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Moving Forward with Bus Operator Mentor Training
Posted April 2024
Over forty bus operator mentors were in attendance for mentor training at King County Metro in Seattle, where training was co-facilitated by TWC’s Senior Workforce Development Advisor Maurice Beard and ATU’s International Director of Apprenticeships and Workforce Development Jamaine Gibson.
Read more...Driving Force Behind Bus Operator Mentor Training
Posted April 2024
Seventeen mentors in CapMetro’s (Austin TX) new program, “Driving Force,” engaged with ITLC’s Senior Workforce Development Advisor Maurice Beard last month, as he led a mentor training program for bus operator mentors in the transit agency’s paratransit arm, Demand Response.
Read more...Growing Mentorship and Apprenticeship in Texas
Posted April 2024
ITLC team members traveled to San Antonio, for the annual Texas Transit Association (TTA) Conference and Expo, where ITLC Executive Director Jack Clark facilitated a session titled “Growing Your Own Through Apprenticeship: A Joint Approach to Building Skills for the Frontline Workforce.”
Read more...Out of the Office: ITLC Visits Montgomery County’s Microgrid Charging Facility at the Brookville Bus Depot
Posted April 2024
The ITLC team ventured out on an organizational field trip to Montgomery County’s Microgrid Charging Facility at the Brookville Bus Depot in Silver Spring, Maryland. Shop Superintendent Phillip Martin and Program Manager for Training/Quality Assurance Michael Schloe led the tour.
Read more...Train-the-Trainer Level 2: “Creating Courseware That Works”
Posted April 2024
Last week, ITLC/TWC Instructors Frank Burnett and Grant Young traveled to Sacramento, California to deliver a Train-the-Trainer (TtT) Level 2 session, “Creating Courseware That Works,” for ten Sacramento Rapid Transit (SacRT) trainers and department managers. This training followed ITLC/TWC’s January delivery of a TtT Level 1 session, “Adult Learning Theory and Teaching Techniques.”
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