Campus Transportation Assistant Manager - IDEA Dunn (20-21)

About IDEA Public Schools
At IDEA Public Schools, we believe in college for ALL and we are committed to ensuring that all our students graduate from college. IDEA Public Schools has grown from a small school to the fastest-growing network of tuition-free Pre-K-12 public charter schools in the United States sending 100% of our students to college. 50% of our students graduate from college in 6 years – that’s 8 times the national rate for students in our communities!  

IDEA was founded in 2000 as a single school with 150 students in the Rio Grande Valley. When interest exceeded building capacity, to meet the demands, IDEA’s co-founders committed to serving more students in the Rio Grande Valley of Texas and beyond. We now serve nearly 53,000 students across Texas and Louisiana. By 2022, IDEA will serve 100,000 students. Be on the lookout for IDEA schools opening near you—with continued growth in our current regions and new launches in Houston (2020), Permian Basin (2020), and Tampa Bay (2021)!

When you choose to work at IDEA, you are part of our IDEA Team and Family. You will work alongside team members who set and reach ambitious goals every day, are excited to continue to grow with IDEA, and work relentlessly to make college for all a reality.  

To learn more about IDEA, check out this video.

About New Orleans
IDEA New Orleans opened their doors in the fall of 2019 with the launch of IDEA Oscar Dunn. Home to world-class restaurants, and beautiful architecture – IDEA is ecstatic to enlist a cohort of strong individuals that will help support student’s dreams to get to and through college.

In 2017, only 1 in 6 students graduated in the state of Louisiana graduated college ready. Changing this statistic is part of the promise IDEA makes to current and incoming students. IDEA Southern Louisiana is part of the solution for sharing the endless possibilities in grade school, college, and beyond.

Role Mission: The Transportation Assistant Manager will assist the Campus Transportation Manager to coordinate and oversee all transportation needs at his/her campus.  The Assistant Manager will work towards learning, adapting and surpassing the goals set forth by the department and includes but not limited to the following:  coordinating school bus routes, scheduling and learn daily operations of buses and bus drivers.  Ensure to follow all federal, state, and local regulations and applicable laws, train and develop the usage of software for mapping, routing, and services that ensure the fleet is running efficiently.

Accountabilities:

1. The safe transportation of all students is the #1 priority. This will be achieved by having “0” preventable incidents/accidents.

• Potential candidates are screened and tested to show they possess or are acquiring excellent skills in operating a school bus
• Drivers are fully trained in Pre/Post Trip inspections
• Culture of safety is placed first in all they do. This means setting the example and holding team accountable for all safety initiatives
• Drivers maintain and carry up-to-date credentials at all times
• Drivers complete all required trainings on time
• Compliance with time schedules and applicable laws, codes, rules and regulations.
• Oversee the daily operations of the dispatch office; monitors two-way radios to effectively address bus problems, lateness and accidents.
• Receive and respond to drivers' accidents; drives to accident scenes and conduct internal accident investigations; gather information, take photos and assist students and staff; obtain accident reports from the highway patrol and police agencies.
• Receive and respond to emergency calls after hours and on weekends.

1. Maintain an efficient operation that does not exceed a Cost Per Mile is <$3.70

• Develop a schedule for all drivers that creates an environment where drivers are fulfilling their primary role of driving while on the clock
• Continuously audit team’s participation to ensure systems are not being abused. “Inspect what you expect”
• Monitor preventive maintenance to assure costly repairs are avoided
• Serve as a substitute Bus Driver when needed.

1. Create a work environment where team members thrive with a minimum of 85% transportation staff retention

• Manager will screen employees to ensure only qualified, quality, and dedicated individuals are brought on
• Will ensure employees understand expectations and work conditions before being hired

1. Maintain fleet in safe operating condition while having a 7% savings on maintenance cost over previous year

• Ensure that maintenance supplies are not over purchased
• Ensure PMs are done in a systematic order

1. Utilize Transfinder to create/update routes at the campus level.

• All routes are created and kept up-to-date
• No route exceeds 10% more than its rosters are rated for
• Driver records are kept up-to-date in Route Finder
• Student Records are kept up-to-date in Route Finder

1. Utilize Synovia to analyze reports

• Planned vs. Actual Routes
• Know when each bus should be at each stop and see when they arrived
• Generate and analyze reports of the fleet’s overall activity, then drill down into stop-by-stop data to see exactly how each driver and each bus is performing.

1. Provide excellent customer service

• Communicate with school site staff, administrators, parents and outside agencies to exchange information, coordinate activities and resolve issues, concerns and questions regarding transportation services, student behavioral problems and special accommodations for students.
• Communicate with school site staff, administrators, parents and outside agencies to exchange information, coordinate activities and resolve issues, concerns and questions regarding transportation services, student behavioral problems and special accommodations for students.

1. We look for Team and Family who embody the following values and characteristics:

• Believes and is committed to our mission and being an agent of change: that all students are capable of getting to and through college
• Has demonstrated effective outcomes and results, and wants to be held accountable for them
• Has a propensity for action, willing to make mistakes by doing in order to learn and improve quickly
• Works with urgency and purpose to drive student outcomes
• Thrives in an entrepreneurial, high-growth environment; is comfortable with ambiguity and change
• Seeks and responds well to feedback, which is shared often and freely across all levels of the organization
• Works through silos and forges strong cross-departmental relationships in order to achieve outcomes
• We believe in education as a profession and hold ourselves to high level of conduct, professionalism and behaviors as models for our colleagues and students.

1. Leadership Development

• Communication skills: Being able to develop the Transportation Assisting Manager (if applicable) to be able to use listening techniques and nonverbal strategies to improve conversations
• Conflict Resolution: Being able to coach the ability to define and identify conflict styles, causes, and methods for handling conflict and improve the department’s or organization’s productivity
• Leadership: Have the ability to delegate and manage a wide variety of skillsets. It is important for supervisors to lead their teams in the most effective way by recognizing where the strengths are, where improvement is needed, and how to properly use the skillsets of each team member
• Time management: Be able to balance a heavy workload and time constraints while managing and delegating other employees and projects is an essential skill

Qualifications:

• GED or High School Diploma
• Valid Commercial Driver’s License (CDL) with class P (passenger) and S (school bus) endorsements
• Completed bus driver safety training course
• Must be over 18 years old
• Pass alcohol and drug tests
• DOT Physical Examination
• Experience in the operation of large passenger vehicles; or an equivalent combination of experience and training.
• Ability to manage student behavior

Compensation:

• Salaries for this role typically fall between $15.83 and $19.78, commensurate with relevant experience and qualifications.