Florida School Crossing Guard Program

This project administered all aspects of the Florida School Crossing Guard Training Program funded through the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT). The purpose of this program was to enhance and maintain Florida’s existing school crossing guard program, which has become a national model for enhancing out-of-school safety for walking and biking students. This involved the training of trainers to teach skills and knowledge required for individual certification as a School Crossing Guard, as well as the evaluation of the operational effectiveness of school crossing guard programs throughout the state of Florida. The University of Florida hired a University of Florida Safety Coordinator as the Florida School Crossing Guard Training Program (FSCGTP) Administrator to work closely with the FDOT Safety Office. The University of Florida Safety Coordinator was charged with all day-to-day operations of the program, including the trainer certification process, training crossing guard trainers, providing on-site and off-site technical assistance, giving presentations on the program, and maintaining/updating the program website. The University of Florida Safety Coordinator was located in Tallahassee, at the FDOT Safety Office.

• Corporate Authors:

  University of Florida, Gainesville

  Gainesville, FL  United States  32611

  Florida Department of Transportation

  605 Suwannee Street
  Tallahassee, FL  United States  32399-0450
• Authors:
  • Connaughton, Daniel P
  • Nagy, Providance
• Publication Date: 2012-6

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Edition: Final Report
• Features: Appendices; Figures; Photos; Tables;
• Pagination: 25p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Certification; Education and training personnel; School crossings; Training programs
• Uncontrolled Terms: School crossing guards
• Geographic Terms: Florida
• Subject Areas: Education and Training; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Safety and Human Factors; I73: Traffic Control; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01446537
• Record Type: Publication
• Contract Numbers: BDK75 977-57
• Files: TRIS, ATRI, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Sep 19 2012 4:16PM