Main Conference Workshops Content.


■ MAINTENANCE & TECHNOLOGY Spec Your Bus for Successful Operation, Maintenance & Safety


Presenters: Bob Pudlewski & Joe Scesny We will articulate the benefits of specifying school bus components for successful operational life, from delivery to retirement. This workshop will cover regulatory and operational experience to insure the new school bus gets prepped for service when delivered within their state of operation.


MANAGEMENT & OPERATIONS


Innovative Transportation Approaches Presenter: Nicole Portee Hear about key factors that must be considered when developing a new transportation system in a district, such as, among other things: What are the key questions or data that should be considered? How to get schools and district leaders to support your efforts? Additionally, how will each of these decisions affect, for example, the number of students we expect to transport? Or what would this service model cost?


11:00 A.M. – 12:00 P.M. ■ GREEN BUS SUMMIT


Cost Savings of Alt-Fuel Investments Presenter: Sedale Turbovsky Receive guidance on what alternative fuel is best for your specific fleet and duty-cycle needs and learn the importance of post-investment monitoring and continued optimization of fleet operations. Discover the power of quantifying environmental benefits and cost savings realized from clean technology investments.


■ SPECIAL NEEDS & HEAD START


Overcoming Barriers to Independence Presenter: Pete Meslin


Is your transportation department actually hindering students’ abilities to learn life skills and increase their independence because service is falling in the category of the most restrictive environment instead of the least? Learn from a national special needs transportation expert some ways operations can reverse the tide and be a part of the solution for a student’s needs rather than a part of the problem.


■ SAFETY & SECURITY Creating a Safe Climate on the Bus:


A Proactive Approach to Bully Prevention Presenter: Gina Crump


This interactive workshop offers the basics of managing student behavior. We will also take a more in-depth look at pitfalls to avoid when approaching behavior issues, and how to proactively manage students in specific age groups and those with unique circumstances, such as ADHD. You’ll walk away from this workshop with easy-to-implement behavior management “tools” for your team of drivers, and ideas to use in your own safety meetings.


■ MAINTENANCE & TECHNOLOGY


Fleet Replacement Strategy Presenters: Daniel Schultz & Kevin Talley Amid today’s environment of increased budgetary constrictions, the transportation director and fleet manager for an Iowa school district will share insights on best practices for procuring newer vehicles in the most cost- effective manner possible to increase safety and efficiency of an operation.


■ MANAGEMENT & OPERATIONS


Driver Shortages Around the Nation Presenters: Launi Harden & Alex Robinson A transportation director from a suburban and rural district in Utah joins the leader of the largest urban school district in the nation, New York City, to discuss how driver shortages are affecting the industry as a whole and what operations locally and globally can do about them.


1:00 P.M. – 2:00 P.M.


■ GREEN BUS SUMMIT Blue Bird Alt-Fuels Training


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