We take pride in our diversity.
- We hold high expectations for ourselves and our students.
- We treat each other with respect and act with integrity.
Berkeley Unified is responsible for educating more than 9,400 individual students in 11 public elementary schools, 3 middle schools, one comprehensive high school, and an alternative high school. In addition, the district has 3 preschool facilities and an Adult School serving several thousand students each year. With a tradition of excellence rooted in a vibrant community, Berkeley Unified alumni have become national and international leaders in business, civic society, politics, academia, sports and the arts. Students and staff in Berkeley Unified come from a wide variety of ethnic and socioeconomic backgrounds, surrounded by one of the most intellectually and culturally rich regions in the United States.
The Mission, Vision, Values, and Goals of Berkeley Unified are encapsulated in the four E’s:
- Excellence
- Equity
- Engagement
- Enrichment
Excellence in Learning, in Teaching, and in Service to our Students and Families
Equity in Access, in Resource Allocation, and Educational Outcomes
Engagement with Parents, Guardians, Families, and Community
Enrichment in Curriculum with Music & the Arts, Libraries, Gardens & Nutrition, Science & Health, Physical Education & Sports
Parent and Community Involvement
The Vision for BUSD is one in which parents, family, and community are an integral part of each school. When parents and families get personally involved in education, their children do better in school and grow up to be more successful in life. This is why Berkeley has dedicated resources and specialized staff to support the home-school partnership and to give all parents/guardians access to understanding opportunities and services available for their children.Public Support
Over the past 25 years, the Berkeley Unified School District’s ability to provide well-rounded educational resources and opportunities to all students has been significantly boosted by the generous financial support of local taxes that augment the General Fund for specific purposes.Berkeley voters have overwhelmingly supported the Berkeley Schools Excellence Program (BSEP), a special local tax first adopted in 1986 and renewed consistently since then, most recently as Measure A in 2006. (1986 to present)
Berkeley voters are as committed to the safety and modernization of school and district facilities as to the students and educational programs they house, most recently evidenced in the renewal of a maintenance special tax and a new facilities bond in 2010.
- Facilities Bonds (1992, Measure BB of 2002, Measure I of 2010)
- Maintenance Parcel Tax (Measure H of 2010)
Very Low Class Size
Berkeley Public schools have among the lowest class sizes in the state. While many school districts have exceeded 20 students in kindergarten through third grade, thanks to the BSEP tax measure Berkeley has maintained 20:1 since 1984. Grades 4 and 5 classrooms have average student-teacher ratios of 26-1, again much lower than the state average.- All Berkeley elementary schools have fewer students than the state average of 525 students — in fact, the Berkeley average is 375.
- The average student-teacher ratio in academic classrooms in middle school is less than 28:1, and many math classes are 20:1.
- The average student-teacher ratio in academic classrooms in high schools is 28:1.
Because the Berkeley community recognizes that public education is the cornerstone of a productive, creative, and healthy society, all of our schools benefit from the generosity of monetary and in-kind donations. Visit our “Public Support” page to find out more about the generosity and commitment of our supporters and how the many different funding and volunteer organizations enhance each child’s education in the Berkeley Public Schools.
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