Location: Naples 6 & 7

Presenters: Dick Fischer & Pete Baxter

The two-way radio announces, “I have a bad accident, at _____.”

Now what are you going to do?

This class we will teach you outstanding ways to protect you and your operation in the correct way to preform that school bus collision investigation. Things you need to do from the first phone call until the lawsuit(s). It is not a matter of “if” but “when.”

The instructors have over 100 years of service in pupil transportation, and both are expert witness in court for legal case involving school bus collisions.

(Maximum of 75 participants. Separate registration is required.)

(Laptop recommended for this training)

Location: Tuscany 5 & 6

Instructors: Kathy Anneken. Denise Donaldson, Kala Henkensiefken, Miriam Manary & Charlie Vits

Description: The Child Passenger Safety on School Buses National Training provides an overview of the use of child safety restraint systems on school buses, with a focus on pre-school aged children and children with disabilities. Instructional videos are incorporated throughout the training. Participants are provided time for hands-on practice with guidance from skilled staff members. Nationally certified Child Passenger Safety Technicians will earn 3.5 continuing education units (CEUs) for course completion.

This seminar is available to as an add-on to Main Conference registration, or can be taken by itself. 

Registration Fee: $249 (Early Bird at $199 ends 6/6)

(Maximum of 50 participants. Separate registration is required.)

Location:Tuscany 11 & 12

Instructor: Maritza Valentin

Description: At this Training Boot Camp, student transporters will learn to train with AMF Bruns’ recently launched automatic and self-tensioning Silver Series retractors. With this course, school transportation professionals will be provided the tools to support and teach their teams proper safety techniques, which included hands-on training. The key objective to this course include: Overview of equipment, Securing the wheelchair, Securing the occupant with a different variety of occupant securements, Understanding your vehicle floor anchorages, WC 18 and WC 19 and understanding the regulation; identifying a WC 19 wheelchair, Raising awareness about risks of not properly securing passengers, Deboarding passengers, and Passenger sensitivity/etiquette.

Certification will be provided upon completion of this course.

This seminar is available to Main Conference Attendees but requires separate registration at no extra charge. Class size is limited to 50 participants.

(Maximum of 80 participants. Separate registration required.)

Location: Naples 6 & 7

Speaker: Kerry Somerville, CEO of Transportation Planning Solutions

Description: The ever-shifting routing puzzle is a reality many student transporters face. This new 4-hour seminar will share recommendations for making it a smoother process. Attendees will attain a holistic view of routing, starting with the request for proposal process and crafting requirements that align with the technology needs of the district. This will extend to discussing how to ensure district support and awareness of the technology benefits.

The seminar will cover how to correctly set up the software, whatever that might be, and effectively utilize it to meet the school district’s unique needs, including factors such as data input, routing optimization and student ridership verification. Somerville looks to draw attention to common pitfalls of using new routing technology and how to avoid them.

Attendees will learn more about how to ensure long-term success by making sure routing technology integrates with other transportation technology systems and overall district staff needs. All these components together will help attendees form a game plan for their routing technology systems that will not only be efficient but save money for their school district.

Welcome, Hot Industry Topic Discussion, Networking & Refreshments

Location: Tuscany E & F

Speaker: Tony Corpin, School Transportation News, Publisher