TRAFFIC SAFETY EDUCATION TRAINING for STUDENT TEACHERS

This paper describes a recently piloted program to provide professional development for trainee teachers to include Traffic Safety Education (TSE) in school programs. It includes cooperation between three agencies: the University, the Department of Employment, Education and Training and VicRoads. The program targets two groups:
? graduate diploma of education students

? the schools in which they do their teaching practice.

The program shows how student teachers become mentors for the target schools by:
? undergoing certification of 2 days training in Bike Ed

? completing 2 days Curriculum training including:
– rationale for TSE
– integrating traffic safety into the school curriculum
– developing a unit of work using VicRoads resources.

? delivery of the TSE Units the students have developed in selected schools

? evaluation of the program

? follow up of the student teachers in the school of their first appointment.