1. Pretrip and Posttrip: No Excuses 2008-2009 New York State Education Department Driver and Attendant Refresher

2. Playing the odds 20 children will die in school bus accidents in the US this year Your odds are 1 in 27,500 – pretty safe Your 100 bus fleet’s odds 1 every 275 years – you probably won’t know someone In NYS, 3 drivers every two years will experience a fatal accident Who is your team? Yourself, your fleet, your state, all school bus drivers?

3. Today’s Objectives Actively caring for safety Doing a daily personal pretrip Being a productive team member Special Inspection Topics: –Mirrors– Emergency Exits –Security– Sleeping Children –Pumping down the brakes

5. Deciding to Actively Care No Intervention Notice a need – is something wrong? Intervention required – am I needed? Perform Actively Caring Behavior Choose intervention – What should I do? Assume responsibility – should I intervene? yes No

6. Skills x Attitude Performance

7. What does that look like? Team actively cares about goals, action plans, and consequences Team believes in and owns the mission Team feels internally obligated to work towards goals and support the vision Team gives rewarding, supportive, and corrective feedback to increase behaviors consistent with vision-relevant goals.

8. John Donne revisited No one is an island, No one stands alone. Each one’s joy is joy to me, Each one’s grief is my own. We need one another. So I will defend, Each one as my sibling, Each one as my friend 1572-1631

9. Personal Pretrip Sleep – Alcohol or drugs Personal stress – Physical fitness Evacuation plans – Medical information Relation with other trans staff Relation w/children and parents On time to work Accurate DVIR every day

10. Snitching or Supporting? What driver or attendant behaviors would you bring to their attention? What driver or attendant behaviors would you bring to a supervisor’s attention? What are the possible outcomes? Who really wins or loses?

11. Actively Caring Pre- & Posttrips Mirrors Emergency Exits Security Sleeping Children Pump the Brakes

12. Pretrip: Mirrors  Which mirrors are used for: 1.PM right 2.PM left 3.BOB 4.Pedestrians around bus

13. Pretrip: Emergency Exits Doors unlocked Check from outside All exits all the way Not just to “vent” Keeps hinges working Stay open as designed?

14. Pre- Posttrip Security Take every threat seriously Most threats are homegrown Clean bus after every trip Check every time bus is left empty Check all cavities: –Wheel wells –Under hood –Over windshield –Trash can –Under seats –Luggage compartments –Battery box

16. Posttrip: Walkaround Not pretrip detail, but… Idle diesel for 5 minutes Mirror or body damage Tire problems Fluid leaks Anything suspicious

17. Posttrip: Sleeping Children 1 minute to check bus Find children, lost items, suspicious packages Identify vandalism Weather extremes can kill children Stranger Danger Lose job  Five-year-old child left alone on bus for half-hour 'Policies and procedures may not have been followed' By Denise Smith Amos Enquirer staff writer  Wednesday, October 12, 2005

18. Posttrip: Pumping Down the Brakes Amber Sadiq May 2006 Driver left vehicle to get lunch Passerby released brake Always Pump down

19. Objectives accomplished… Actively caring for safety Doing a daily personal pretrip Being a productive team member Special Inspection Topics: –Mirrors, Body Damage– Emergency Exits –Security – Walkaround –Sleeping Children –Pumping down the brakes

20. Actively Caring means… Not just knowing how to do inspections but believing in their importance Caring not just for your outcomes, but your fellow drivers and attendants as well Committing to the children’s safe transport Pride

21.  "Never ever compromise yourself as a professional. Not to a student, a teacher, a parent, or to another transportation professional. Never act in a way that will allow someone from the outside or inside world to think that you take you job less than very seriously. Demand respect from all you deal with in your job. If we do not respect ourselves, then we cannot expect others to respect us, or more importantly, to respect the role in which we serve."  Jack Gaffney, Rush-Henrietta CSD