Pre-trip and Post-trip: No Excuses

2008-2009 New York State Education

Department Driver and Attendant

Refresher

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Playing the odds 20 children will die in school

bus accidents in the US this year Your yearly odds are 1 in 27,500 – pretty safe In your 100 bus fleet, odds are 1 death every

275 years But, on average, in New York State, 2 children

will be killed each year Who is your team? Who matters? You, your

fleet, your state, all school bus drivers, all children?

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Today’s Objectives

Actively caring for safety Doing a daily personal pre-trip Hot Inspection Topics:

Mirrors Emergency Exits Security Sleeping Children Parking the bus

Did you get it?

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2007

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“Safely Transporting Students”

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

yes

yes

yes

No

No

No

No

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What does that look like?

Team actively cares about goals, action plans, and consequences

Team believes in and owns the mission Team decides to feel obligated to work

towards goals and support the vision Team gives rewarding,

supportive, and corrective feedback to increase behaviors consistent with vision-relevant goals.

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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?

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Your Personal Pre-trip

Sleep – Alcohol or drugs Personal stress – Physical fitness Evacuation plans Rapport with staff Rapport w/children and

parents On time to work Accurate DVIR

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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 friend1572-1631

             

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Pre-trip & Post-trip Hot Topics Mirrors Emergency Exits Security Sleeping Children Pump the Brakes

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Pre-trip: Mirrors

Which mirrors are used for:

1. PM right?

2. PM left?

3. BOB?

4. Pedestrians around bus?

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Pre-trip: Emergency Exits Doors unlocked Check from outside All exits all the way Not just to “vent” Keeps hinges

working Stay open as

designed?

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Pre-trip and Post-trip Security Pre-trip and post-trip

inspections that reveal the following may suggest the need for further attention:

New marks or noticeable force of entry into vehicle

Unusual foreign item(s) attached to vehicle

Opened or disturbed compartments.

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TSA recommends checking the following areas for suspicious packages, devices, substances, unattended baggage, backpacks, etc.:

Clean bus a must! Wheelchair lifts Lights Wheel wells Engine compartments Floors Below seats Driver's area Step wells

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It’s probably nothing…but Exhaust system Fuel and air tanks Back/side emergency exit

door(s) Wheel wells Over windshield Trash can Luggage compartments Battery box

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Post-trip: Sleeping Children, etc. Only takes a few

minutes Under seats Find children, lost

items, suspicious packages

Identify vandalism Weather extremes 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

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Post-trip: Parking the BusAmber Sadiq May 2006 Driver left vehicle to get lunch Passerby child released brake Always pump down brakes Turn wheels

to curb

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Looking Back

Actively caring for safety Doing a daily personal pre-trip Hot Inspection Topics:

Mirrors Emergency Exits Security Parking the Bus Sleeping Children

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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

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“Never ever compromise yourself as a professional. Not to a student, a teacher, a parent, or to another transportation professional.

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

Thank you for Actively Caring