Safe Routes to School Instructor Training Program
To support the Safe Routes to School (SRTS) program, Bike-Walk Alliance periodically hosts training sessions to bring new instructors onboard & up-to-speed on the latest safety curriculum for teaching biking & walking safety concepts to kids.
Learn more about the Safe Routes to School program here on our website.
The SRTS Instructor training session is sometimes referred to as the “train-the-trainer” or “TTT” session. More details about this class are below.
- This class is an online 1-hour Zoom session that is free to anyone who either a) wants to learn more about or become a paid instructor as part of BWANH’s Safe Routes to School program, or b) is also open to existing instructors who may need a refresher before getting started again. Existing instructors who have already completed this training program are not required to take this class again but are welcome to attend if they wish a refresher.
- Then, schedule a call with our Safety & Education Committee Chair to review the material.
- In this “train-the-trainer” session, you’ll learn all the nitty-gritty details of how the Safe Routes to School bike-walk safety program operates, and how much money you can make as an instructor.
Here’s a summary of what the session will cover:
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- A basic review of how the BWANH Safe Routes to School kids’ bike-walk safety sessions work. The 45-minute instructional sessions are FREE for schools & qualifying organizations, but instructors are PAID through a grant from the NH DOT (Department of Transportation), which BWANH administers.
- As part of this program, there are a handful of simple forms to fill out. We’ll walk through those, as well as the simple process for submitting your “request for reimbursement,” which is how instructors get paid through this program.
- Instructors who participate in this program get paid an hourly rate for both instruction time and travel time. At this session, we’ll talk more about how this works.
- The instructors are “certified” (taught) to present bike-walk safety information during this 1-hour training session.
- The session will present all the information & materials instructors will need to perform the class. Instructors will receive the printed & online PowerPoint Presentation, printed safety material handouts, giveaways to the kids, and more.
- The only things you need to supply on your own for the presentations are your bike and helmet for demonstration purposes.
- The presentations are typically done indoors, with kids seated, no on-the-bike, in an assembly style format, usually a gymnasium or auditorium.
- Instructors will be taught how to present basic biking & walking safety concepts to NH students, typically in grades 3 through 8.
- Basic bike-walk safety concepts presented include: visibility (wearing bright colors, lights, etc.), bike control (braking, balance, steering, etc.), situational awareness, traffic awareness, rules of the road, crosswalk safety, sidewalk safety, helmet safety, and more.
- Folks who have completed this session will receive a Certificate of Completion, and printed materials will be mailed to your home address.
