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Monday, November 5, 2007

1:00 P.M. Concurrent Workshops/trainings: Group 1
  M-1: Teaching Bicycle Safety, Part 1
  M-2: Laying the Framework: Skills for Building a Sustainable Safe Routes Program, Part 1
  M-3: Talk It Up: How Media, Marketing and Outreach Can Work for You!
  M-4: Neighborhood Traffic Safety - It's No Accident
  M-5: Successful Partnerships and School-Based Programs that Get Youth Moving
  M-6: Follow the Money: Creative Approaches for Increasing Program Funding Session
3:15 P.M. Concurrent Workshops/trainings: Group 2
  M-1: Teaching Bicycle Safety, Part 2
  M-2: Laying the Framework: Skills for Building a Sustainable Safe Routes Program, Part 2
  M-7: Highlighting Diversity: Advancing Equal Reach of Safe Routes to School Programs
  M-8: A Critical Piece of the SRTS Pie: Engaging and Empowering Youth
  M-9: Are You Making a Difference? Embracing Evaluation as Your Ticket to Tell
  M-10: From Planning to Practice: Effective Strategies to Address Unique SRTS Issues
6:30 P.M. Dinner and keynote address by Coach Herman Boone

Tuesday, November 6, 2007

8:30 A.M. Welcome and opening remarks
8:45 A.M. Plenary session address by Mark Fenton
10:00 A.M. Concurrent sessions: Group 3
  T-1: Safe Routes Springboards: Events and Walking School Buses
  T-2: Who Leads? Building and Sustaining a Safe Routes to School Program through the Support and Coordination of Regional and Local Government Agencies and Community Non-profit Organizations
  T-3: SRTS and Equity: The Sixth “E”
  T-4: Increasing Participation in SSR2S Programs: Why Communities Drag Their Feet and What to Do About It
  T-5: Looking Beyond the Schoolyard: Using the Big Picture to Attract Attention
11:45 A.M. Luncheon and plenary session address by Catherine O’Brien, Ph.D.
1:45 P.M. Concurrent Sessions: Group 4
  T-6: The Intersection of Bus Service and SRTS Programs: Maximizing the Possibilities
  T-7: Beyond Crosswalks and Parking Lots: Implementing SRTS into Urban Areas
 

T-8: Safe Routes to Schools for Children facing the Challenge of a Disability

  T-9: Integrating SRTS into Your Public Health Agenda
  T-10: The Power of Collaboration: Creating a Successful Statewide SRTS Network and Campaign
3:15 P.M. Concurrent Sessions: Group 5
  T-11: Bears, Blacktop and Barns: Making Safe Routes in Rural Areas
  T-12: Schools and Local Government: The Nexus
  T-13: Turning Hot Ideas into Habits: How to Achieve Continued SRTS Success!
  T-14: Badges & Patrol Belts: Engaging Law Enforcement and Students at the Local Level
  T-15: SRTS Tools and Treasures: Resources Ready for the Tapping
4:30 P.M. Closing Plenary Session address by Mark Fenton
5:15 P.M. Networking; dinner on your own

Wednesday, November 7, 2007

7:30 A.M. Continental Breakfast for National Partnership participants
8:00 A.M. Safe Routes to School National Partnership annual meeting
8:45 A.M. Mobile workshops
  W-1: The Great Aha: Tour Two Beautiful GreenWays Projects: See how a seven-county grand vision fits with SRTS
  W-2: Innovative Safe Routes to School Partnerships in Urban Areas
  W-3: Crossing Guard Training