ITLC Update: January 9, 2025

February 6, 2025

ITLC Holds First Train-the-Trainer of 2025

Last month, Facilitator Frank Burnett and Instructional Designer Jessie Supervielle delivered Train-the-Trainer Level 1 at Charlotte Area Transit System (CATS) in North Carolina. The fully interactive session provided trainers with additional tools, enhanced teaching methods, engagement strategies, and techniques to help refine the content delivery process. Course participants included 10 CATS trainers who are active members of ITLC’s Signals, Rail Car, and Traction Power Consortiums, as well as bus trainers and paratransit instructors.

Level 1 Train-the-Trainer course participants and instructors

At the end of the course, CATS trainers who completed the course requirements received their program certificates and provided final evaluations. Many participants initially had reservations about the training, but after completing the course remarked that the training was “informative and engaging.”

For information on future Train-the-Trainer courses, contact Senior Instructional Designer Kristen Ribaudo at kribaudo@transportcenter.org.

ITLC Attends TRB Annual Meeting in D.C.

Research Associate Michaela Boneva, and Senior Researchers Shayna Gleason and Douglas Nevins presented at the Truck and Bus Operator Health and Wellness Subcommittee meeting at the 104th Transportation Research Board’s (TRB) Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C. in January. Their presentation, “Transit Workforce Center Case Studies - Linking Workforce Initiatives to Job Quality, Psychological Safety, and Mental Health,” drew on ITLC and TWC research on transit worker assaults, psychological safety, mental health, and promising practices in transit workforce development. Additionally, Senior Advisor for Workforce Development and Technology Jason Macumber presented in a panel session focusing on workforce development and Low-No Emission Buses.