Main Conference Workshops Content.


Saturday, July 23 | 1:00 P.M. – 3:00 P.M. ■ GREEN BUS SUMMIT


CNG: Fuel System & Infrastructure Overview


■ SPECIAL NEEDS & HEAD START Evacuation Training Presenter: Kathleen Furneaux


This comprehensive workshop will address key considerations for effective and safe evacuation of a school bus transporting students with disabilities, Head Start children and preschoolers. This workshop will also include a hands-on component to demonstrate the process of effective and safe evacuation.


■ SAFETY & SECURITY


Terrorism Awareness Training Presenter: Bret E. Brooks


Understanding the real and perceived threats of terrorism is a critical issue that transportation directors must fully grasp and understand. This workshop will explain the terrorism threat in the United States, specifically how it relates to pupil transportation.


■ MAINTENANCE & TECHNOLOGY


ROI of Certifications for Technicians Presenter: Walt Commans


Discover the data on how much more productive certified technicians are versus non-certified technicians and the impact on operations as reported by hundreds of fleet managers.


■ MANAGEMENT & OPERATIONS


Using Data to Make Your Case Presenters: Tim Ammon & Michael Shields Do you have budget support to move your department ahead? What data can support you in accomplishing your goals? How do you gain respect for your department through your business model?


As of 5/20/16, subject to change.


3:00 P.M. – 5:00 P.M. ■ GREEN BUS SUMMIT


Propane: Fuel System & Infrastructure Overview Presenter: Propane Education & Research Council


■ SPECIAL NEEDS & HEAD START


Bus in the Classroom Presenter: Pete Meslin


The creator of a national program that brings student transporters into special education classrooms to teach bus safety rules and independence skills demonstrates how school districts can adopt similar offerings and train their staff to be agents of change for the students they serve.


■ SAFETY & SECURITY Reasonable Suspicion:


Employee Drug & Alcohol Use Presenter: Tonica Lathrop


Hear about supervisory reasonable suspicion testing as well as: Recognition of signs and symptoms of employee alcohol and drug abuse; review of new drugs of abuse; how to document performance problems associated with alcohol and drug abuse; and how to conduct the corrective interview.


■ MAINTENANCE & TECHNOLOGY


Pre- and Post-Trip Inspection Requirements Presenters: Fred Fakkema, Joe Scesny & Brian Vasina Join a former member of the Washington State Patrol and an industry expert on commercial vehicle compliance as well as the former supervisor of the New York Department of Transportation’s school bus inspection program and the current supervisor of the Colorado Department of Education’s school bus inspection program as they discuss the most common statewide pre-trip requirements industrywide. How many states do not specifically require federal compliance standards that apply to other CMV operations? Why?


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