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Are there any classroom-based resources that teach children how to walk and bike to school safely?
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Maximizing the benefits of play and outdoor time in your SRTS program
Sometimes children do know best. Most children love spending time outdoors and there’s research that’s established the benefits children get from spending time outside and near nature. But did you know that you can harness the value of play and time spent outdoors to increase support for walking and bicycling to school?
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Handing over the keys: Building leadership and excitement for walking and bicycling among high school students
Putting high school students “in the driver’s seat” to promote walking and bicycling can make all the difference. Capture the energy and creativity of  high school students so they can  discover  and  share the  benefits of walking and bicycling with their peers.  Hear about the benefits of involving teens – some of the reasons might surprise you! – and get specific road-tested strategies for keeping them interested.
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Let's Get Pumped—You Can Do a Bike to School Event!
Bike to School Day is coming… are you feeling it!? Last year hundreds of schools participated in the first ever National Bike to School Day event. Students, parents, and safe routes organizers across the country took off the training wheels and figured out how to balance a two-wheeled event; turned out to be just as fun, media-friendly, and energizing as Walk to School Day! If you’re hesitating to start a Bike to School event because you aren’t quite sure how to pull it off, this webinar is for you.
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Chagrin Falls, Ohio: Comprehensive Safe Routes to School Program built around village cooperation and core goals of safety and encouragement
Introduction Chagrin Falls is a village of about 4,000 residents located 17 miles southeast of Cleveland.  The village school system includes an elementary school (grades K-3), an intermediate school (grades 4-6, school population about 480), a middle school (grades 7-8, school population about 320), and a high school.
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Walk Talk: The SRTS Call-In Show Webinar
Presenters: Cheryl Wagner, Coordinator, School-Community Partnership Program, Clark County School  District, Las Vegas, Nevada Cynthia Bell, Active Trans Community Liaison, Active Transportation Alliance, Chicago, Illinois Melissa Kraemer Badtke, Safe Routes to School Coordinator, Associate Planner, East Central Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission, Menasha, Wisconsin Think talk radio is just for radio?  Think again.
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What are some good classroom resources for middle school students?
Here are some resources that you might find helpful: SRTS Middle School Curriculum: Why it is Important and How to Make an Impact.  This webinar covers the benefits of reaching out to middle school-aged children, and examples of SRTS programs that have successfully engaged middle school students. 
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Volunteers and Liability: The Federal Volunteer Protection Act
A federal law—the Volunteer Protection Act—provides volunteers with significant protections from liability associated with volunteer activity in every state but one.  Some states also have laws that provide additional protections for volunteers. This fact sheet, developed in 2010 by the National Policy and Legal Analysis Network to Prevent Childhood Obesity (NPLAN), a ChangeLab Solutions project, provides an overview of legal protections designed to shield volunteers from liability.
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Minimizing Your Liability Risk
This fact sheet, developed in 2010 by the National Policy and Legal Analysis Network to Prevent Childhood Obesity (NPLAN), a ChangeLab Solutions project, explains why liability fears shouldn’t stop school districts from supporting SRTS programs.  It provides an overview of liability and negligence, and offers practical tips on how school districts and others can reduce their risk of liability.
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Fresh Ideas from the 2012 Oberstar SRTS Award Program—Surprising Partners and Program Approaches
Presenters: Kathryn Garvey, President, Safe Routes Chagrin, Chagrin Falls, OH Nancy Pullen-Seufert, Associate Director, National Center for Safe Routes to School As the importance of  drawing upon community assets to sustain SRTS programs continues to grow, thinking beyond the "usual suspects" as partners is more important than ever. In this sixty minute program, we will highlight partner ideas from four outstanding programs that provide wonderful examples of building strong ties with other community organizations.
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