■ SAFETY & SECURITY The Team Approach to Improving Behavior on the Bus
Presenter: Gina Crump
Behavior problems on the bus can potentially have a negative impact on the entire school day. We can best support drivers in their efforts to improve student behavior on the bus by utilizing a team approach that involves all of the key players. By gaining the support of parents and school building personnel, we can strengthen the message that our expectations for good behavior on the bus are the same as those in the building. Walk away from this workshop with a practical menu of suggestions for involving the key players in your school district.
■ MAINTENANCE & TECHNOLOGY
Green Certification for the Shop Presenter: David Anderson Learn how school bus maintenance operations can reduce their carbon footprint beyond simply bus emissions by embracing green practices and processes. It worked for this school district, and it can work for yours.
■ MANAGEMENT & OPERATIONS Management & Leadership Are Not the Same Thing
Presenter: Tim Ammon Transportation Directors are increasingly taking on more responsibilities, whether they seek them or not. This trend of adding duties requires skills outside the traditional realms of expertise. This means you have to separate managing an operation from leading an organization. How do you do that? What are the key differences and similarities between leading and managing? How can you prepare yourself and your organization for the transition you will need to make from manager to leader?
4:00 P.M. – 5:00 P.M.
■ GREEN BUS SUMMIT Thomas Built Buses Alt-Fuels Training: CNG
■ SPECIAL NEEDS & HEAD START Understanding the New 2016 Training Protocol
for Drivers & Monitors Presenter: David Stoeger Learn what the new federal standards for Head Start transportation operations mean for school bus driver and monitor training mean and how they affect the service of all students, especially those with disabilities.
■ MANAGEMENT & OPERATIONS
What Is Your Business Plan? Presenter: Michael Shields
Do you have plans for your department’s success? Learn some steps you can employ to improve and increase your success. Tight budgets, competing for dollars, expanding services—where do you start?
4:00 P.M. – 5:30 P.M.
■ SAFETY & SECURITY Surviving a School Bus Fire Presenter: Denny Coughlin
This workshop will discuss the history or fires on school buses. We will explore the sources of fires, characteristics of a fire, and what we need to understand to survive a school bus fire. We will explain evacuation times and how to increase the chances of a successful evacuation and search, if necessary.
Monday, July 25 | 10:00 A.M. – 11:00 A.M.
■ GREEN BUS SUMMIT Emerging Alt-Fuel Trends for School Buses Moderator: Rick Wallace
Presenters: Richard Battersby & Sahar Kamali Hear from industry experts about the promise of renewable diesel, a drop-in alternative to traditional diesel as well as biodiesel, for bus flets and the potential of rewewable natural gas.
■ SPECIAL NEEDS & HEAD START What Federal Monitoring Teams Look for in
Head Start Transportation? Presenter: David Stoeger
An important component of the revised federal Head Start standards for transportation is the regular inspection by monitors who are looking for agency compliance. Learn what precisely they are looking for and how to ensure your training, vehicles and equipment can make the grade.
■ SAFETY & SECURITY
Stop-Arm Video Enforcement Programs Moderator: Denny Coughlin Panelists: Derek Graham & Kris Hafezizadeh Hear experiences from a school district that has been running a stop-arm video enforcement program for the past six months as well as from the leading school bus administrator for the state of North Carolina, who will also provide updates on what school districts there are doing as well as data gathered by the state and by NASDPTS.
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