ODOT Traffic Safety Education

Traffic Safety Education

Conference Agenda and Sessions

Friday March, 5

7:30am	Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) Document Session Files FAQ 2021 Pacific Northwest Driver and Traffic Safety Conference.docx
1:00pm	Welcome and Announcements
1:15pm	Passion, Perfection and Professionalism Presenters: Rich Hanson Any job worth doing is a job worth doing well. Teaching is a job worth doing well. This seminar is designed to encourage you and give you tools to be the best you can be. We will also look into what gets in the way of our doing the very best and tools you can use to get past them. We will have some fun with discussions about good teaching and not so good teaching and some self evaluation of your own teaching practices that make you a good teacher. We will look at tools to improve our profession and we will look for ways to increase our passion for our job. Session Files Hanson PacNW 2021.pdf
2:45pm	Break
3:00pm	Oregon Friendly Driver Train-the-Trainer Presenters: Lindsay Huber, Drew Pfefferle, Whitney Bennett The Oregon Friendly Driver program is a training designed to teach people who drive how to drive safely around people walking and riding bicycles. The class covers the law, common mistakes and how to avoid them, and infrastructure you’ll see around Oregon. We will train you on how to integrate these materials into your classes using our experiences teaching this program in Portland, Bend, and Lane County. We will also introduce you to our new online version of the class. Session Files OFD Train the Trainer_PacNW.pdf

Saturday March, 6

8:00am	Welcome and Announcements
8:15am	The Future of Opportunity in Driver Education Presenters: Troy Costales 2020 has been a year of challenges, adjustments, surprises, impacts, and opportunities. Together we can rise to the call in 2021 to deliver the best driver education program in the country for our parents and young adults. The future of driver education can be bright if we pull together, use innovative solutions, and set a solid foundation for years to come. Session Files ODOT PacNW Presentation - Costales and Raska.pdf
9:45am	Break
10:00am	A New Look at Parent/Guardian Seminars and Increasing Access Presenters: Brett Robinson This presentation will provide an overview of the Core Elements for Parent/Guardian Seminars document being developed by ANSTSE (National Association of Stakeholders in Traffic Safety Education) and will assist states, driver education programs and instructors in implementing, enhancing a parent/guardian seminar and making it more accessible. Session Files Parent Involvement and Core Elements.pdf
11:30am	Lunch
12:30pm	Vision And Visual Perceptual Skills In Driving Presenters: Jeff Lango This session will discuss the correlation between vision and visual perceptual skills in driving. The attendee will gain knowledge in the anatomy of the eye and how what we see is translated into how we operate a motor vehicle. Each attendee will also be provided resource information for making referral for students with possible visual deficits. The attendees will be invited to share experiences that they have encountered will driving with students and then discuss possible visual deficits that may have affected their students while driving. Session Files Jeff Lango- Vision.pdf
2:00pm	Break
2:15pm	Teaching in the Virtual Platform Presenters: Tim Beckham, Rich Hanson Teaching on Zoom can be a lot like teaching in a physical classroom. This session will show you the tools and techniques to be an effective teacher, virtually! Session Files Beckham, Hanson Pac NW virtual.pdf
3:45pm	Break
4:00pm	Virtual Reality: Driving Students to Safe Choices Presenters: Richard Greene Columbia River Driver Education has been piloting the use of virtual reality as a driver training tool for the past year. Join us as they discuss how the pilot has been administered, the impact on students and their behaviors and future hazards. Session Files Greene PacNW2021Rev2 with presenter notes.pdf

Sunday March, 7

8:00am	Welcome and Announcements
8:15am	Role of Driver Education in Vehicle Technology Presenters: Brett Robinson, William Van Tassel, Ph.D. This workshop provides a detailed overview of vehicle technology, the importance of educating driver educators and drivers about the limitations of safety technologies, the most common types of vehicle technologies in vehicles today, the benefits, challenges and opportunities of vehicle technology training for driver education, the critical need for driver education as new safety technologies emerge, development of driver educator training resources and the importance of national standards for quality in training.
11:30am	Break
11:45am	DriveitHOME: A Parent's Roadmap to Teen Driver Safety Presenters: Tom Musick Parents are the number one influencer in their child’s life. Car crashes are the #1 cause of preventable death for teens, and fortunately, there is something parents can do to help. DriveitHOME is a 3-step program that helps parents get the resources and tools they need to coach their teen in being a safe driver. Tools and resources include Pointers for Parents and the New Driver Deal along with posters, handouts, infographics and more so that employers, driver education programs, schools and others can spread the word. National Safety Council’s teen safe driving initiative, DriveitHOME, has focused on parent education since its inception in 2011.