Separate Registration Workshops, 2012   

In conjunction with the main conference, we offer two intensive highly focused workshops and an Executive Briefing, providing you with the opportunity to focus in greater depth on topics that are determined by the National Advisory Board to be of critical importance.  The Workshops and the Executive Briefing require a registration fee separate from the conference. You may attend only the program for which you register. Here are descriptions of the Workshops and Executive Briefing..

WORKSHOP C                                  2 to 6 pm, Friday, March 9                                             continuing  1 to 5:15 pm, Saturday, March 10

EXECUTIVE BRIEFING 
Lesson Plans for Changing Times:
Legal & HR Challenges You Never Thought You'd Confront

Peggy Burns, Attorney and Consultant,, Education Compliance Group, and Mark Hinson, SPHR,Chief Human Resource Officer, Adams 12 Five Star Schools, and Consultant, Education Compliance Group 

New to your job, Ms. Director, Mr. Manager?  Yesterday a Route Supervisor, today a Trainer?  Who’s the new Attendant?  In the face of staff cutbacks, have you been assigned, but not adequately trained?  How are you training staff to implement operational changes?  And, it’s a fact that your middle level managers can get your district or company in legal trouble.  What your supervisors say can bring you down.  How do you know what you need to know?  Here’s one thing you can be clear on: You can’t spend limited time or money on lawsuits, or worse, in this economy. 
            The changing transportation environment begs for new lesson plans to guide your way.  This Executive Briefing will help you recognize and address personnel situations you don’t want to face – but you will.  Current legislative and legal updates will help guide you as you make decisions and implement personnel practices in all phases of your operations.  Instructors Peggy Burns, Esq. and Mark Hinson, SPHR will keep you thoroughly engaged with in-depth exploration of key topic areas and a fast-paced “lightning” round that will surprise you with the variety of new subjects you’ve got to juggle.      view outline

WORKSHOP A
PRESCHOOL & HEAD START TRANSPORTATION:
SKILL SETS FOR SUCCESSFUL OPERATIONS
This workshop has two half-day segments and a Bonus session during the main conference                                               Saturday, 8 am to Noon
                                                                     with Bonus Session 1 to 5 pm
                                                                    continuing Sunday, March 11, 1 to 5:30 pm
Segment 1, Saturday, March 10
8 to 9 am, Team Dynamics of Transitioning Youngsters to the School BusSuccessfully providing transportation services to pre-school children means being prepared to make physical as well as emotional accommodations.  An appropriate start to this workshop is this seasoned presenter’s approach to first days on the bus, and the dynamic interplay that occurs between transportation, child, and parent. Diane Clinkscales, Transportation & Facilities Coordinator, NeighborImpact Head Start

9:15 to 10:15 am, The Vital Role of Well-Trained Monitors/Attendants
This session covers training and empowering monitors/attendants, and ways to create stronger driver/attendant teams.  Defining roles, honing communication skills, and equipment training are among the topics discussed. Pauline Gervais, Consultant, Education Compliance Group

10:30 to 11:45 pm, Positive Behavior Supports & Activities for Young Riders
This presentation draws on positive behavior intervention techniques and includes ideas for keeping children engaged in activities during the bus ride.  Adult interactions with children influence behaviors and learning.  Join in this discussion on workable ways to communicate and develop rules for toddlers and preschoolers on the bus. Susan Hunt, Transportation Services Coordinator, Oregon Child Development Coalition

11:45 to Noon, Open Mic Q&A
Presenters answer your questions related to topics addressed in today’s segment of the Workshop. Diane Clinkscales, Susan Hunt, and Michele Drorbaugh, Assistant Manager Field Operations, Seattle Public Schools

1 to 5 pm, Bonus Session: Workshop A registrants may attend a Main Conference Session at no added cost. Basics of Special Transportation, 1 to 5 pm, Saturday  Pauline Gervais and Cheryl Wolf, Special Needs Transportation Consultant
 
Workshop A, Segment 2, Sunday, March 11

12:30 to 1:30 pm, Transporting & Positioning Practices for Young Riders with Medical Conditions 
This session examines how the Transportation Team decides which Child Safety Restraint System to use on the school bus and adaptations that might be necessary to accommodate medical conditions; the impacts that movement of the bus can have on positioning; and other important considerations.  Jean Zimmerman, PT, Supervisor Occupational & Physical Therapy, Palm Beach County School District

1:30 to 2:30, Search & Rescue: Leave No Child Behind   
There are no excuses for parking a bus and leaving the garage with a child still on board -- and yet, it still happens too often. After seeing this presentation, you will have the eyes to see what others have not, and the will to pass this information along to your staff and colleagues. Kathy Furneaux, Executive Director, PTSI, and Pauline Gervais, Consultant, Education Compliance Group      

2:45 to 3:45 pm, Emergency Evacuation Training Protocols for Young Riders
We never want to have an emergency situation, but being prepared for one is the best safeguard. Here are techniques that work for young riders in an emergency situation.
Michele E. Drorbaugh, Assistant Manager Field Operations, Seattle Public Schools

4 to 5 pm, Identifying & Remediating Bullying, Harassment, Abuse, Neglect
Panel: Drorbaugh, Clinkscales, Hunt

WORKSHOP B                                 8 am to 5 pm, Sunday, March 11

CHILD PASSENGER SAFETY RESTRAINT            

SYSTEMS -- NHTSA's NATIONAL TRAINING
(Certificate of Completion for Attendees)

This best practices classroom and hands-on training is NHTSA's 8-hour curriculum on child safety seating on the school bus. This definitive hands on and instructional clinic enables you to learn from the best in the nation -- the very instructors who consult with NHTSA on the curriculum and on its revisions. Join with Child Passenger Safety Technicians to learn this national curriculum on best practices.
         The first part of the 8-hour session is devoted to classroom instruction and, following lunch at Noon the afternoon session is exclusively hands-on learning with school bus bench seats, and child securement systems of virtually all types.
            Certificates of Attendance will be given to those who complete these eight hours of instruction and hands on training.  You must be present during the entire workshop to earn a certificate.  Even veterans will learn in this class, which will cover refinements that are being made to the curriculum.