Whitko Community School Corporation

WHITKO COMMUNITY SCHOOL CORPORATION JOB DESCRIPTION AND PERFORMANCE REVIEW

JOB TITLE: Transportation Director

REPORTS TO: Superintendent

PREPARED BY: Mr. Steve Clason - Superintendent

JOB GOALS: Formulates policies, programs, and procedures for transportation system, including schedules, routes, assignment of drivers and vehicles and other terminal operations for his or her school district.

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ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS include the following (other duties may be assigned):  Submits recommendations for development of, and compliance with transportation policies, procedures, and programs.  Plans, directs, and implements vehicle scheduling, allocation, dispatching, licensing, and communication functions in accordance with established policies and objectives to effect economical utilization of school vehicle facilities.  Directs compilation and issuance of timetables for extra-curricular and regular routes.  Conducts continuous analyses of school vehicle and driver assignments and analyzes scheduling for possible consolidation to maintain a cost effective and efficient transportation program.  Provides assistance with snow removal as necessary.  Conducts field surveys to evaluate operations and recommends changes.  Analyzes proposed schedules, initiates preparation and distribution of proposed trip schedule changes, and submits analyses of data and rescheduling recommendations to the school administration.  Directs operation and maintenance of communication systems, reviews procedures, provides guidance to resolve technical problems, analyzes costs and recommends cost control measures.  Selects and recommends personnel for transportation positions, trains, assigns and evaluates transportation personnel and bus drivers.  Negotiates with vendors to purchase automotive equipment, materials, and supplies.  Supervises the bus mechanic and supports the maintenance program as needed.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES: Supervises one garage mechanic and 50 bus drivers. Is responsible for the overall direction, coordination, and evaluation of this unit. Also directly supervises non-supervisory employees. Carries out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the organization's policies and applicable laws. Responsibilities include interviewing, hiring, and training employees; planning, assigning, and directing work; appraising performance; rewarding and disciplining employees; addressing complaints and resolving problems.

QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential function satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE: Bachelors degree (B.A.) from four-year college or university; or one to two years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.

LANGUAGE SKILLS:

______Transportation Director Page No.2 Ability to read, analyze, and interpret common scientific and technical journals, financial reports, and legal documents. Ability to respond to common inquiries or complaints from parents, board members, regulatory agencies, or members of the school community. Ability to write speeches and articles for publication that conform to prescribed style and format. Ability to effectively present information to the Board, the superintendent and his or her staff, principals, school employees, and parent groups.

MATHEMATICAL SKILL: Ability to work with mathematical concepts such as probability and statistical inference, and fundamentals of plan and solid geometry and trigonometry. Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations.

REASONING ABILITY: Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions. Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.

CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS: Possess a valid state commercial driver's license.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individual with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to sit. The employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools or controls; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance, and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus. The employee shall remain free of any alcohol or non-prescribed controlled substance abuse in the workplace throughout his/her employment in the Corporation.

WORK ENVIRONMENT: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee occasionally works near moving mechanical parts, in high, precarious places; and in outside weather conditions and is occasionally exposed to wet and/or humid conditions, fumes or airborne particles, risk of electrical shock, and vibration. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT: Twelve month year. Class A employee.

EVALUATION:

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Highly Effective Effective Improvement Necessary Ineffective Quality of Work Provides work at the Work is completed with Work frequently needs to Completes work at a level highest quality. Work quality and rarely needs be checked or redone by which usually needs to be does not have to be to be checked or redone. others. checked/redone by others to redone. ensure quality.

Appearance Has a professional Has a neat appearance, Is nonprofessional in Is often unkempt and appearance, attire and attire and grooming. appearance, attire and/or presents self grooming. grooming. Sometimes unprofessionally. dresses or presents self in an unacceptable manner.

Attendance Can be relied on in any Consistently relied on to Occasionally cannot be Has regular episodes of circumstance; commits be punctual, present, and relied on to be punctual, failing to be punctual, themselves to tasks that prepared to start work in present, or prepared to present, or prepared to take a large amount of an appropriate manner. start work in an start work in an appropriate time and/or personal appropriate manner manner investment. Rarely absent.

Time Management (Efficiency) Completes tasks earlier Uses time well ensuring Sometimes fails to Does not tend to get things than expected and uses tasks are completed on complete jobs in a timely done by deadlines. additional time to time. manner. increase the quantity of work.

______Transportation Director Page No.4 HE E IN I Follows Directions Listens exceptionally Listens well. Takes Sometimes does not Does not listen adequately, well. Routinely takes steps to comprehend listen very well and/or is as reflected in later steps to comprehend what is said and what not always attentive, as questions, comments, or what is said and what is needs to be reflected in later task completion. being asked. Task accomplished. Generally comments, questions, and completion indicates pays attention and/or resulting work. Verbal accurate and perceptive responds appropriately reactions and/or task recall of what was said to ideas and questions completion reflect an and what was being offered by the earlier difficulty or asked to be supervisor. failure to listen carefully accomplished. to what was said.

Adaptability Demonstrates an Demonstrates a solid Demonstrates minimal Demonstrates inadequate extensive knowledge of understanding and understanding of new understanding of new new processes, willingness to apply new processes, procedures, processes, procedures, and procedures, and processes, procedures, and technologies; technologies nor any technologies and is eager and technologies. reluctant to apply eagerness to learn. to apply and share knowledge. information with others.

Problem Solving Identifies problems Identifies problems and Sometimes fails to Often fails to recognize accurately; is able to begins to research recognize problems. problems and/or is not able solve them in a timely solutions. Most often Often resorts to elevating to identify solutions. Is fashion, and takes steps can resolve issues issues to the next in unable to proceed without to prevent them from re- independently. command. assistance. occurring. Shares findings with other department members.

______Transportation Director Page No.5 HE E IN I Initiative and Independence Independently self- Can responsibly accept Often requires Needs direct supervision to assigns and completes an assignment and supervision and work. Is not able to identify appropriate work without complete it with limited guidance. Has difficulty or prioritize needs without supervision. supervision. Can both prioritizing work supervision. prioritize work and is and moving between able to move between projects when priorities projects if priorities change. change.

Attitude/Professionalism Maintains a positive Maintains a positive Is sometimes negative or Is critical and regularly . attitude about work and attitude about work and cynical about the job demonstrates a negative Whitko Schools. Whitko Schools. and/or Whitko Schools. attitude about the job and/or Promotes the overall Whitko Schools. operations of Whitko Schools.

Response to Feedback Consistently able to Listens to, discusses and Is reluctant to consider Refuses to discuss and/or discuss, reflect and act makes some suggested constructive criticism make changes. upon agreed changes. changes. and/or make changes.

Interpersonal Skills Fosters supportive and Maintains supportive Sometimes maintains less Relationships are negative cooperative relationships. and cooperative than cordial or self-serving. Contributes Takes initiative in relationships. Handles relationships. Fails to to conflicts. assuming servant conflicts in a resolve conflicts. leadership among peers. professional manner.

______Transportation Director Page No.6 HE E IN I Communication Demonstrates a strong Written and oral Written and oral Written or oral ability to communicate communications are communications are communications are with others in writing and clearly and concisely sometimes unclear and/or frequently unorganized, orally. communicated. poorly organized. incomplete, and contain Communicates mistakes or messages appropriately misunderstandings. and respectfully.

Comments:

The staff member being evaluated may respond to any part of this evaluation by attaching and initialing additional page(s). We hereby acknowledge that a conference has been conducted, this evaluation discussed, and a copy has been provided to the staff member whose signature does not indicate agreement with the content. In the event the staff member disagrees with this evaluation, a letter expressing the nature of disagreement may be submitted to Administration Office within (10) working days of receipt of this evaluation with a copy to the evaluator. An evaluation may also be appealed to the next appropriate supervisor.

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Distribution: Personnel File Evaluator Administrator Updated September 2013

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