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OUR COURSES

In-Service Training with optional Handouts and Course Certificates

PRE-TRIP INSPECTION

Is your staff in need of a refresher? This course offers a thorough overview of School Bus Pre-Trip Inspection for your drivers. The course can be tailored to preferred Type and/or Make of school bus.

EMERGENCY BUS EVACUATIONS

Are you drivers and monitors ready in the event of an emergency? Do they know how to safely evacuate their students and which type of evacuation is the best for their situation? This course will give them teach them how to do both!

RAILROAD CROSSING SAFETY

Stopping at railroad crossings is the law for all school bus drivers. We will review the state statutes and how to properly and safely cross a railroad track in a school bus.

BUS STOP SAFETY & THE DANGER ZONE

In this course we will review Safe Crossing Procedures for all students, review the Danger Zone and it's importance and discuss Bus Stop Safety including Illegal Red Light passings and what you can do to ensure everyone's safety.

STUDENT ACCOMMODATIONS

Choose From:

  • Wheelchair Lift Operation

  • Wheelchair Securement

  • Restraints (Seat Belts, Child Safety Seats, Vests)

  • McKinney-Vento & ESSA

  • IEP’s & 504’s

  • What you should know about Intellectual Disabilities

  • Emergency Evacuations with Students with Disabilities

THE TOUGH ONES

Choose From:

  • Mandated Reporting

  • Child Sex Abuse Prevention

  • Human Trafficking

  • Confidentiality

STUDENT MANAGEMENT

In this course we ill review student management techniques for students in Grades PK-5, 6-12, and Students with Disabilities

DRUG & ALCOHOL TESTING / CLEARINGHOUSE

We will review federal Drug & Alcohol Testing requirements (Pre-Employment, Random & Reasonable Suspicion). We will also review the the FMCSA Clearinghouse and it's requirements for CDL holders and employers.

LGBTQ & CULTURAL DIVERSITY

We will review the LGBTQ Community, Immigrants and Diversity and help employees understand how each play a role in the lives of students and co-workers they interact with every day.

ON THE LOOKOUT: DOMESTIC TERRORISM

How your bus can be considered a target and what you can do to help protect yourself and your students.

ELDT - TRAIN THE TRAINER (2 PART) *COMING SOON*

Have your trainer(s) prepared for the Entry Level Driver Training Requirements that go in to effect in February of 2022

STUDENT SAFETY TRAINING

School-Wide Safety Training

ANNUAL STUDENT SAFETY TRAINING

​As a school community, we will review some to the biggest safety topics for students including;

  • The Danger Zone

  • Safe Crossing Practices

  • Bus Evacuations

  • 3FORME: Be Safe, Respectful & Responsible

INTERIM TRANSPORTATION DIRECTOR

CONTRACTED SERVICE

Does your District or Company need someone to fill a temporary opening as your Director, Supervisor or Manager of Transportation? We can help.

CONSULTING SERVICES

SCHOOL BUS SPECIFICATIONS

What Type(s) of buses best fit your district or operation? School Bus Specification and Options (Maine) and what they can do to bolster safety!

TRANSPORTATION OPERATIONS

Choose From:

  • Benefits of Routing Software & SIS Integration

  • Transporting PreSchool Aged Children (3-5)

  • Transporting Students with Disabilities

  • Non-Confirming Vans & Multifunction School Activity Buses

  • ​School Bus Inspection Requirements

  • Transportation Accommodations: McKinney-Vento, ESSA, 504's, IEP's

  • Vendor Relations

  • School Bus Replacement Program (Maine)

  • IFTA Reporting

  • Documentation Best Practices

  • Policies & Procedures

ALTERNATIVE FUELS

  • What’s available?

    • Gasoline, Propane, CNG, Electric

    • What about Diesel?

  • Pros and Cons

  • What fits my district or operation best?

  • Grants and how they work

    • EPA/DERA

    • VW Settlement

SCHOOL BUS SAFETY & TECHNOLOGY

Choose From:

  • Technology at your Fingertips

  • Cameras (Interior and Exterior)

  • GPS Solutions & Benefits

  • Extended Stop Arms & Crossing Gates

  • Collision Avoidance and Roll Stability

  • Child Check Systems

  • Tablet Solutions and more…

RECRUITING, HIRING & RETENTION

- Why does someone want to be a School Transportation Professional?
- What Strengths and Weaknesses does your operation have when recruiting?
- Do you have and Open-Door Management Style?
- How do you keep up morale to support retention?

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