Course Overview

Develop presentation skills and learn facilitation methods and adult learning principles for teaching operators. Become certified to train and order U. S. Department of Transportation certificates for bus/paratransit operators using the DOT’s official training manuals. Receive TSI course materials to teach vehicle operations, emergency management, and customer relations, Receive course materials and learn how to teach classroom versions of Curbing Transit Employee Distracted Driving and Fatigue and Sleep Apnea Awareness for Transit Employees.

Course Elements

• Teaching in various training environments, the trainer’s role

• Adult learning principles 

• Delivery styles and methods, training aids, using multimedia equipment

• Facilitation skills, the art of questioning, managing class participation

• Team teaching, training strategies, the environment, class configuration

• Role-playing exercises and training presentations, self-evaluation

• Pretest, final exam

Who Should Attend

Driver Trainers; Safety Managers; Safety Supervisors; Bus/paratransit Operator Trainers; Training Managers NOTE: This course replaces and combines the Instructors Course in Bus Operator Training, Instructors Course in Paratransit Operator Training and the 1-day Bus/Paratransit Operator Trainer courses into one course. Although not required, bringing a PC to class would be helpful.

Registration and Fees

The registration fee is $145 per person. Register at WSTIP Learns.

For information regarding RTAP scholarships for this event, please contact Marianna Hanefeld at HanefeM@wsdot.wa.gov.

Location and Schedule

This course will take place at the Everett Station fourth floor meeting room. The Everett Station is located at 3201 Smith Ave, Everett, Washington.

Parking is available on the East side of the Everett Station (across the railroad tracks). It’s a five-minute walk across a pedestrian overpass from the parking lot to the Station. Please come a few minutes early to find parking.

The course will run from 8:00 – 4:30, Monday through Friday.

Hotel

There is a room block at the Delta Marriott near the Everett Station. Rooms are $131 plus tax. The room block is under “TSI”. Please call (425) 339-2000 for reservations. The Delta Marriott is a ten-minute walk from the Everett Station. The hotel will provide a shuttle for participants. Please be in the lobby at 7:30 am if you need a ride.

Questions?

For information regarding registration or workshop content, please contact Laura Juell (laura@wstip.org). Laura can be reached at (360) 786-5049.

Cancellation Policy

You may cancel your workshop registration without penalty up to Monday, November 10th.

Cancellations made after 11/10/25 will be charged the full workshop fee. WSTIP may cancel the class if fewer than 12 people register for the course. If the course is cancelled, participants will receive a complete refund.

Register at WSTIP Learns.