The following information is intended to provide school bus drivers with some ideas and suggestions for effective passenger management.
The safe transportation of school vehicle passengers in a school vehicle must remain the top school vehicle safety priority. In order to ensure this, there must be co-operation between school bus operators, school vehicle drivers, students, their parents and the school and school board.
The school bus is an extension of the classroom. Rules of acceptable conduct should be established and adhered to. A "Code of Conduct" should be established in partnership between the school bus operator, the school board and the school, with potential input from parents and students as well. To be effective, this information must be shared among the school, parents and students, school bus drivers and operators.
The three principles which govern school bus safety are:
1. Safety
2. Order
3. Respect
Drivers are responsible for the physical and emotional safety of the children who ride on their bus, as well as for their own safety. The child must be confident that the bus is a safe place.
The school bus driver has an obligation to maintain order and control. This control is compromised if passengers interfere with the service of the bus, or are doing things that will require resources to repair or deal with.
Everyone on the school bus, drivers and passengers, must respect the rights of others. Behavior which compromises this respect should not be tolerated.
Any problem that occurs on the school bus will be the result of something interfering with one or more of these basic principles. The most valuable tools available to a bus driver are good judgment and common sense.
Acceptable behavior must be identified, and the sanctions for unacceptable behavior must be clearly stated and conveyed so they will be understood by all.
Different school organizations have different ways of ensuring this happens. For instance, Glen Park Public School, in North York, sends a letter home to all parents (whether their children use buses regularly or not) in the fall. This includes "school bus rules", and the sanctions for non-compliance. It also includes information for parents. Parents are required to read this information with their children, and both children and parents are required to sign and return a tear-off portion of the form to the school.
The safe transportation of school vehicle passengers in a school vehicle must remain the top school vehicle safety priority. In order to ensure this, there must be co-operation between school bus operators, school vehicle drivers, students, their parents and the school and school board.
The school bus is an extension of the classroom. Rules of acceptable conduct should be established and adhered to. A "Code of Conduct" should be established in partnership between the school bus operator, the school board and the school, with potential input from parents and students as well. To be effective, this information must be shared among the school, parents and students, school bus drivers and operators.
The three principles which govern school bus safety are:
1. Safety
2. Order
3. Respect
Drivers are responsible for the physical and emotional safety of the children who ride on their bus, as well as for their own safety. The child must be confident that the bus is a safe place.
The school bus driver has an obligation to maintain order and control. This control is compromised if passengers interfere with the service of the bus, or are doing things that will require resources to repair or deal with.
Everyone on the school bus, drivers and passengers, must respect the rights of others. Behavior which compromises this respect should not be tolerated.
Any problem that occurs on the school bus will be the result of something interfering with one or more of these basic principles. The most valuable tools available to a bus driver are good judgment and common sense.
Acceptable behavior must be identified, and the sanctions for unacceptable behavior must be clearly stated and conveyed so they will be understood by all.
Different school organizations have different ways of ensuring this happens. For instance, Glen Park Public School, in North York, sends a letter home to all parents (whether their children use buses regularly or not) in the fall. This includes "school bus rules", and the sanctions for non-compliance. It also includes information for parents. Parents are required to read this information with their children, and both children and parents are required to sign and return a tear-off portion of the form to the school.
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