School
Transportation Association of Massachusetts
38th
Annual Convention & Trade Show
July 31 –
August 3, 2011
at the
Sea Crest Beach Hotel
Old Silver Beach, North Falmouth, MA
Please make plans to attend the 38th
Annual STAM Convention & Trade Show at the Sea Crest Beach Hotel.
Attendance at the STAM Convention
& Trade Show meets the new requirement of 540 CMR 8.00 for advanced school bus
driver instructor training. Special pricing
available for School Bus Driver Instructors/Trainers. This is
your chance to get the latest information on safe school bus transportation,
topics affecting your business, and it’s an excellent opportunity to celebrate
our successes! Once again, we have
some very special activities and events planned.
We are very happy to have
Pauline Gervais of Education Compliance Group, Inc. scheduled to
speak at the 38th Annual STAM Convention.
Pauline joins Education Compliance as a consultant after retiring as
Executive Director of Transportation for Denver Public Schools, serving 80,000
students. Pauline has over 34 years
of experience and has presented at local, state and national conferences
covering all aspects of school transportation.
Here’s an overview of the topics Pauline will discuss:
Monday, August
1: Customer Service and Dealing with
Difficult People: Learn ways to communicate
and keep your composure under pressure and stress.
Customer service techniques and skills will be discussed to help all of
us deal with difficult people.
How to Re-invent School Bus Driver
Training: Bring life back to
your training. Learn ways to make
your training more interesting and memorable.
Tuesday, August
2: Homeless Children: A Population
Mosaic and Transportation Maze:
The McKinney-Vento Act is becoming more and more of a challenge to school
transporters as the nation experiences an increase in families with children who
are homeless. We’ll discuss
strategies and creative solutions for serving this growing population during
these very difficult economic times.
The Registry of
Motor Vehicles and Department of Public
Utilities will bring the latest information and important updates on school
bus and 7D transportation in Massachusetts.
A few topics are:
The new requirements of 540 CMR 8.00
School Bus Driver Training Programs and School Bus Driving Instructors, 7D
Proposed Regulations, and First Aid Training for New School Bus Drivers.
Also, on
Tuesday, August 2nd the STAM Trade Show
will have a variety of
school bus information and the latest
in school bus technology for you to see first-hand.
We hope you will join us for the various conference events scheduled in the evenings too.
Please call or
email the STAM office to request a Convention Registration Form today!
SEA CREST RESORT AND CONFERENCE CENTER
350 Quaker Road
North Falmouth, Massachusetts 02556
(508-540-9400) (800-225-3110) (Fax: 508-540-7806)
Please Join Us for the 38th Annual STAM Convention & Trade Show!
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COME JOIN US AT THE BEACH!
Click here to go to Sea Crest web site
FOR MORE INFORMATION CALL THE STAM OFFICE AT (508) 378-0440
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