School
Bus Watch
School
Bus Watch training helps school bus personnel to learn how
to observe, assess, and report safety or security incidents
while in the normal course of their professional duties. The
School Bus Watch program provides school bus drivers with
some basic background on potential threats to school buses.
Participants complete a short training program that raises
their awareness about terrorism, shows them how terrorists
operate, and teaches them to recognize unusual behavior. Training
also covers safety topics, such as reporting accidents, disabled
vehicles, and other road hazards. School Bus Watch training
is provided directly to school bus drivers and other school
transportation personnel. Upon completion of the training,
participants receive a registration card and access to the
toll free Highway Watch line for reporting suspicious activity.
For more
information regarding the School Bus Watch, go to http://www.highwaywatch.com/about_us/sbw.html.
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School
Transportation Security Awareness Training
This critical
training need involves how to manage safety issues on the
bus to protect students from threats from both within and
outside of the bus. School Transportation Security Awareness
Training is designed to increase school transportation staff
awareness of critical transportation security vulnerabilities
and other issues. More specifically, the training aims to
promote awareness and preparedness. STSA focuses on terrorist
and criminal threats to school buses, bus passengers and destination
facilities. Hence, it is designed to provide school bus drivers,
administrators, and staff members with information that will
enable them to effectively identify and report perceived security
threats, as well as the skills to appropriately react and
respond to a security incident should it occur. STSA
topics include:
•
Terrorism Defined
• Who Are Terrorists?
• Define And Identify A Security Threat
• Define And Identify A Security Incident
• Potential Weapons And The Probability Of Use
• The latest trends in school violence threats to safety
• The impact of terrorism on school security and transportation
services
• School buses as potential targets of terrorism.
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School
Bus Safety Training (with
Buster the Bus)
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Who or
what is Buster the Bus? Read
more about Buster the School Bus Training Robot.
Buster
the Bus is a miniature, remote-controlled three-foot-tall
cartoonish replica of a full-size yellow school bus, which
is equipped with working stop sign, crossing gate, and flashing
red lights. It is just like a real bus! This bus has unique
features, which includes an almost musically friendly voice
that enchants children while he provides concrete lessons
about bus safety. Children also enjoy to seeing the animated
little bus, blink flashing lights, swing-out stop sign and
move and blink his eyes. In addition, Buster has windshields
and a mouth for a front grill. Besides having adorable features,
he talks to students about a very important message of school
bus safety to children. Children love Buster the Bus!
Buster
is the great symbol for the school bus safety program. He
is the ideal size for teaching children. He can communicate
with them at their eye level, and when he moves children are
not at all threatening. In addition, Buster is agile enough
to maneuver easily in school classrooms and other restricted
areas.
What does Buster do?
Among
many important bus safety lessons, the program includes messages
about:
•
How to cross safely
• Staying out of the “Danger Zone”
• Riding the bus safely
• How to safely wait for the bus
• How to cross in front of the bus
• How to climb the steps
• How to ride school busses to and from school.
• How to evacuate the school bus
Gang
and School Violence Training
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Often
school transportation personnel and officials are often unaware
of gang problems, due to insufficient training to help them
detect the new gang identification symbols and practices.
This training is designed to make staff aware of gang and
school violence potential, particularly as it related to transporting
students. Street gangs at school can be disruptive to the
school environment. The training aims to not only remind school
officials that our systems and facilities are vulnerable,
but it also promotes action intervention and prevention strategies
to better assure safety.
Among
the many important many important transportation safety lessons,
the program includes messages about:
•
Potential threat of gang activity and school transportation
• Reasons for gang membership
• Why do kids join gangs?
• How much influence do gangs have in schools?
• Early warning signs
• Types of gangs
• Types of gang activity
• Stages of gang membership
• Major concerns
• Practical tips.
For more
information, please contact North
Carolina Department of Public Instruction:
Derek
Graham, Chief Consultant, 919- 807- 3571
Dr. John Leak,
Consultant,
919- 609-5777
Last updated
1/2/07 by kpm
