Position Summary: To provide safe bus transportation for Head Start children, assuring that each child will be picked up and returned home on schedule. Job Responsibilities: • Cooperate with teachers to promote the health and education of each child. • Work with center staff to assure a smooth flow of written communication between families and Head Start sites. • Transport children to and from Head Start center efficiently and safely. • Ensure that all passengers wear seat belts or are placed in appropriate (age or weight) car seats and belted in. • Ensure that any behavioral concerns that arise do not compromise the safety of any child on the bus. • Perform daily sign on and sign off sheet, accounting by name all children getting on and off the bus. • Ensure that each child is released to the care of a responsible person upon leaving the bus (on the authorized list). • Ensure that no child is ever left unattended while on the bus, following all procedures put in place to prevent a child being left behind. • Visually observe the health of each child on the bus. • Coordinate the paperwork flow between homes and Head Start sites. • Continuously collaborate with site staff, families and Head Start Director to design efficient bus routes, mail/message deliveries and staffing. • Conducts and documents effective safety drill on a monthly basis. • Perform a complete visual safety check of each bus driven on a daily basis, completing daily pre and post trip checklists. • Keep interior of bus clean daily, and bus exterior as needed. • Report any needed repairs, and deliver bus to repair sites. • Record mileage and fuel purchases. • Provide safety information to children and families three times per year. Pedestrian safety information must be given to parents and students during the first 30 days. • Pick up supplies as needed. • Maintain positive communications with parents, drivers and site staff, relaying information to appropriate parties as needed. • Participate in recruitment activities to ensure full enrollment of children/families in our program. • Other duties and responsibilities as required.