Child Pedestrian Safety Education Workshop Opportunity in Coastal Georgia

News Date: 
Wed, 2011-09-28
Event Date: 
Wed, 2011-09-28 - Thu, 2011-11-10

 

The Georgia SRTS Resource Center is now accepting registrations for a Child Pedestrian Safety Education workshop to be conducted at West Chatham Elementary School in Savanah, on Thursday, November 10. The school location will be announced before the workshop date. This workshop will introduce a newly released child pedestrian safety curriculum developed by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). Once trained, workshop participants will be better prepared to offer pedestrian child safety education to K-5 students in Georgia.

 

This free workshop is only two hours, lasting from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m.

 

What is it? NHTSA’s child pedestrian safety curriculum contains lesson plans for grades K-5 that address walking safely and crossing streets and intersections, as well as parking lot and school bus safety. The two-hour workshop, taught by a former PE teacher who was involved in the development of the NHTSA curriculum, will provide an interactive, hands-on review of the lesson plans and materials, including tips on how to teach the material to Georgia's K-5 students.   The curriculum meets several of Georgia’s K-5 Performance Standards for Physical Education and also includes cross-curricular activities to integrate the safety message in other classroom subjects.

 

Who should attend? Physical Education and/or health teachers, SRTS champions, parents and community stakeholders are encouraged to attend.  Stipends to supplement substitute teacher expenses are available based on need and availability.  The stipend amount is $50 and limited to one per school; stipends will be mailed to the school after participation in the workshop session. 

 

As an extra incentive, each workshop will have a drawing for a curriculum toolkit that includes ropes, cones and age-appropriate pedestrian safety books to use in teaching the curriculum.

 

Space is limited, so REGISTER NOW to attend the November 10 workshop session. Click here for on-line registration, or call the Resource Center hotline to register by telephone:  1.877.436.8927.  

 

Register by Friday, November 4 to ensure your spot!

 

Note: If you will be requesting a substitute teacher stipend, please be prepared to provide information on your school, including name, mailing address and Federal ID number.