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Infinit-I Workforce Solutions, announces support for Operation Underground Railroad (O.U.R.), a non-profit which assists governments around the world in the rescue of human trafficking and sex trafficking victims. Through the support of Infinit-I Workforce, Operation Underground Railroad will have the resources to rescue ten (10) children in 2021 from sex trafficking.

Jay Wommack, CEO of Infinit-I Workforce, said, “This pledge is dedicated on behalf of our clients, the 1,500 companies in trucking, student transportation, bussing, and warehousing who rely on us for safety training. It is because of them that we have this opportunity to support Operation Underground Railroad’s great mission. For that, we are eternally grateful.”

SPOTLIGHT: BACK TO SCHOOL BEST PRACTICES

We recently had the pleasure of speaking with the National School Transportation Association (NSTA) on their podcast, The Bus Stop. Stephanie Wilcoxson joined NSTA Executive Director Curt Macysyn to discuss how current clients are benefitting from the IWS platform and creating safer spaces for students and drivers.

National School Transportation Association (NSTA)

Stephanie is the National Account Executive for the Student Transportation Division at Infinit-I Workforce Solutions. She hopes her contribution to The Bus Stop will raise awareness to an issue about which we are passionate, safe student transportation.

Student Transportation


Infinit-I Workforce Solutions began as a training course system to train truck drivers on safe practices. We began hearing chatter about the need for continued training in the student transportation space.

Back to School Best Practices for Student Transportation

At that time, IWS began producing DVDs for school bus driver training purposes. The product was widely utilized by school districts and private transportation companies. As technology moved to support cloud-based systems, IWS evolved to maintain the needs of the market.

The Infinit-I platform is fully digital with mobile capabilities. Users can access their assigned training anytime, anywhere. Since we provide a cloud-based system, our content is constantly being re-evaluated and updated. As laws or regulations change, or information becomes outdated, IWS will temporarily suspend inaccurate videos. Our in-house video production team allows for timely and accurate rerelease.

Customize


Currents clients can browse our current resource library which boasts 400 safety training videos specifically regarding student transport. Admins can browse these titles and select the most relevant content. After a fleet evaluation, management can select the areas of driver behavior that need to be strengthened.

Admins who regularly evaluate their employees can easily pinpoint weaknesses within your fleet.  If a certain group of employees is struggling, management can deploy specific training for specific groups. Many clients state this is helpful before and after audits, tackle your lowest scoring sections and experience immediate improvement.

Customize Your TrainingIn addition to our current course offerings, the IWS platform allows each individual district or company to upload specific content that pertains to their company. There are no two school districts or bus companies that operate with the exact same policies and procedures.

Upload content that is specific to your company’s culture or performance expectations. Whether it is your own videos, PDFs, or existing slideshows, you can assign it to your drivers along with our video content. Drivers can be tested on custom content. Management will receive the same documentation that it was completed and understood.

Bus Drivers


Your drivers will receive their own unique login information. Their assignments will be streamed to their computer, tablet, or mobile device. After completing the coursework, users can be tested on their knowledge retention.

Scenario: One of your drivers was recently in an accident and needs remedial training. Management can access the course library, locate courses that are specific to the type of accident, and assign courses directly to the individual rather than the entire fleet.

Every lesson, task, and test are recorded. Admins can view how long it took the driver to complete the course. The number of attempts will be recorded so you’ll know if they failed to reach the acceptable grade. You can also view which test questions were missed, and from there, assign additional hands-on and specific training for areas in which the driver is struggling.

Student Transport and COVID-19


With new accommodations required by social distancing, in-person meetings have become increasingly difficult and risky. We’ve experienced many layoffs and furloughs due to school closures.

Social distancing is a major issue that is driving new clients to IWS. However, the main concern we receive from transportation executives is the need to properly communicate policies and procedures that are constantly changing.

Student Transport and COVID-19

Bus companies have taken this “down-time” to put a hard focus on training. New considerations must be made as we begin to expand and onboard returning or new employees.

Transportation departments must communicate these changes during onboarding. Now is the time to have a platform in place with communication capability to support your onboarding influx.

IWS has recently experienced a surge in interest, referrals, and users as transport companies are returning to a pre-pandemic level of operation, but with new and ever-changing operating procedures. The documentation functionality of IWS eliminates the, “I didn’t know we are supposed to do it that way now,” reasoning you often receive.

WEBINAR: NSTA EXCLUSIVE


Thursday 9/24 at 11:30 am ET / 10:30 am CT Join Stephanie as she presents a live demonstration of the IWS platform. Get a visual of how easy it is to use and how it will improve your safety culture. We will be taking live questions during the webinar.

What you can expect:

  • Intro from NSTA guest speaker, Jessica Pinkerton
  • Live presentation of INFINITI
  • Operational scenarios INFINITI can address
  • Administrator’s view of the platform
  • A glimpse from the driver’s perspective
  • Open dialogue through Q&A

WEBINAR: NSTA EXCLUSIVE

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Vertical Alliance Group, is committed to ensuring you have access to the best training videos in the student transportation industry. This month we have released three new videos for you to utilize in your training meetings and in-services. Check out our custom training library for schools.

Vertical Alliance Group Adds 3 New Training Videos for SchoolsWhat’s New this Month?

Safe Lifting
Length: 04:49
Proper equipment and techniques are critical when lifting any object to prevent injury. Back injuries can happen when you forget to warm-up before lifting or when you lift improperly. Safe Lifting reviews the correct way to lift and handle objects, when you should get help, and the need for personal protective equipment (PPE).
Section: School Bus
Module: School Bus Safe Lifting

BloodBorne Pathogens – Autobus Escolar – Patogenos de Origen Sanguineo
Length: 16:13
This is the Spanish version of video currently available in our catalog in English.  This video discusses the three most common bloodborne pathogens (Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C, and HIV/AIDS), their symptoms, available treatments, precautions against exposure, and OSHA recommended cleanup procedures.
Section: New Spanish Videos
Module: BloodBorne Pathogens – Autobus Escolar

Avoiding Liability Regarding Social Media in the Workplace
Length: 01:03:01
The NLRB has taken a very aggressive stance against employers who terminate employees because of what they do or say on social media. But it’s not just firing an employee for what they posted on social media that can get your company in trouble. In addition to the NLRB, there are numerous other laws employers need to be concerned about when reviewing an employees’ or an applicant’s activity on social media activity.
Section: Human SafePUPIL
Module: Webinars

Please contact your Client Services Representative at 877-792-3866, ext. 300, if you have any questions.

Vertical Alliance Group is committed to ensuring you have access to the best training materials in the student transportation industry. This month we have added five new training pieces for you to use.

New Training Videos for SchoolsIn response to the increased number of shootings occurring at schools across the country, the Indiana State Police produced a series of training resources designed to teach student transportation professionals how to respond in the event of an active shooter on the bus. The first four training materials released this month are from their training series and include:

Active Shooter Checklist
Type: PDF
Designed for K-12, schools can use this Active Shooter Checklist to assess their readiness and/or ability to respond quickly in case of such threats 5mutk5u.

Unarmed Response to a In-School Active Shooter Event – Overview
Length: 08:26
This video, produced by the Indiana State Police, gives an overview of how to respond if an armed terrorist boarded a school bus.

Unarmed Response to a School Bus Active Shooter Event – Scenarios 1 & 2
Length: 03:37
This video, produced by the Indiana State Police, depicts different active shooter scenarios which could occur during the school day.

Unarmed Response to a School Bus Active Shooter Event – Scenarios 3, 4, & 5
Length: 04:13
This video, produced by the Indiana State Police, depicts different active shooter scenarios which could occur during the school day.

The final training resource released this month feature’s Dan Sperry sharing his family’s story and ideas to improve student safety at the bus stop. While the heart of his story centers around the loss his family experienced when their 11 year old was killed getting off the school bus — the message centers around lessons learned and the things student transportation professionals can do to go one step further in protecting the kids they transport.

Makayla’s Story: It Didn’t Have to Happen
Length: 55:45
Five days before Christmas 2011, Dan Sperry’s family dynamic changed forever. While waiting for his step-daughter, Makayla, to arrive home on the activities bus from dance, he heard a loud thump that sounded like a hood slamming. A few minutes later, one of Makayla’s classmates knocked on his door and told him there had been an accident. Makayla had been hit by a vehicle illegally passing the stopped school bus as she ventured home. Dan and his wife found Makayla lying in the ditch and witnessed the life drain from her 11 year old body. After her death, Makayla’s classmates pushed for new Wyoming laws to equip all school buses statewide with stop-arm video cameras. In this webinar, Dan shares his family’s journey and how the importance of the right kind of training for bus drivers, students, and parents can help save lives – even if the industry can’t stop illegal passing of school buses.

Please call your Client Service Representative at 877-792-3866, ext. 300, if you have any questions.

Infinit-I Safety Manager Training Event

Your number one priority in student transportation is ensuring your students make it safely to their destination.  Our number one priority is helping you ensure your drivers know how to manage safety issues on and around the bus. As the premier provider of online training for the student transportation industry, one thing has always set Vertical Alliance Group apart from the competition … our commitment to providing a customized training platform for your school district.

This includes teaching districts how to easily create their own custom training videos, while providing access to over 350+ training videos in the Infinit-I Workforce System. We’d like to invite you to stop by our booth at the SESPTC Conference on July 12th to film a personal safety video message for your drivers.  We’ll take your message and attach it to a video designed to remind your drivers about the importance of teaching children safety on and off the bus.

Visit Us at SESPTC in Booth #1214

Schedule Time at SESPTC to Film Your Safety Training Video

With close to 600 people currently registered to attend the SESPTC Conference, and only 5 hours for you to visit the Expo Hall, we encourage you to reserve a time to film your free safety training video. You can still stop by our booth and film the video, even if you don’t have a time slot reserved, but we will ensure those who scheduled an appointment are filmed first!

About Infinit-I Workforce System

The Infinit-I Workforce System was designed to inspire and create behavioral changes in your school bus drivers and other employees responsible for the day-to-day operation of your bus barn.  As the pupil transportation industry’s premier online learning management system, Infinit-I Workforce System not only gives you access to over 350+ school bus driver training videos, but it also provides the best online training, tracking, reporting, and online school bus driver communication platform in the industry. Hundreds of school districts utilizing this powerful school bus driver training program have reported improved student management, easier in-service coordination, improved safety meetings, streamlined communication, and more.  Sound too good to be true?  It’s not. Read some of our Client Testimonials to learn how utilizing Infinit-I Workforce System has revolutionized not only their school bus safety training programs, but also their entire bus barn operation.

Utilize 350+ School Bus Driver Training Videos

If your school bus training videos consist of  DVDs and VHS tapes, it is time to bring your program into the digital age.  With over 350+ bus driver training videos in our Training Library, you’ll enjoy access to current training on just about every topic you can imagine for training school bus drivers. Request our Training Catalog to get an in-depth look at the titles and video series currently available to you with your Infinit-i Workforce System membership. Plus, Infinit-I Workforce System is constantly creating and adding new videos into our Training Library.  All videos are between 5-10 minutes in length, making them easy to watch anywhere, anytime.  Their short length also makes them a perfect choice for safety meeting discussions. Want a tour of the our Training Library?  Schedule your demo now.


Customize Your Content Library & Driver Resource Area

When we first launched Infinit-I Workforce System, our goal was to provide the most robust training tool the student transportation industry had ever seen.  We realized from the first day we launched our system that providing a way for transportation directors to post modules from their own training libraries, plus upload district policy and procedure manuals, insurance information, driver calendars, announcements, and more into the system was going to be paramount to the system being a successful tool for school bus driver training programs.  By doing this we were able to ensure each school district we serve has the right training solution available for their bus drivers and their team. While some skills needed in the student transportation industry are standard, every district is different. Through one-on-one consultations, our team helps you identify your unique training needs and requirements.  Then we help you design highly customized solutions that address your unique district bus driver training challenges, making training bus drivers an easy, streamlined process.  And the best part is…our impressive reporting and tracking system makes it easy for you to see when you are achieving measurable results. Custom content is not limited to training videos.  In fact, a large number of our clients utilize our learning management system to make it easy for drivers to access all your district’s documents in one location.  Check out some of these exciting ways Infinit-I Workforce System clients are currently customizing their driver resource areas:

POST IMPORTANT TRAINING DOCUMENTS ♦ Employee Handbooks ♦ Field Trip Procedures ♦ Health and District Benefit Information ♦ Physical Contact with Students Policy ♦ District Vehicle Driving Requirements
CREATE UNIQUE TRAINING VIDEOS ♦ Special Transportation Videos ♦ Camera System Procedure ♦ Remedial Driver Training Program ♦ Winter Bus Driving Training ♦ Instructions on Proper Way to Change a Tire ♦ Instructions on District Pre-Trip Inspection Requirements
SHARE IMPORTANT POLICIES & CALENDARS ♦ Post Inclement Weather Policy ♦ Publish Driver Calendars ♦ Share School District Forms ♦ Post CDL License Rules ♦ Share Safety Message & Safety Reviews
SHARE COMPANY & INDUSTRY NEWS ♦ Post Your District’s Newsletters ♦ Recognize Employees on Their Birthdays ♦ Post Employee Years of Service Awards ♦ Celebrate Employee Birth Announcements ♦ Share Industry News & New Regulations ♦ Post Timely Messages from the Director of Transportation
Add an Element of Efficiency to Your Training Program ♦ Deliver Custom Content Online in Any Format ♦ Comprehensive Bus Driver Safety Training Video Library ♦ Customize Training to Deliver in Multiple Languages ♦ Add Consistency to Bus Driver Training ♦ Target Areas like Student Management Using Our Library
Develop Employees & Build Your Company Culture ♦ Improve Bus Driver Retention ♦ Celebrate Employee Accomplishments ♦ Ensure Drivers Understand Emergency Bus Evacuations ♦ Add CDL Training & Other Modules ♦ Test Drivers on Training Content to Ensure Understanding of Material ♦ Quickly Assign Remedial Driver Training ♦ Track Driver Progress with 3rd Party Date and Time Stamps

Your Very Own School Bus Driver Safety Training Consultant

We do more than just develop custom training solutions for the student transportation industry.  As a Infinit-I Workforce System user, you will be introduced to your personal Client Services Representative who will work with you from set-up and implementation through ongoing utilization of the system to ensure you are getting the maximum benefit out of your new training resource tool.  Your Client Services Representative is always just a phone call (or email) away, ready to assist you.  You can be as involved (or as uninvolved) as you want to be in every step of the process. We like to tell people, with Infinit-I Workforce System, you’re never alone.  All you need to be able to do is dial a phone, and we will take care of you from there. Our goal is to create a strong relationship with you to help guide your transportation department to success using an online learning platform. When you choose Infinit-I Workforce System, we become a partner with your training team.  Together we will work to achieve your transportation department’s learning objectives. Your Client Services Representative serves as a consultant and mentor for you on best practices for utilizing your training system.  He or she will regularly review your account and call you on a monthly or quarterly basis to offer advice, ideas, and new information for you to implement into your training program. Our Client Services Team is what our clients tell us truly sets us apart from others in the industry.


Schedule a Demo of Infinit-I Workforce System

Vertical Alliance Group is committed to ensuring you have access to the best training videos in the student transportation industry. This month we have released 1 new video for you to use in your

1 New Training Video for Schools
1 New Training Video for Schools 1

 

bus driver training.

Traffic Signs
Length: 12:36
This video discusses the many categories of traffic signs, highlighting shapes, coloration, and information that the different categories present.
Module: School Bus

Please contact your client services representative at 877-792-3866, ext. 400, if you have any questions.