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.NAPT MEMBER NEWS
FMCSA's Training Provide Registry (TPR) Web Service Testing Now Available
NAPT
Beginning February 7, 2022, all training providers will be required to submit information to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) certifying when a driver-trainee has completed required entry-level driver training. All registered training providers will be able to manually enter this information in the Training Provider Registry. Training providers will also have the option of setting up an interface to submit data through FMCSA's TPR Web Service.
Testing services are now available. All materials needed for testing are available on the Training Provider Registry Developer's Toolkit web page, and complete instructions are included in the updated Web Services Development Handbook for Training Providers.
Technical Questions? If your IT support team comes across questions while implementing the instructions in the Web Services Development Handbook, the TPR Technical Team is available to offer clarification and help troubleshoot issues. Feel free to contact them.
Stay Informed
We will share with you any additional updates we receive from FMCSA about the Training Provider Registry, including when training provider registration opens (scheduled for summer 2021). In the meantime, more information is available in the frequently asked questions.
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The Safety Vision IR Thermometer is used to measure passengers’ temperature quickly and easily as they board the bus or enter the building. Scanning any part of the face or hand, temperature readings are displayed on the LED screen, in addition to an audible voice that states if the person’s temperature is within range.
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NAPT
School Superintendents are leading K12 professionals through the pandemic but how do they anticipate the needs of the future during such an unprecedented time? They are paying attention.
They pay attention so that they are able to increase their awareness on the ever evolving issues that we as an industry are facing and help us to rise above the challenges and inspire action.
NAPT® Executive Director, Mike Martin, sits down with Noelle Ellerson Ng, Associate Executive Director, Policy & Advocacy at The School Superintendents Association, to talk about what School Superintendents are paying attention to right now from federal funding and policy to thought leadership during challenging times.
Join us on Wednesday, January 27, 2021 at 1pm EST on NAPT® ACTS! as Noelle and Mike talk about power of paying attention.
This will be an event you won't want to miss!
Event Information:
- What School Superintendents Are Paying Attention to Right Now
- Date: Wednesday, January 27, 2021
- Time: 1:00 p.m. EST
- How to Watch: Available Exclusively to NAPT® ACTS! Subscribers
- Speaker: Noelle Ellerson Ng, Associate Executive Director, Policy & Advocacy
Subscribe to NAPT® ACTS! to Access the Webinar (On-Demand or Live)
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NAPT Awards Committee Announces "People of the Year" Recognition Program
NAPT
During the COVID pandemic, we have witnessed countless acts of kindness and bravery and simple neighborliness. Many of those acts were performed by our school bus drivers, aides, and others in the school transportation community.
During this year's LOVE THE BUS MONTH (February), the NAPT Awards Committee would like to share some of those stories. We are therefore asking our members to help us identify these special "People of the Year".
Please send us brief descriptions of something special that one or more of your staff did to help children or the community during these past ten months or so. We would need to have:
- Name of person and employer
- Brief description of the event or action that make this person noteworthy (just a sentence or two to give us the basics)
- Anything unique or special about the person(s) you feel it is important to share (for example, the driver has been with the district for a very long time)
- A picture of the event or action if appropriate (if they sewed mittens for kids, for instance)
You should send the information directly to Theresa Anderson, Chair of the NAPT Awards Committee at thanders@comcast.net The Awards Committee will review and assist staff in posting in the social media and highlighting it in our newsletter during the month of February. For this reason, it would be most helpful to receive the information before January 31st!
Thank you for your participation. We appreciate all the good things the school transportation family has done to make the world a better place.
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Keep Your NAPT® Member Profile Up-to-Date
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Now is a great time to log in to the NAPT® website and update your member profile!
Once you're logged in:
- View and update your personal information — it's quick and simple. As soon as you log in, you'll see all of your information and have the ability to make edits as necessary.
- Upload a professional photo to display in your profile that will be visible in the Online Member Directory.
- Provide a brief professional biography in the space provided so we can learn a little more about you.
- Select your Directory Category by clicking on "My Directory Options" and selecting the appropriate organization type.
Log in today! Please contact headquarters at 800.989.6278 if you need assistance logging in to the system.
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Connect with NAPT
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Let NAPT help you stay in touch with colleagues and up-to-date on industry news and interesting stories from around the nation.
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.INDUSTRY NEWS
School enrollment decline threatens lasting funding damage for districts
K-12 DIVE
As many state legislative sessions get underway this month, Michael Leachman, vice president for state fiscal policy at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, warned states could sharply cut funding. According to a report released in December by the National Association of State Budget Officers, K-12 saw the largest decrease in state funding for fiscal year 2021 when compared to other state programs.
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Volkswagen settlement to fund cleaner-burning school buses
WTVQ
A total of 93 Kentucky school districts have applied for and been awarded $8.13 million to replace 169 older diesel school buses with cleaner diesel or propane buses, Energy and Environment Cabinet Secretary Rebecca Goodman announced. The money comes from part of the state's share of funds from a settlement with Volkswagen over fuel-efficiency errors.
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Worcester's school buses keep going as many city schools remain closed
Telegram & Gazette
While city schools have been closed for almost a year now and likely will remain closed for several more weeks, the district's busing operation has not been sidelined with them. City school buses and transportation staff have been providing services to local religious and private schools, as well as special education programs in the city, according to the school department.
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Prior to COVID-19, states cut $600B in ed funding since Great Recession
K-12 DIVE
The dual reports highlight the perilous financial situation schools across the U.S. faced prior to the onset of the novel coronavirus pandemic in spring 2020. According to "Making the Grade," for example, 15 states also have "regressive" systems for K-12 funding that allocate less funding to high-poverty districts than those with lower poverty rates — an issue that can cause even more strife if, for example, the same formulas are used to disburse emergency COVID-19 relief funds to schools.
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States roll out vaccines for teachers: What you need to know
Tech & Learning
President Joe Biden initially pledged to reopen a majority of schools during his first 100 days in office but recently refocused the goal for K-8 schools. He has said teachers should be eligible for vaccinations as soon as possible after those who are at highest risk, according to the Associated Press. Educators in New York began receiving their first doses of coronavirus vaccine, and other states are expected to begin vaccinating faculty and staff at schools and colleges in the coming weeks and months.
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How to keep your cool in high-stress situations
Harvard Business Review
A CEO called one of us (Robert) for help. The company she was leading was on the cusp of a huge opportunity related to a new technology. But she was stymied and stuck.
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7 reasons humility is a highly desired leadership trait
Fast Company
When we think of great leaders, humility may not always be the first word we'd use to describe them. Many bigger-than-life executives such as Steve Jobs or Bill Gates would likely be described first as visionary, bold or charismatic. Yet, if we look more closely, there are also leaders (such as, say, Richard Branson) who are often described as humble and laid-back.
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4 things every business can do in 2021 to hire inclusively
Inc.
The start of the new year is a great time to reflect on the successes and shortcomings of your business, as well as strategize your top-level priorities for the year ahead. With the past year seeing an optimistic rise in discussion about inclusive hiring, it's no wonder why upending age-old recruitment processes is one of the most prevalent goals for the new year. But for resource strapped hiring managers, what does this really look like? How can we collectively make our outreach, interviews and offers more inclusive to attract a diverse range of applicants?
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5 ways to improve this key component of emotional intelligence
Fast Company
Most of us recognize the importance of self-awareness. If you've ever worked with someone who lacked it, you know only too well: They act impulsively, communicate poorly and are wholly unaware of their blind spots. But self-awareness isn’t the end of the story. To be a good leader, you must also possess another key, albeit less talked-about, component of emotional intelligence: social awareness.
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Make better decisions: Slow down if the lion isn't coming
Forbes
Decisions go badly if one neglects the crucial first question in any decision-making process: Should I speed up, or should I slow down? The case for speeding up is easier to make. Without the mental agility to make split second decisions, for example, currency and stock traders miss opportunities. And so too for the rest of us: Business and life opportunities are arising and slipping away more quickly nowadays than in decades past.
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Where families are feeling pandemic impacts the worst
Education Week
The COVID-19 pandemic has laid bare some of the educational and resource inequities facing families across the country in a host of areas, from access to technology and time for home-based learning to the literal bread-and-butter issues of household finances and food for the table.
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