Bicycle Alliance of Washington: Summer Institute Agenda

Bike Handling and Lessons Overview: This workshop provides an overview of the bike portion of the Bike and Pedestrian Safety Education Curriculum. It will cover basic handling skills, theory behind riding in traffic, and the four bike lessons of the curriculum. Participants will also practice teaching the lessons.
AAA School Safety Patrol Advisor Workshop: AAA is hosting their School Safety Patrol Workshops in conjunction with the Summer Institutes. This workshop provides schools with resources and materials available to patrol advisors, information on the AAA School Safety Patrol recognition programs, information on training your patrollers, and success stories and problem solving. If you are interested in participating in this workshop, please contact Jennifer Cook at jennifercook@AAAwin.com.

Walking Lessons Overview: This workshop provides an overview of the walking portion of the Bike and Pedestrian Safety Education Curriculum. Topics covered include safety rules, sightlines, and intersection assessment. Participants will also practice teaching the lessons.
Telling Your Story and Digital Storytelling:Take part in a training on how to use media and storytelling to communicate the needs and successes of Safe Routes to School. Learn and practice interviewing, script writing, and story production skills. The group will work to create brief videos about the Institute and Safe Routes to School.

Lessons Learned about the Bike and Pedestrian Safety Education Curriculum: For the last year and a half, physical education teachers around the state have been teaching 5th-8th graders safe biking and walking skills. A panel of teachers will share their skills of how to make the curriculum relevant for their students, sensitive to an urban or rural context, and techniques to handle classroom management. If you are interested in being on a panel for this session, please mention that when you register.
Using Audits in Safe Routes to School: Learn how to use walking audits to build support within your community, leverage for engineering projects, and pursue funding. Participants will practice these skills around the event site.

Building Confidence Riding a Bike (bike ride!): In order to teach bike safety skills, you need to feel confident riding. We will go on a little bike ride talking about ways to be safe and feel more comfortable. Please bring a bike if you plan to attend, or contact SethS@BicycleAlliance.org.
IWalk and Encouragement Campaigns: October is Walk to School month. Learn about statewide efforts to support walk to school campaigns and hear from a panel of parents and teachers about how they were able to run a successful campaigns. If you are interested in being on a panel for this session, please mention that when you register.

Funding Opportunities for Safe Routes to School: Some Safe Routes to School work can be done on a shoestring budget. Other times it requires substantial funding. Learn about where to look for different types of funding, and what you can do to improve your odds.
Aligning Bike and Pedestrian Safety Education with State Standards: This session will discuss how teaching bike and pedestrian safety education can coordinate with state education standards.

Training on Organizing Walking School Buses: Walking School Buses and Bike Trains are exciting methods to have students walk and bike to school. Learn from an expert on how to organize and set up a walking school bus or bike train at your school.
Law and Liability: What risks are associated with undertaking safe routes to schools activities? This session will give you a primer on myths about liability, where there may be risks, and what you can do to minimize them.

Policy and How It Affects Safe Routes to School: Policy can be powerful in supporting or discouraging safe routes to school. Learn about the state of law in Washington State and how policies can be used to support your work.
Bike Sustainability: It is hard to teach bike safety skills if the bikes are falling apart. This session will outline methods to assess equipment and options to keep the bikes rolling.

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