ISL Qatar is providing a bus transportation service daily through Al Manaa Leasing Company, our third-party provider. The school makes sure the policies and guidelines from the Ministry of Education, and the Department of Private Schools Affairs, are always followed.

The general information for parents can be found on the school’s website, click here.

The role of the Bus Monitor

The duties of a bus monitor include making sure that children remain safely seated while the bus is moving, maintaining order on the bus, understanding and following written and oral instructions, and following basic principles of early childhood development.

·       Bus monitors are responsible for assisting students with getting on and off the bus safely

·       The aisle of the bus and emergency exit must not be obstructed by any means

·       Ensure that students wear seatbelts

·       Ensure the door is closed before the bus is moving

·       Maintain attendance records and make sure that children are in their assigned seats, if applicable

·       Protects all children from physical or verbal abuse and immediately reports any such incident to the facilities department by filing the incident form

·       Bus monitors will check the bus after each drop-off

·       Bus monitors ensure the buses are clean before and after using

·       The bus monitor will report to the facilities department in case the bus driver is not behaving or stopping in the wrong place

·       Assist students in a wheelchair and apply safety and restraining devices as needed

·       Bus monitor must be fully aware of the bus route and pickup / drop off points

·       The bus monitor will drop the students from EC to KG in their homeroom class

Bus Drivers responsibilities

·       Drivers are not allowed to engage in phone and or side conversations while driving

·       Drivers must deal with bus monitors and students with full respect and courtesy

·       Drivers must drive safely within the speed limits

·       Drivers must be fully aware of the bus route and pickup/drop-off points

 

General rules

·       When students get on or off, the bus must stop along the right sidewalk and avoid standing in the middle of the street and not leave a distance for any car to pass between the bus and the school gate

·       Buses must park in their corresponding parking slots

·       Bus monitor/driver to inform the Facilities department through SMS message / WhatsApp if a bus has arrived or if it is late.

·       ISL Qatar has implemented a three-step security check to make sure all students have left the buses in the mornings after arriving at the school.

1. After parking, the bus monitor checks the bus as soon as the last student has left the bus

2. The driver checks the bus when students and bus monitor have left the bus

3. An ISL Qatar security guard checks all buses after parking and sends a message to the Senior Facilities Officer

·       The daily registration journals with pick-up and drop-off times are handed in to the Senior Facilities Officer to be filed. The files are saved for one school year.

·       Maria Irac (Senior Facilities Officer) will be the main contact regarding the bus concerns, In case of her absence, Mr. Robert Nidsjo (Head of Facilities) will be in charge.

 

Terms and conditions from the Department of Private School Affairs are to be followed for the safety of school buses. (Circular from 2022)

1- Considering that buses are parked in a designated area that is known and safe for students.

2- The presence of guiding boards and charts showing the place of boarding and disembarking of the students from the buses.

3- The presence of trained supervisors to monitor and organize the process of boarding and disembarking students from buses.

4- The buses should be clean, in good condition and air-conditioned.

5- Providing first aid kits on school buses and updating their contents periodically.

6- Having a designated place for each student on the school bus.

7- Taking the registers of students when getting on and off the school bus, when going and when returning to school.

8- Emphasis on the use of seat belts while students are sitting on the school bus.

9- Training and enabling bus supervisors to use first aid, one of the important procedures that are followed in various pathological conditions (high and low sugar level, epilepsy, heart attack,), and taking action at the time of unexpected crisis.

10- Emphasis on bus supervisors that the bus lane is free of any bags or tools to ensure the and ease of movement of students at entry and exit.

11- Providing all support requirements for students with disabilities who are registered on the bus.

12- Preventing the movement of buses, except after students have boarded or disembarked from it.

13- The existence of a system for communicating with the guardian in the event of a delay of the arrival of the school bus or arriving earlier.

14- The existence of a system or a road map for students' homes that are easy to follow in cases of changing bus drivers.

15- It is mandatory to have supervisors inside the buses to monitor the students and help the children to get in or off the buses.

16- Appointing a qualified person to be directly responsible for the bus and provide parents with his/her name and phone number.

17- When students get on or off, the bus must stop along the right sidewalk and avoid standing in the middle of the street and not leave a distance for any car to pass between the bus and the school gate.