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WHAT WILL I KNOW ABOUT TEACHING SAFE BICYCLING AND WHAT CAN I DO BETTER AFTER TAKING THIS TRAINING?
* Know ways children are different from adults as bicycle riders and in learning strategies
* Develop and organize a successful child rider training event in my community
* Learn ways to work with service organizations, schools, community leaders, media and law enforcement to assure safe riding in my community
* Understand state-of-the-art skills of safe bicycle riding and know tips on how to teach hazard avoidance to children
* Experience hands-on hazard identification in bicycle riding areas and know who to work with to eliminate or correct these hazards
* Develop ideas for working with children of differing abilities - developmental, cognitive and emotional
* Carry away all kinds of bike safety materials to use back home - how and why, not just the do's and don't of safe bike riding, including 1994 videotape for parents to view, A Kid's Eye View
REGISTER BY
Tuesday, April 3, 2001
Please complete separate form below for each person who is registering and fax to (608) 267-0441 or mail to:
Teaching Safe Bicycling - Room 933
Wisconsin Department of Transportation
Bureau of Transportation Safety P. O. Box 7936
Madison, Wisconsin 53707-7936
Please register me for the following TSB workshop:
Verona - Fitchburg, Saturday, April 21 _____
Southwestern area
Shawano, Thursday, April 26 _____
Northern area
Oconomowoc, Saturday, April 28 _____
Southeastern area
Name: __________________________________
Title: __________________________________
Agency: __________________________________
Address: __________________________________
__________________________________
Daytime telephone: (______)____-_____________
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Eleventh Annual - 2001
Training for Trainers
Workshops
Select Your Site!
Verona - Fitchburg
Saturday, April 21
Shawano
Thursday, April 26
Oconomowoc
Saturday, April 28
TEACHING SAFE BICYCLING TOPICS
Understanding the Child Bicyclist
How Bicycle Crashes Happen
Hands-on Demonstration:
Teaching Bike Safety to Children
Bicycle Ride: Community's Accommodations and Hazard Identification
Working Together Locally for Successful Bike Safety Programs
Injury prevention leaders involved in designing Wisconsin's course, Teaching Safe Bicycling, a workshop for community instructors of child bicycling safety include:
Barbara Chatterjee, formerly Injury Prevention Consultant for DHFS - Division of Health
Peter Flucke, WE BIKE7 President
and former Minnesota Bike Patrol Officer
Steve Meiers, Madison DOT
Ped/Bicycle Safety Educator
JoAnne Pruitt Thunder, WisDOT
Bureau of Transportation Safety
Ped/Bike Safety Program Manager
Arthur Ross, Madison DOT
Ped/Bike Safety Coordinator
Qualified TSB Instructors: Pam Aerts, Dan Droessler, Mike Gerke, Dave Gomall, Steve Huss-Lederman,
Kris Nairn, Chris Nairn, Adam Pick, Tom Sipin, Bonnie Weyer
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Your Preparation for Teaching Safe Bicycling:
BRING A BICYCLE and a correctly fitted helmet. These are necessary for the P.M. bicycle ride, a required learning activity. Wear comfortable clothes and shoes, including cooler or wet weather gear.
The program begins at 8 A.M. with a mini-breakfast, get acquainted and pre-test period.
Lunch provided. We end by 4:30 P.M.
THERE IS NO REGISTRATION FEE, BUT PRE- REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED AND LIMITED TO 45 PEOPLE PER SITE.
No on-site registration or walk-ins accepted.
Confirmation, directions and a participant list for your site will be mailed by April 10. We encourage car-pooling when possible. Be sure to plan for bringing bikes or renting in training city (need only in PM, but no time during day to run out to pick up bike).
Registration deadline is April 3, 2001.
Call JoAnne Pruitt Thunder, WisDOT - BOTS
(608) 267-3154, or joanne.pruitt-thunder@dot.state.wi.us if you have questions.
Co-Sponsored and/or arranged by:
City of Madison Department of Transportation
WE BIKE7
Oconomowoc Area School District
Shawano County Health Department
Shawano County Social Service
Verona Area School District
Funding provided by the
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration & Wisconsin Department of Transportation
Bureau of Transportation Safety
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