Separate Registration Workshops, 2011     

This is a preliminary program. Ttopics and speakers may change; check for updates.
In conjunction with the main conference, we offer two intensive highly focused workshops and an Executive Briefing, providing attendees 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 Workshop sessions followed by program details.

WORKSHOP A
PRESCHOOL & HEAD START TRANSPORTATION:
EFFECTIVE OPERATIONS & SUCCESSFUL RIDES
This workshop has two half-day segments         Saturday, March 12, 1 to 5:15 pm
                                                                        continuing Sunday, March 13, 1 to 5:30 pm
Saturday sessions
Head’s Up on Head Start: Training Requirements & Contract Management Provisions                                                          1 to 2 pm
Understanding Head Start training and contract management expectations are key components of high quality and compliant service provision.  Is your operation up to speed on the depth of the requirements and expectations associated with Head Start?  As a Head Start manager, do you have a full understanding of  what it takes to oversee a third-party relationship?  This session will clear the path to effective operations and successful rides.
Tim Ammon, Vice President, Management Partnership Services, Inc. Rockville MD

Facilitating Transportation Staff Understanding of Positive Management Strategies for Children with Autism                                                      2:15 to 3:45 pm
This session will teach transporters effective best practice strategies to meet the needs of young children with autism on the bus ride.  Realistic scenarios will demonstrate concepts, allowing participants to gain understanding of how to deal effectively with issues, and why the recommended interventions are effective in resolving behavioral issues.  Your questions and individual perspectives are invited.
Mark Deschaine, Teacher Consultant for Students with Autism Spectrum Disorders, Genesee ISD, Flint MI 

Securing Children in Safety Seats & Vests: 10 Most Common Mistakes
                                                                                                    4 to 5:15 pm
Are you properly securing children in child safety seats and safety vests on the bus? Be forewarned of the mistakes you may be making, and learn to use best practices in this presentation.
Kathy Strotmeyer, Southwestern Regional Coordinator, PA Chapter, American Academy of Pediatrics

Sunday Sessions                                                                   March 13, 12:30 to 5:30 pmProfessional Development Goals for Head Start & Preschool Transportation Providers                                                                                 12:30 to 1:30 pm
Alex Robinson, President-Elect, NAPT

Evacuating Preschooler from the School Bus              1:45 to 2:45 pm
Ronna Gerst, Training Supervisor, Denver Public Schools

Managing Our Youngest Aggressive & Angry Children on the Bus      
                                                                                                    3 to 4 pm
Kathy Furneaux, Executive Director, PTSI

Transporting & Positioning Practices for Medically Fragile Young Riders on the School Bus                                                                               4:15 to 5:30 pm
Jean Zimmerman, PT, Supervisor Occupational & Physical Therapy, Palm Beach County School District            

WORKSHOP B                                 8 am to 5 pm, Sunday, March 13

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 from school systems, the American Academy of Pediatrics and industry to learn this national curriculum on best practices.

As our instructors present it, look for new material and more best practice information on vests and other non-safety-seat securements.

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.

Instruction Team Leaders: Charley Kennington, Innovative Transportation Solutions; Sue Shutrump, OTR/L, Trumbull County OH ESC; Kathy Strotmeyer, PA Chapter, American Academy of Pediatrics; and Cheryl Wolf , Lafayette IN School Corp

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.  Our instructors are members of the team that worked with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to create the curriculum and continue to work with NHTSA on fine-tuning it.

 WORKSHOP C              6 to 7:30 pm, Friday, March 11 (keynote address,                                             continuing  8 am to 5 pm, Saturday, March 12

EXECUTIVE BRIEFING 
MANAGING RISKS OF 21ST CENTURY TECHNOLOGIES IN SCHOOL ENVIRONMENTS

Peggy Burns, Esq, Education Compliance Group, and Mark Hinson, SPHR, Adams 12 Five Star Schools, and Consultant, Education Compliance Group
Keynote Address: Jack Lance, General Counsel, Rockdale School District, Conyers, GA, and President, Public School Risk Institute

It's epidemic in society today, and it's in school environments big time. Here's a sample of what this Workshop will address, focusing on risk, liability, and human resources impacts of our fixation to connect:

Sexting...Bus Barn Gossip meets Facebook...Social Networking vs. Confidentiality...Video Recording: When Push Comes to Shove, Who Has a Ticket to Watch?...The Perils of Texting...Search and Seizure of Cell Phones...Cyber Bullying...and more.