WORKING TOGETHER TO KEEP OUR STUDENTS SAFE
WTSEA WILL NOT HOLD A FALL CONFERENCE THIS YEAR. INSTEAD WE HOSTED THE 2022 ADTSEA
SUMMER CONFERENCE IN VANCOUVER, WASHINGTON
JULY 23-27, 2022
CLOCK HOURS WERE AVAILABLE
SUMMER CONFERENCE IN VANCOUVER, WASHINGTON
JULY 23-27, 2022
CLOCK HOURS WERE AVAILABLE
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Welcome to our website! Washington Traffic Safety Education Association (WTSEA) is the professional organization formed to provide the most current legislative information, new changes to DOL (Department of Licensing) and OSPI (Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction) procedures and policies and best practices in Drivers Education for all ages.
Our goal is improving student safety as well as promoting professional development. 
Coming Board Meetings
Meetings are now held using Zoom so that board members do not have to travel across the state. As always members are invited to attend, If you would like more information or you would like to attend a meeting please contact Skeet Gaul at sgaul@live.com !
Regular board meetings will be held 5 times a year: Last Saturday of Feb (Feb 26, 22) Last Saturday of April (April 30, 22) and the Second Saturday of Aug (Aug 13, 22) Third Saturday of Sept (Sept 17, 22) First Saturday of Dec (Dec 3, 22) Board Minutes can be found under Welcome/About Us/Board Members/Board Meeting Minutes Older minutes have been archived and are available upon request Check out '100 Deadliest Days' 2021: What to Make of Statewide Crash Data. a study from Davis Law Group
"CONTINUING EDUCATION (CE) REQUIREMENTS."
Click here to review a document that attempts to clarify the often confusing differences for CE requirements for public school teachers (certificated and conditional teachers) and for commercial driver training school teachers." |
DEREK HAHN RECEIVES MEMORIAL AWARD
by Gerry Apple Derek Hahn was awarded the Joe West Memorial Award at the ADTSEA conference in July in Vancouver, Washington at the Hilton Convention Center. There were approximately three hundred people in attendance at this annual conference. One of the members, Derek Hahn, of the Washington Host Committee received an award at the banquet. He teaches math and traffic safety education at Sehome High School in the Bellingham School District. The Bellingham School District is the only school district in the state of Washington that has their TSE classes held during the in-day program. This is due to the great vision of Dr. Baker who is the superintendent of the Bellingham School District. The cost per student is zero. This allows many high school students to take this important life skill class who otherwise might not be able to take the course and would have to wait until turning eighteen to get their driver's license without the proper training. It has been shown that when a student takes TSE and meet the eight restrictions of the Graduated Driver’s License, the state of Washington has been able to reduce the number of deaths on our roads by over twenty percent. Derek received his traffic safety education endorsement in 2018 from CWU adjunct professor Alex Hansen. Derek is the treasurer and budget director of WTSEA. He did an excellent job facilitating the last two WTSEA fall TSE conferences virtually thru ZOOM. He is an up and coming TSE teacher who believes strongly in implementing an integration of the classroom and behind-the-wheel lessons. He provided a lot of technical equipment for this national conference. He certainly exemplifies the passion that Joe West had for saving teenagers from horrific collisions due to alcohol and other drugs, texting, drowsy driving and other distractions. Joe West passed away last September at the age of 82. Joe served over fifty years at the Thurston county coroner's office and investigated all the traffic fatalities. He was an excellent photographer who provided many photos that would help to convict many traffic offenders of terrible crimes. He would travel throughout the South Puget Sound area to high schools to present his program in the driver's education classes. The evaluations of his presentations were consistently outstanding. He was always assisted by his wife Linda West who also worked for the Thurston County Coroner's Office. He presented several times at the fall WTSEA TSE conference and was the recipient of the Distinguish Service award presented by WTSEA. Joe never received compensation for his dedication in talking to students and teachers. It was his passion. 
Left to right: Chuck Filippini, Derek Hahn and Linda West
MIKE HAHN WINS CLIFF BOYCE AWARD
by Gerald Apple Mike Hahn received the Cliff Boyce award at a National American Diver and Traffic Safety Education Association (ADTSEA) Conference held in Vancouver, Washington at the Hilton Convention Center at the end of July. Mike has been the President of Washington Traffic Safety Education Association (WTSEA) for the past two years. He is the traffic Safety Education Coordinator for the Granite Falls School District. He teaches physical education at the high school. This award goes each year to an outstanding traffic safety education teacher in the state of Washington. The WTSEA board members hosted the national ADTSEA conference. There were approximately three hundred people in attendance at this annual conference which lasted five days. 
Left to right: Mike Hahn and Chuck Filippini
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DRIVING PROFESSIONALS GROUP One of our new sponsors has two new courses you may find helpful! One is about how to avoid burnout and the other is about disabilities.
Here is the LINK This information can also be found on our resource page at this LINK TSE Program Needs:
programs to share/acquire TSE resources **************
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Drive Right Companion Website
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