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1. Facilities/Materials/Equipment
2. Transportation
3. Health and Safety

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• Education: High school diploma or GED and CDL license class B with a PS endorsement.
• Experience: Driving school bus, general cleaning, light maintenance and lawn care preferred.
• Skills: Excellent communication skills with children, parents, and staff a must. Record keeping and computer skills are desired.
• Knowledge: Knowledge of all federal and state laws pertaining to transporting children. Appropriate and safe use of equipment required for custodial and lawn care use.
• Ability: To work as a team member.

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• Maintains professional communication skills and confidentiality of all records and information for staff, parents, children, visitors and community representatives.
• Adheres to all operational policies and procedures for the CMCCAA and Head Start Program to ensure compliance with CMCCAA personnel policies, Federal Performance Standards, established Written Plans, state and local laws.
• Ensures that the bus is inspected prior to each bus route to ensure the safe and timely transportation of children to and from the center.
• Ensures that continuous communication is established with the bus monitor(s) to ensure that all children transported are accounted for during transit.
• Ensures that a walk through inspection is performed in accordance with federal, state, and local laws to ensure that no child is left behind on the bus.
• Ensures that the bus is clean free of malfunctions, defects and hazards for the health and safety of the children and staff.
• Conducts monthly bus evacuation drills and explains evacuation safety with the children and submits copy of drill report to supervisor.
• Records and submits copy of bus pre-trip and transportation logs to supervisor each Monday.
• Ensures that assigned facility and grounds are well maintained and clean to provide a safe and healthy environment for the children, parents, visitors and staff.
• Will assist in the classroom and/or ride the bus as a bus monitor as needed.
• Will perform third party check on the bus.

2) Custodial/General Maintenance:

Ensures that all chemicals and equipment utilized to clean and maintain facility are secured at all times and out of reach of the children.

Ensures that all custodial and lawn care equipment is well maintained and secured when not in use.

Ensures that adequate cleaning and maintenance supplies are available and reports shortages to supervisor.

Ensures that food prep supplies are stored and issued to teaching staff when needed to provide meals for the children.

Assist teaching staff when moving of large furnishings is needed for classroom set-up or removal.

Assist teaching staff when one must leave classroom for short period of time if needed.

Works with teaching staff to perform fire and tornado drills with the children monthly, records, posts and submits documentation to supervisor when complete.

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