This is an Resource to Help You Build a Transportation Education Continuum Review all slides to understand how transportation education applies to schools and districts Think about the tiers of a transportation education continuum What are you doing across each tier? What can you being doing across each tier? 1

Building a Continuum of Transportation Education Transportation education creates a culture, accompanied by a coordinated set of practices, to connect students, families, educators, pupil transporters, and public transportation professionals to create a system by which students have knowledge, access, and choice regarding a continuum of accessible transportation options across grade levels, and especially as they transition from school to postsecondary education, employment, and independent living settings. 2

Principles of Transportation Education Embedding content about accessible transportation options in curriculum and instruction across grade levels Providing professional development to educators and other school professionals regarding accessible transportation options for students Engaging students and their families in discussions regarding accessible transportation options throughout a student’s education Ensuring that students and their families have the knowledge and skill to choose the transportation option that is best aligned with their needs, preferences, and postsecondary goals 3

Intense Services -Travel Training; -Para transit eligibility -OT/PT/Behavioral Interventions Focused Transportation Assessments & Education -Travel Training Assessments -OT/PT Behavioral assessment -Travel Instruction – Familiarization - Links to IEP goals and transition supports District-Wide Transportation Education - Provide professional development to educators around accessible transportation supports - Engage families and students in transportation education in early grades - Integrate transportation content across grade levels and curriculum (ELA, Math, geography, etc.) - Rely on transit for community-based experiences - Invite transit into schools and programs - Establish linkages across educators, pupil transportation, and public transportation sectors - Align transportation education with other reforms RTI. College and Career Readiness, etc. - Provide travel instruction - orientation Moving up the Tiers  Less numbers of students  More defined service  Greater time & resource commitment  Specialized training and competence of providers  Focused data collection – around student performance Building a Continuum of Transportation Education

Exercise Does a model like this make sense? Use the template on the next slide to record your activities across tiers. Think about other reforms – multi-tiered systems, college and career readiness – how can transportation content align? 5

What Are you Doing at Each Tier? What Can you be Doing at Each Tier? TierCurrent ActivitiesFuture Activities What do you need to make it happen?