Are you interested in teaching the Walk Smart/Bike Smart Vermont curriculum in your school or community? The Vermont Safe Routes to School Resource Center will be holding FREE half-day (9:00-12:30) trainings in Rutland on April 4^th and in Burlington on April 6^th.

This workshop will equip participants with the knowledge and skills needed to teach bicycle safety skills for children ages 5-13 in schools and communities, it contains essential concepts and skills related to pedestrian and bicycle safety delivered through hands-on lessons. The participants will learn how to promote healthy habits, prevent injuries, and increase the number of children walking and biking safely.  All training participants will receive a copy of the curriculum for use in their own classrooms.

Trainer Bios

Rutland Training: JoEllen Tarallo-Falk, Ed.D., M.C.H.E.S., Executive Director at the Center for Health and Learning

JoEllen Tarallo-Falk is a state licensed and nationally credentialed health educator with 30 years of service at the crossroads between education and public health as a teacher, trainer, program, project and curriculum developer.  Having worked at the local, state, national and international levels, Dr. Falk’s expertise is on the interdisciplinary interface between health issues and educational strategies. She is currently Executive Director of the Center for Health and Learning, a non-profit health education and health promotion organization based in Brattleboro VT.

Burlington Training: Jason Van Driesche, Director of Advocacy & Education at Local Motion

Jason joined Local Motion as Education and Safety Manager in 2009, and became the Director of Advocacy & Educaion in 2012. He is responsible for building and expanding Local Motion's highly successful BikeSmart program, the Safe Streets Collaborative, and other initiatives designed to make biking and walking safer and easier. He lives in Burlington's South End, and wishes his bike ride to work were a little longer -- a five minute commute is too short!