Glossary
School Bus Monitor Terms & Vocabulary
15 essential school bus monitor terms with plain-English definitions: the vocabulary you’ll hear in training and on day one.
Key school bus monitor vocabulary
These 15 terms come up constantly in school bus monitor training, on the job and in interviews. Knowing them helps you follow instructions, document accurately and sound prepared.
- Behavior plan
- Plan for a student.
- Bus yard
- Bus depot.
- Child safety restraint
- Car seat or harness.
- Danger zone
- Area around a bus.
- Emergency exit
- Rear and roof exits.
- Evacuation drill
- Practice leaving a bus.
- IEP transport
- Special transport needs.
- Incident report
- Written record.
- Lift
- Wheelchair lift.
- Pickup point
- Stop location.
- Pre-trip
- Safety check.
- Route sheet
- Stop list.
- Seat assignment
- Assigned seats.
- Securement
- Strapping in a wheelchair.
- Stop arm
- Stop sign on the bus.
Practice these terms
Test yourself with the free School Bus Monitor practice test: it includes vocabulary questions built from this list. For a complete course, see School Bus Monitor training.
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