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NAPT 401: Managing Human Resources I
This four-hour course is a must for transportation professionals with human resource responsibilities. Topics include the legal framework of human resource management, including due process, equal protection and nondiscrimination, disability law, leave of absence, drug testing, record management, wage and working conditions, collective bargaining, employment eligibility and retention.
NAPT 901: School Transportation Security Assessment
This four-hour program will teach you how to use a security assessment that has been specially created for school transportation service providers to evaluate all critical areas of your operation including your transportation facility, buses, operational procedures, staff, and communication systems, as well as your school/community planning and cooperation.
NAPT 607: Legal and Regularity Fundamentals in Pupil Transportation
Overview of federal laws and guidelines regarding school bus transportation including FMVVSS, Guideline 17, commercial vehicle license, drug and alcohol testing and much more. Obtain the broad stroke on special education laws – ADA, IDEA and Section 504; 94-142. This informative course will conclude with a look at ISO
9000.
NAPT 902: Crisis Communication
Crises – however you define them – are inevitable. It is therefore important to have a crisis plan ingrained into your organization’s culture. A good crisis plan creates a process that enables quick reactions and intelligent decision-making throughout the ordeal. In this four hour course you will learn about the importance of preplanning, especially information gathering and information dissemination, and how thinking about issues in advance will help you make the best of a crisis situation.

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Keynote Speaker:
Alexandra Robinson, Executive Director of Office of Pupil Transportation
New York City Department of Education
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Let’s Talk: Administrators
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Let’s Talk: Training
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Let’s Talk: Vendors
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Let’s Talk: Mechanics
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Creating a Positive Student-Centered School and Bus Environment
Ginny Fish, Deer Valley Unified School District
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Arizona Department of Education Audits
Brian Lockery, ADE
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Insightful In-Service Meetings
Jeff Walker, Litchfield Elementary School District
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We’re Not in it for the Income, We’re in it for the Outcome
Shannon Weber, JO Combs Unified School District
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Technology and Transportation
Mike Heller, US Computing
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Trends in Insurance Losses
Shanna Bailey, The Trust
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ADE Route Reports
TBD, ADE
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Shop Costs
Chris Stevens, Chandler Unified School District
Keynote Speaker:
Skip Brown, Transportation Consultant
Valley Schools
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Starting Another School Year
CJ Otto, Education Logistics
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Special Services vs Transportation
Megan Duplain, Litchfield Elementary School District
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Pre-Trip Basics
Chris Stevens, Chandler Unified School District
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Conflict Resolution
Skip Brown, Valley Schools Trust

Keynote Speakers:
Molly Evans, Associate Superintendent
Megan Duplain, Director of Special Services
Litchfield Elementary School District
Ask the Experts with DPS, ADOT, and MVD
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Monday, June 16 th : “The Baggage Game”
Everyone’s got some baggage with them in life. This humorous evening will be spent learning about some board members baggage, maybe even a little more than you ever wanted to know.
Tuesday, June 17 th : Bowling Night Out
Whether you bowl or not, everyone is invited to join us at Starlite Lanes. Shuttle buses will be provided between the Drury
Hotel and the bowling alley. Come one, come all!
Wednesday, June 18 th : 1980’s Back-in-Time Party
We’re going to party like it is 1986! Go through your closets and drag out that box hidden in the back with all your 80s attire.
Awards will be given for the best-dressed participants and a few other things as this party will be full of surprises.