Tips & Tools

The Georgia Safe Routes to School Resource Center is creating a series of tools and tips to support your school’s program.

We are creating a series of Way to Tip Sheets for five topics:

  • Events
  • Education and Encouragement
  • Enforcement
  • Community Support
  • General Resources

The Way to series is designed to offer quick and easy information to help with your SRTS program. Most of the information you’ll need is included directly on the Tip Sheet. However, if you want more information, check out the on-line resources.

Print out as few or as many of the Way to Tip Sheets as you need. Share them with others involved in your school’s SRTS program or use them to encourage folks to participate.

Planning and Hosting SRTS Events

Way To: Plan and Promote Your Walk or Bike to School Event
Way To: Walk to School Safely
Way To: Include Students When It’s Too Far or Unsafe
Way To: Keep the Momentum Going
Way To: Walk and Bike to School Event Materials
Way To: Spice Up A Walk or Bike to School Event
 

Education and Encouragement

Way To: Organize a Walking School Bus
Way To: Organize a Bicycle Train
 

Planning an SRTS Program

If you are looking for guidance on starting a Safe Routes to School program at your school, check out our Planning Guide by clicking here.

Data Collection Tools

The Resource Center encourages all Partner schools to complete in-classroom student tallies and the parent survey at least once a year. Bronze Level Partners must complete the in-classroom tally twice the first year – as an initial program activity and six months later to assess the impact of subsequent program activities.
Here are the steps for you to take:

  1. Organize the data collection:
  2. Download the forms, reproduce and distribute. The forms and instructions are below.
    • Determine who is going to coordinate each activity.
    • Identify potential dates for doing the in-classroom student tallies and the parent survey.
    • Gain the school’s concurrence on the overall process and the dates.
    • Prepare any needed information to send to teachers and parents.
  3. Collect the forms.
  4. Return the completed forms to your School Outreach Coordinator. S/he will process the forms and let you know when the results are ready for you to view and use. Once you have collected the completed data sheets, contact the School Outreach Coordinator for your area. To find the contact information for the School Outreach Coordinator for area, click here.
  5. Review the results and determine how the results will impact your SRTS program.

Video: How to Collect Student Tallies (6.5 minutes video) on Vimeo.

Way To: Conduct Student Travel Tallies

Funding Resources

Click here for additional funding opportunities for your SRTS projects. (Link to website outside of www.saferoutega.org)

Student Tallies Data Collection Sheet (developed by the National Center for Safe Routes to School)
Parent Surveys Data Collection Sheet (developed by the National Center for Safe Routes to School)