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.NAPT MEMBER NEWS
The Intersection of Content and Remote Learning: Using NAPT® ACTS As a Platform for Professional Development
NAPT
Join us Friday, February 26th at 11am EST for a live special event, The Intersection of Content and Remote Learning: Using NAPT® ACTS As a Platform for Professional Development, featuring Eric Sheninger, an Associate Partner with the International Center for Leadership in Education (ICLE), whose work focuses on leading and learning in the digital age, used as a model for moving schools and districts forward. Eric focuses on using research and evidence-based practices to empower learners and transform learning.
Push 2 Talk co-hosts Mike Martin and Tim Ammon will lead a discussion with Eric on understanding how digital learning best practices can be used to enhance your training and development programs. Designing development tracks that are interesting, valuable, and, most importantly, educational for adult learners will support efforts to strengthen the safety and effectiveness of pupil transportation operations.
This special event will be offered complimentary to all, offering a preview of the NAPT® ACTS! lineup, and available anytime on-demand, exclusively to NAPT® ACTS! Subscribers.
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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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Now on Demand on NAPT® ACTS!:
- How the Challenges of 2020 May Shape Your Future: A Personal Story About Human Resilience
- Connecting the Boundary Between Science and Operations: Mitigations May Help Reduce the Spread of COVID-19 on the School Bus: Face Masks and Open Windows: Mitigations May Help Reduce the Spread of COVID-19 on the School Bus
- What School Superintendents Are Paying Attention to Right Now
- Push 2 Talk
- Overcoming the Darkness: Shining Light on Mental Illness
- Electric School Buses: From Zero to Sixty, Part One
- Analyzing the Priority Problem: Helping Parents with their Transportation Challenges During the Pandemic
Coming Up on NAPT® ACTS!:
- Tuesday, February 23, 2021: Push 2 Talk, the NAPT® ACTS! Series Continues
- Tuesday, March 9, 2021 Webinar: Bridging the Gap Between the Bus and the Classroom: A Continuous Focus on Student's Mental Health
- Tuesday, March 16, 2021: From Zero to Sixty, the NAPT® ACTS! Series Continues
- Tuesday, March 23, 2021 Webinar: Federal Policy Changes Under the Biden Administration: What That Means for K12 Education
- Tuesday, March 30, 2021: Push 2 Talk, the NAPT® ACTS! Series Continues
- Tuesday, April 13, 2021: The Impact of School Choice on Pupil Transportation, an NAPT® ACTS! Two-Part Series
- Tuesday, April 20, 2021: From Zero to Sixty, the NAPT® ACTS! Series Continues
- Tuesday, April 27, 2021: Push 2 Talk, the NAPT® ACTS! Series Continues
NAPT® ACTS is committed to delivering timely, relevant, and insightful content to our subscribers! Stay tuned for updates on new webinars coming in April & May featuring important topics such as safety, partnerships against hunger, and emergency response planning for your operation.
All webinars and series are offered exclusively to NAPT® ACTS! subscribers, subscribe today!
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Thank you to our 2021 Business Partners!
NAPT
The companies that provide valuable products and services to student transportation operations are critical to the success of the industry and critical to the success of NAPT.
We'd like to thank these companies for continuing to support NAPT as Business Partners for 2021: 247Security, ALC Schools, AMF-Bruns of America, BITZER US, Blue Bird, Bus Bulletin, busHive, BusPlanner, CI Solutions, CJM Solutions, Easy Way Safety Services, Gatekeeper Systems, HSM Transportation Solutions, Hydro-Chem Systems, Hydrotex, IC Bus, IEE Sensing, Premier Wireless, Q'Straint/Sure-Lok, ReaXium, REI, Rosco Vision Systems, Safe Fleet/Seon, SafeGuard/IMMI, Smart Horizons/School Training Solutions, SOBRSafe, Transfinder, Tyler Technologies, United Safety Corporation, Valeo Thermal Commercial Vehicles North America, Zonar.
Please visit our website for a full list of our Business Partners that includes website and contact information.
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Postponement of 17th National Congress on School Transportation
NCST
Please see the announcement here from the Steering Committee to the 17th National Congress on School Transportation regarding the postponement of the Congress. Questions and comments may be directed to any of the listed Steering Committee members or Patrick McManamon, Steering Committee Chair.
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Keep Your NAPT® Member Profile Up-to-Date
NAPT
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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.INDUSTRY NEWS
CDC defends school guidelines as advocates say they make it too hard to reopen
The Washington Post
For months, President Joe Biden has been urging schools to reopen, and promised that guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention would help them do so safely. At the same time, public health experts including some at the CDC said available evidence suggested schools could safely open as long as precautions were in place. That raised expectations that the nation's K-12 education system might accelerate its return to in-person learning.
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Indiana Governor Eric Holcomb announces results of increased school bus safety patrols
WBND
In coordination with local bus drivers and school transportation officials, 2,481 additional safety patrols were conducted funded by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration that issued a total of 1,553 warnings and 1,701 citations. These extra patrols were funded through the state’s Stop Arm Violation Enforcement program, being developed by the Indiana Criminal Justice Institute in 2019 to provide safe transportation routes for Hoosier students.
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More students returning to school means more kids on school buses
Newsday
Long Island school buses are filling up again to start 2021, as more kids gradually return for in-person instruction. School bus operators said they've seen a steady increase of passengers, as infection rates for the coronavirus have fallen in recent weeks and school boards are approving more in-person learning days. "We're moving more children now than we were," said John Corrado, president of Suffolk Transportation Service, which buses students in 19 Suffolk school districts.
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Will the House put the brakes on the electric school bus bill again?
The Virginia Mercury
For the second year running, Senate legislation that would expand an electric school bus program being piloted by Dominion Energy is losing momentum in the House of Delegates. The bill was abruptly put on hold for the day Tuesday as it came up for a final vote in the House after passing the Senate earlier this month. Small groups of Republicans have consistently opposed the school bus electrification proposals.
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Biden says he wants most K-8 schools open 5 days a week by his first 100 days
NPR
At a CNN town hall, President Joe Biden said his goal is to open the majority of K-8 schools by the end of his first 100 days in office. Asked to clarify what he meant by "open," Biden said "I think many of them five days a week. The goal will be five days a week" in person. He said he would focus on K-8 schools because they're the "easiest to open" due to the relatively low transmission rate of the coronavirus between children.
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Columbus still can't find transportation for middle and high school students
WOSU
Faced with a governor who appears intent on holding school districts to a coronavirus vaccine agreement, Columbus City School leaders appear just as set on not being able to live up to the deal. Gov. Mike DeWine this week specifically addressed the state's largest district, which has so far only brought elementary students back into physical classrooms, but not most middle and high school students.
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Transform your organization by transforming leadership
The Lead Change Group
Are you a high-creative leader, capable of rapidly growing your organization while simultaneously transforming it into a more agile, innovative, adaptive and engaging workplace? Or are you a High-Reactive leader, who practices leadership that cancels itself out and seriously limits scale? Bob Anderson and Bill Adams' book, "Scaling Leadership," provides a proven framework for magnifying agile and scalable leadership in your organization.
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Don't panic, just prepare: 5 leadership lessons for difficult times
Forbes
When COVID-19 emerged as a public health crisis unlike anything we had experienced in our lifetime, many business owners were caught off guard. Some got stuck in a state of panic, not knowing what to do about the growing list of health and business concerns — from safety protocols and supply shortages to staff layoffs and work-from-home logistics.
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7 shifts in students' school experiences from fall to spring
District Administration Magazine
Students felt they learned more this fall, even with COVID's disruptions, than they did in the immediate wake of the spring outbreak, a new survey has found. 61% of the 85,000 students surveyed said they learned a lot every day this fall, an increase from 39% who said the same in the spring.
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How to stop overthinking everything
Harvard Business Review
As a product lead at a major technology company, Terence's job is to make decisions. How should the team prioritize features to develop? Who should be staffed on projects? When should products launch? Hundreds of choices drive the vision, strategy and direction for each product Terence oversees.
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3 strategies workers use to survive a high-intensity workplace
Forbes
Accept and conform to the demands. Many professionals don't see much of a choice and simply elect to accept and conform to the demands of their high-intensity workplace. In one study, Reid and Ramarajan found that 43% of the people they interviewed used this strategy.
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Do leaders need to change their plans to address the new COVID-19 strains?
The Lead Change Group
Should leaders pivot their plans due to the possible impact of the new COVID strains - coming from the U.K., South Africa, and elsewhere, and discovered across the U.S. - on their businesses? The authorities, various experts, as well as media have put the spotlight on concerns over vaccine effectiveness and said the strains are likely not going to escape the vaccine. They thus assert there's no need to ring the alarm.
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Stop softening tough feedback
Harvard Business Review
As a manager, you've likely served a subordinate a "feedback sandwich": two pieces of positive reinforcement wrapped around a thick slice of criticism. It makes correcting people easier for you, but it rarely achieves the goal of helping someone improve. For people with strong egos, the criticism goes down too easily, while highly self-critical employees can choke on it. Others can find the mixed messages merely confusing. Our work with hundreds of business leaders, executive coaches and sports coaches reveals that the best managers give feedback differently: They focus squarely on what needs to change.
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3 qualities of leaders who succeed during uncertain times
Entrepreneur
Before the COVID-19 pandemic upended the world, businesses were already becoming more accustomed to dealing with uncertainty. The geopolitical landscape was as tumultuous as it had been in many years, rocked by an erratic U.S. administration and Brexit-induced volatility, and digital disruption was condemning a growing number of longstanding incumbents in numerous sectors to the graveyard, having failed to evolve.
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