STS Highlights: June 2021
June is National Safety Month and with that comes a spotlight on injury and death at work, on the road, and in homes and communities. In addition, we are all still hyper aware of COVID-19 and the standard practices we’ve been engaging in for the last year. Keep doing what you are doing!
The goal with these monthly resources is always to help elevate your career, department, or organization. Please FORWARD this email to anyone who could benefit from the content. As always, we take pride in helping you meet your training requirements and goals.
Stay safe & aware,
Patrick
National Safety Month
June is National Safety Month with a focus on reducing leading causes of injury and death at work, on the road, and in homes and communities. With the U.S. seeing the highest number of workplace deaths since 2007 – 5,333 fatal workplace injuries in 2019 – this observance is more important than ever.
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NAPT Certification
Advance your career with the only nationally recognized credential, created specifically for student transportation professionals.
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Emergency Procedure Best Practices
Reevaluate your organization’s Emergency Procedures with these best practices.
Free Resources
Enhanced Security Daily Inspection
In celebration of National Safety Month, we are proud to provide our Security Enhanced Daily School Bus Inspections checklist for FREE
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The Future of Professional Development
Smart Horizons remains focused on helping employers and employees across the U.S. continue to have access to necessary training. If you, your department, or your organization would like to provide a trackable training option for employees, we can help.
Online Training
Career Ladders as an Employee Benefit
As organizations look for better ways to keep and grow employees the concept of a Career Ladder is coming back to the forefront and providing a very enticing perk for employers and employees.
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June is National Safety Month
June is National Safety Month with a focus on reducing leading causes of injury and death at work, on the road, and in homes and communities. With the U.S. seeing the highest number of workplace deaths since 2007 – 5,333 fatal workplace injuries in 2019 – this observance is more important than ever.
School Training Solutions is proud to provide our Security Enhanced Daily School Bus Inspections checklist for FREE download.
We can also help add a safety component to your employee training curriculum. Let us know how we can help you, your department, or your organization.
Stay safe,
Patrick Willi
While we navigate this global Pandemic, keep moving forward, get your information about Coronavirus from reputable sources, and continue to take basic steps to prevent illness (CDC.gov):
- Wash your hands often.
- Avoid close contact.
- Cover your mouth and nose with a cloth face cover when around others.
- Maintain social distancing.
- Cover coughs and sneezes.
- Clean and disinfect frequently touched surfaces daily.
- Monitor your health daily.
- Stay home if you are sick, unless seeking medical assistance.
Be sure to visit the School Training Solutions website at https://schooltrainingsolutions.azurewebsites.net. A division of Smart Horizons, STS offers a comprehensive range of online training organized to meet both state mandated in-service training requirements and the professional development training needs of all school district employees.
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STS Highlights: May 2021
We are in the middle of National Bike Month and while it looks a little different in 2021, the goals remain the same. #BikeThere during Bike Month to benefit physical and mental health! I’ve padded this month’’’s Highlights with resources geared toward sharing the road.
The goal with these monthly resources is always to help elevate your career, department, or organization. Please FORWARD this email to anyone who could benefit from the content. As always, we take pride in helping you meet your training requirements and goals.
Always share the road safely,
Patrick
National Bike Month
Everyone is encouraged to #BikeThere during National Bike Month. For some, this means Bike to Work Week and/or Day and for others, it means biking to coffee or around the block.
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Emergency Procedure Best Practices
Reevaluate your organization’s Emergency Procedures with these best practices.
Free Resources
10 Things You’ve Forgotten Since Driver’s Education
When was the last time you had a Driver’s Ed refresher?
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NAPT Membership
The National Association for Pupil Transportation (NAPT) is the school transportation industry’s largest and most diverse membership organization.
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Biking to Work (Video)
See what it is like to share the road from a cyclist’s perspective.
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Training’s Role in Health & Wellness
Research shows that learning new skills can improve your mental health and wellbeing by boosting self-confidence, raising self-esteem, building a sense of purpose, and helping you to connect with others. NOW is a great time to explore interests and feel achievement through education and training.
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STS Highlights: April 2021
For our area, April marks an Annual Spring Break. This time of year inevitably brings nicer weather and vacationers. Traffic gets heavier. Crowds get bigger. We’re still living in a time of COVID-19 and while numbers are decreasing, it’s still very important to continue taking steps to stay safe (masks, handwashing, social distancing, etc.)
The goal with these monthly resources is always to help elevate your career, department, or organization. Please FORWARD this email to anyone who could benefit from the content. As always, we take pride in helping you meet your training requirements and goals.
All the best,
Patrick
Professional Development
Professional development training is another tool for employers to be more attractive to working professionals, increase employee productivity with improved skills, create company/organization buy-in among employees, and boost morale.
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Autism and the School Bus
Familiarize yourself with behavior management techniques for students with Autism riding the school bus.
Techniques
Driving Pet Peeves
From texting while driving to tailgating, we’ve listed the top 10 gripes among American drivers. Their nuisance level is on a scale of 1-10.
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Training’s Role in Health & Wellness
Research shows that learning new skills can improve your mental health and wellbeing by boosting self-confidence, raising self-esteem, building a sense of purpose, and helping you to connect with others. NOW is a great time to explore interests and feel achievement through education and training.
Complete Course Library
NAPT Certification
Advance your career with the only nationally recognized credential, created specifically for student transportation professionals.
Certification
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STS Highlights: March 2021
Spring is here and with it comes warmer weather, longer days, and blooming plants! I’ve been receiving a lot of questions about in-service training and additional content in general so I’ve included information about the options we have available. The goal is always to elevate your career, department, or organization. Please FORWARD this email to anyone who could benefit from the content. As always, we take pride in helping you meet your training requirements and goals
All the best,
Patrick
Employee Readiness
Employee readiness skills like the ability to communicate, cooperate, or compromise enable employee growth and contribute to a pleasant work environment. Our employee readiness training includes a broad selection of courses that assist employees in gaining and maintaining general skills, knowledge, and attributes that enhance their value to the company.
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Emergency Procedures
Sometimes it’s necessary to reevaluate emergency procedures. To assist, we’ve created a best practices flyer in multiple sizes, appropriate for printing and posting.
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STS Course Catalog
STS provides a comprehensive offering of online training organized to meet training needs for transportation professionals and other school personnel.
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In-Service
School Bus Drivers often complete some form of annual in-service training to stay familiar with laws, regulations, and driving techniques.
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5 Questions Answered by New Technology
Technology is constantly transforming the way we live our lives. New technology is also changing the way children are transported to and from school.
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