{"id":502,"date":"2011-12-13T18:30:00","date_gmt":"2011-12-14T02:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wabikes.org\/2011\/12\/13\/safe-routes-to-school-national-course-training-in-yakima\/"},"modified":"2013-01-10T09:13:52","modified_gmt":"2013-01-10T17:13:52","slug":"safe-routes-to-school-national-course-training-in-yakima","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wabikes.org\/index.php\/2011\/12\/13\/safe-routes-to-school-national-course-training-in-yakima\/","title":{"rendered":"Safe Routes to School National Course Training in Yakima"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Earlier this Fall\u00a0I had the opportunity to participate in a Safe Routes to School National Course Training put on by the National Center for Safe Routes to School (SRTS) and co-sponsored by the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT), Feet First and Washington Bikes. The course was conducted October 24th-27th in Yakima, Washington\u00a0and drew trainees from around the country, from northern and southern California, Michigan, Montana, Nebraska, Pennsylvania and\u00a0Washington. This intensive three day training, prepared me and my co-trainees\u00a0to teach the one-day\u00a0SRTS National Course. The training was sponsored by the Safe Routes to School <\/span><\/div>\n

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During this training we observed the one-day course being taught\u00a0in collaboration with Union Gap\u00a0Elementary School, learned the curriculum,\u00a0did research on local conditions, met the community,\u00a0practiced teaching\u00a0and then taught the course. Trainee instructors\u00a0split into two groups to teach their course at two different elementary schools (Summitview Elementary and Adams Elementary). Over the three day course, the\u00a0one-day course was delivered\u00a0to three audiences regarding three elementary schools.<\/span><\/div>\n

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Day One: Observing the course being taught\u00a0for Union Gap Elementary<\/b><\/span><\/div>\n

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The day began with a lecture and slide show, followed by a field exercise to observe existing conditions around the school. The following few photos are from our walk around the school.<\/span><\/div>\n

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Improvements to an intersection near Union Gap Elementary<\/span><\/div>\n

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Walking along the north perimeter of the school grounds<\/span><\/div>\n
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One lonely bicycle at the bike rack<\/span><\/div>\n

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Back in the office, participants in the Union Gap Elementary course look at the\u00a0aerial photo and\u00a0discuss potential <\/span>design interventions<\/span><\/div>\n
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Participants in the Union Gap Elementary course discuss potential design interventions<\/span><\/div>\n
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The first day of the course\u00a0involved observing two seasoned SRTS\u00a0National Course\u00a0instructors teach the course to a\u00a0live audience, consisting primarily of WSDOT employees. The one-day\u00a0course includes\u00a0lectures, fieldwork, small group activities and a meeting with the school\u00a0principal.<\/span>

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Day Two: Preparing to teach the Summitview class<\/b><\/span><\/div>\n
The second day involved preparing to teach the course by practicing the course\u00a0material and getting familiar with the school\u00a0that the class would work with. As I mentioned earlier, the trainees split into two groups to teach the course at two different elementary schools.<\/span><\/div>\n
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Summitview Elementary School<\/span><\/div>\n

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My group worked with Summitview Elementary in the West Valley\u00a0School District in\u00a0Yakima, WA. In the morning we visited the school to\u00a0observe\u00a0student arrival and\u00a0meet with the Principal of Summitview, Crystal McDonald. During our school visit we learned that there is a strong\u00a0encouragement program at Summitview, working to keep students interested in active transportation.<\/span><\/div>\n

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The Golden Shoe Award at\u00a0Summitview\u00a0Elementary\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Looking west from the bus loading area, note recently painted crosswalk accross parking lot\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n
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Students on their way to scool at Summitview Elementary\u00a0(note student safety patrol)<\/span><\/div>\n
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In the afternoon we studied the curriculum and practiced teaching the\u00a0modules of the class that we would teach the next day. \ufeff<\/span><\/div>\n

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Day Three: Teaching the Summitview class<\/b><\/span><\/div>\n
On the third day of the training we delivered the course to an audience\u00a0including\u00a0folks from the school, Yakima city government, WSDOT as well as consultants and public sector employees from the Yakima area and from western Washington. We began with a series of lectures in the morning punctuated by breaks. At lunch time we had the special guests pictured below come and talk to the course participants.<\/span><\/div>\n
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Me with co-trainees\u00a0and\u00a0members of the\u00a0student safety patrol from Summitview Elementary (Mike Cynecki Photo)<\/span><\/div>\n

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After lunch we had an interactive session on problems and solutions, two brief lectures and then we went to observe the student dismissal. After observing the dismissal time we returned to the classroom and discussed the field observations using maps and aerial photos to discuss possible design and enforcement\u00a0interventions to improve safety around the school.<\/div>\n

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Aerial photo and map of the school zone\u00a0facilitate\u00a0discussion among participants\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n
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Deep in thought<\/span><\/div>\n
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Conversing around the aerial photo of the school zone<\/span><\/div>\n
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Participants present back to the larger group after small group work based on\u00a0the field exercise<\/span><\/div>\n
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Moving Forward<\/b><\/span><\/div>\n
Folks that are\u00a0interested in hosting the one-day\u00a0Safe Routes to School National Course in their Washington community should direct their inquiries to joshm@wabikes.org<\/a>.\u00a0 There is a fee for the course, which will\u00a0vary depending on location and logistics and we will require a local coordinator to collaborate on logistics. The course is highly educational and also has the potential to galvanize a community around a\u00a0Safe Rouetes to School program or campaign. <\/span><\/div>\n

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