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TRANSPORTATION SUPERVISOR

Position Category Administration
Position Type SUPERVISOR
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Posting End Date
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School District LAWTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS
City, State

LAWTON, OK
United States

Description

Job Objectives: 
To provide safe and efficient transportation allowing students to take full advantage of the complete range of curricular and extracurricular opportunities offered by the district’s schools.

Responsibilities and Essential Functions: Applicants or persons employed in this position must be able to perform the following tasks and functions which are fundamental to the purpose of the position.
Develop, maintain, and administer a transportation program that meets all of the requirements of the daily instructional program and extracurricular activities
Develop and maintain bus routes and an updated bus schedule for all schools in the district through the implementation of the district’s computerized routing system
Recruit, train, supervise, and evaluate all transportation personnel and make recommendations on their employment, transfer, promotion, and termination
Supervise repair and maintenance of all district-owned equipment and   development of a plan for preventive maintenance
Works with the assistant superintendent and the executive director of operations in the preparation and administration of the transportation budget
Works with district-level administration (human resources and payroll) to properly implement hiring and payroll procedures
Authorizes purchases in accordance with budgetary limitations and district purchasing policy
Maintains safety standards in conformance with state and federal regulations and develops a program of preventive safety
Develops recommendations for future equipment and personnel needs based on the demographics of the district
Ensure compliance by the district with all state laws and regulations regarding school transportation; complete and submit all reports
Cooperates with school principals and others responsible for planning school trips
Takes an active role in solving discipline problems occurring on school buses
Advises the superintendent, executive director of operations, and assistant superintendent on road hazards for decisions on school closing during inclement weather

Required Qualifications Skills and Abilities Required:  

Five years successful leadership 
Be self-motivated, able to work on several projects concurrently
Be able to protect the confidentiality of information pertaining to students, staff and program matters as appropriate
Ability to exercise initiative and sound judgment
Ability to apply common sense understanding and carry out instructions furnished in written, oral and/or diagram form
Ability to read and interpret documents and procedure manuals
Ability to react resourcefully to varying conditions
Ability to write routine reports and correspondence
Ability to speak effectively
Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions and decimals
Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs

THIS POSITION IS FULL-TIME, PERMANENT
Preferred Qualifications Hold a valid Oklahoma teaching certificate (Preferred/not required) 
Include the following materials with your application: Resume
Include the following materials with your application: Transcripts
Include the following materials with your application: Reference List
Include the following materials with your application: Teaching/Administration Certification
Link https://www.applitrack.com/lawtonps/onlineapp/
Contact Name Elizabeth Capps
Contact Email elizabeth.capps@lawtonps.org