A New York State
Driver Traffic Safety Education Association Publication
 Educating Youth for a Lifetime of Safe Driving  ​

"FrontView" Newsletter
December 2024

Upcoming Event!
Our DERIC Workshops are being conducted at
various sites around the state.
If you are interested in attending please contact us by email
[email protected]

A Call to NYS Driver Ed Teachers! DERIC Curriculum Workshop
Participate in the 
NYSDTSEA DERIC Curriculum Workshop 
…and receive a $100 incentive!
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This workshops will provide teachers with a great experience and savings insight on how the DERIC curriculum can be used in your driver education program,

Click here if interested  Email: [email protected]

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President - Elect  2024 
​Jill Greene 
Our March Conference was a Success !!!
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Hope to see more of you next year.
Hello Everyone!  I hope you all enjoyed the 2024 Annual Conference "Keeping Safe and Fit as We Drive Towards the Future." We missed a few members this year but we hope that you will plan  to attend next year's conference. Looks like next year's conference will be again on a Saturday, March 8th,2025. Details will be forth coming as we determine if it will be an in person or virtual conference and where the venue will be held. Stay tuned,
 
We had about 75 participants; members, vendors, speakers, government officials, sponsors, as well as a few Zoom speakers.  It all went smoothly and we were able to honor Abe Kestenbaum as the new Hall of Fame member at our Steve Brown Luncheon.

Of course, there were several new items on the agenda.  First, we merged with our National organization, ADTSEA - American Driver Traffic Safety Education Association and also the New England Driver Traffic Safety Education Association
NETSEA giving us three memberships for the price of one $50.  There are many benefits that comes with joining the National and Regional associations:  1) We have access to professional development courses that are offered throughout the year. This has always been one of our main goals - to keep our driver education teachers current and informed. 2) ADTSEA is there to support our Association business, such as helping with the yearly membership data base, conference attendee data and collection of annual membership dues and conference registrations just to mention a few.  Additionally, our website presence has been updated, thanks to Maria Herbert with First Net Impressions. We have a new professional look to mirror ADTSEA and other state driver ed websites. This helps to take off the pressure from keeping our correspondence fresh. So, you can see that a lot has been accomplished this last year and the best is yet to come. We are posting our Annual 1 year Work Plan below with the hopes for a successful year.  If you haven't paid your membership dues, "please do dues", that helps to support our efforts. And lastly, for now, thank you Eric Mundorff, from the Rochester Schools, for stepping up and taking on the Vice President officer position. We are looking forward to working as a team to continue working for NYSDTSEA,

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2024 ANNUAL 1-YEAR WORK PLAN
For the period of January 1 – December 31, 2024​
#1. NYSDTSEA 2024 ANNUAL 1-YEAR WORK PLAN 

The New York State Driver and Traffic Safety Education Association (NYSDTSEA) 
For the period of March 1 – Dec 31st, 2024 
The NYSDTSEA Executive Committee/ Board of Directors has identified the following activities/actions for 2024. 
Activity Actions Milestone / Deliverable Dec 2024

Emphasis Area 1 in the NYSDTSEA Strategic Plan 
1.0 Increase and expand membership, support services and benefits. 
1.1 Explore approaches to increase NYSDTSEA annual revenue.
1.2 Retain and solicit additional Corporate, Institutional, Affiliate and Individual memberships. 
1.3 Continue to keep members, partners and stakeholders informed on NYSDTSEA projects and activities through email news-blasts, the newsletter, the NYSDTSEA web page, social media, and web meetings.
1.4 Plan and conduct virtual training workshops to assist members with professional development opportunities. 
1.5 Plan, promote and /or conduct a campaign to encourage the NYSDTSEA/NSSP involvement and solicit funds for students to attend the National ADTSEA Conference in Albany, NY. 
1.6 Assist national and regional NYSDTSEA affiliates in participating at conferences and workshops when requested. 

Emphasis Area 2 in the NYSDTSEA Strategic Plan 
2.0 Modernize and maintain NYSDTSEA Bylaws and Constitution. 
2.1 Conduct a review to modernize the NYSDTSEA Constitution and Bylaws and propose amendments to the membership. December 2024 EC/BOD/Constitution and Bylaws Committee/Staff 
2.2 Establish a process for the regular review of the NYSDTSEA Constitution and Bylaws. 
2 3. Support and encourage quality driver education programs by keeping the State Education Dept, Dept of Motor Vehicles , NYS Health Dept., Governor’s Traffic Safety Committee and other affiliations as well as legislators.

Emphasis Areas 3 in the NYSDTSEA Strategic Plan
3.0 Review and conduct workshops with DERIC Curriculum
3.1. Support and encourage the implementation and use of the Novice Teen Driver Education and Training Administrative Standards (NTDETAS) and ANSTSE resources in support of the NTDETAS.
3.2. Support and encourage the implementation and use of NYSDTSEA Curriculum Standards. 
3.3. Support and encourage quality driver education teacher/instructor preparation, training and ongoing professional development.
3.4. Support and encourage culturally equitable and accessible driver education and training. 
3.5.Support and encourage the safe and effective use of advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) 
3.6. Support State efforts to administer and oversee quality driver education programs including the use of best practices.
3.7. Educate teachers/members regarding how driver education and training fits within The Safe System Approach. 
3.8. Encourage programs to complete a NHTSA State Driver Education Technical Assessment and to take advantage of ANSTSE Consultation Services. ADTSEA assistance with this.
3.9. Promote the use of data and research to enhance driver education and training programs. 

Emphasis Area 4 in the NYSDTSEA Strategic Plan  
4.0 Develop, edit,  and/or update teacher resources and provide these on the NYSDTSEA website. 
4.1 Determine teacher resources CHOP that can be used for driver education programs, instructors/teachers. 
4.2 Promote ADTSEA teacher resources on the NYSDTSEA website, including recordings of virtual presentations and workshops. 
4.3 Enhance the NYSDTSEA teacher credentialing program. December 2024 EC/Education and Training Committee/ Staff 4.4. Enhance partnerships and relationships with state associations, regions, national and international stakeholders. 

Emphasis Area 5 in the NYSDTSEA Strategic Plan 
5.0 Participate in national traffic safety conferences and meetings and participate with other national traffic safety research consortiums. 
5.1 Enhance partnerships with stakeholders such as state associations, regional boards, state administrators, companies, national and international organizations, government, etc. 
5.2 Participate as a member of the Association of National Stakeholders in Traffic Safety Education (ANSTSE).
5.3 Accept invitations to present at international, national, regional and local conferences on driver education and traffic safety issues. 
5.4 Propose potential projects to NHTSA for possible funding. December 2024 EC/Staff 5.6 Participate in national efforts that support NYSDTSEA’s Mission, Vision and Goals, (e.g., FMCSA’s Our Roads Our Safety). 

Emphasis Area 6 in the NYSDTSEA Strategic Plan 
6.0 Conduct regular meetings of the NYSDTSEA Executive Committee and Board of Directors via ZOOM
6.1 Attend periodic Zoom meetings with ADTSEA planning committees where NYSDTSEA involvement is requested.
​6.2 Participate in periodic Zoom meetings with the Dept of Health and DERIC Committee members and participate in DERIC workshops.