Download - Core Competencies for Travel Instruction
Core Competencies for
Travel Instruction
Evolution of the Competencies
• How•Why •When•Who was it intended for?
Academic Competencies Travel Training
Instructor
• Medical aspect of disability• Sensory motor functioning• Psychosocial aspects of disability• Human growth and development over the lifespan• Travel concepts• Environmental analysis• Systems of transportation• Mobility and information access devices• Travel skills and techniques• Assessment, instructional methods and strategies• History and philosophy of travel instruction• Professional information• Administration and supervision of travel instruction programs• Legal and ethical issues in serving students in travel programs
Academic Competencies Travel Trainer• Psychosocial aspects of disability• Assessment, instructional methods and strategies• Travel Skills and Techniques• Environmental Analysis• Sensory motor functioning• Medical aspects of disability• Travel concepts• Mobility and information access devices• System of transportation• Professional information• History of travel instruction• Administration and supervision of travel instruction
programs• Legal and ethical issues in serving students in travel
programs
Field Practice Competencies
• Travel Training Instructor• Travel Trainer
Domains from Competency
• Assessment• Body Position• History, Philosophy and Legislation• Environmental Analysis• Instructional Techniques and Strategies• Documentation • Professional Information
Application of competencies
• Training new personnel• Providing on-going professional development in
specific competency domains• Designing annual performance appraisal for personnel• Structuring program and assuring that all steps have
been followed for each instructional plan: pre-assessment, environmental analysis, instructional strategies, safety practices, intersectional analysis, post-assessment
• Building a culture based on knowledge of disability history and philosophy of travel instruction
• Documentation
Domains• Assessment• Body Position• History, Philosophy and
Legislation• Environmental Analysis• Instructional Techniques and
Strategies• Documentation • Professional Information
Competencies•Psychosocial aspects of disability•Assessment, instructional methods and strategies•Travel Skills and Techniques•Environmental Analysis•Sensory motor functioning•Medical aspects of disability•Travel concepts•Mobility and information access devices•System of transportation•Professional information•History of travel instruction•Administration and supervision of travel instruction programs•Legal and ethical issues in serving students in travel programs
ATI - Definition of Travel Training
Services• Transit Orientation• Familiarization• Travel Training
Activity• Which competencies do you consider most important to your practice?
• Discuss as a group, come up with a consensus of what is most important
• Create groupings based on your list
• In what ways should the competencies be updated to reflect current practices
• Report back
Professional Advancement of Travel
TrainersWork done this year:• Professional Advancement committee established
September 2012• Resource development
Next steps• Reach out to all members to gather additional resources• Vet resources• Resource library on members only page of new website• Determine what areas we should focus on to
further develop resources