Scholar Transportation Driver (Morning Route) - Fortune School of Education- Sacramento, CA.

Job Summary

4 hours per day, 188 days per year, academic calendar
Monday - Friday: 6:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m.

You will complete the daily pre-trip inspection and drive morning routes, bringing scholars to a Fortune School campus in a school-owned passenger vehicle carrying up to 9 scholars. Scholars must arrive before the 7:45 a.m. bell.

Comments and Other Information

We are launching our first scholar transportation program, and we are hiring the drivers who will run it. The first drivers we hire will help shape how it works.

These are posted as separate morning and afternoon positions. You are welcome to apply for either one or for both. A driver holding both routes works 8 hours per day and is a benefited employee, eligible for medical, dental and vision coverage.

Required to apply.

18 years of age or older

Valid California driver's license

Clean driving record

High school diploma or equivalent required

Three years of driving experience required

No commercial license or school bus certificate is required.

These are required after hire and before you drive scholars:

Enrollment in the DMV Employer Pull Notice program

Fingerprint background clearance through the California Department of Justice and the FBI

Tuberculosis risk assessment

Medical exam, renewed every 2 years, or every year at age 65 and over

Pre-employment drug and alcohol test, and ongoing testing after that

First aid training

Driver safety training covering pre-trip inspections, safe loading and unloading, seatbelts and child safety seats, emergency procedures, transporting scholars with disabilities, defensive driving, and driving in bad weather and at night

Mandated Reporter training

What you will do

Drive assigned routes on schedule, safely and professionally

Complete a daily vehicle inspection and keep the daily log

Keep an accurate rider roster and account for every scholar boarding and exiting

Make sure every scholar is buckled in and seated correctly

Manage scholar conduct on board and report concerns promptly

Follow our safety procedures, including those for trips with only one scholar aboard

Keep the vehicle clean and fueled, and report maintenance needs

Communicate professionally with families at stops

Cover the opposite route when needed, by mutual arrangement

Fortune School of Education provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any kind based on race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other protected characteristic.

This position description intends to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this position. It is not intended to include all duties and responsibilities. The order in which duties and responsibilities are listed is not significant.