Tribal Technical Assistance Program (TTAP) Update
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Tribal Technical Assistance Program Pilot
December
6, 2017
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Communications Plan
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2018
- Pilot Begins
- Training Begins
- Share Annual Training Plan
- Road Scholars Facility Fully Operational
- Program Update / Virtual Listening Session
- TTPCC Meeting
- TTPCC Meeting
2019
- Program Update / Virtual Listening Session
- Share Annual Training Plan
- TTPCC Meeting
- TTPCC Meeting
- Program Update / Virtual Listening Session
- Future TTAP Plans Update
- TTPCC Meeting
- TTPCC Meeting
2020
- Pilot Ends
- Share Final Pilot Results
*Design - Test - Evaluate - Refine -
In collaboration
with Pilot Participants + Stakeholders
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TTAP Center
- Roads Scholars Certification Program
- Virtual Centers of Excellence
- Asset & Data Management
- Project Delivery
- Safety
- Operations & Maintenance
- Planning & Program Management
Pilot Roles and Responsibilities
FHWA
- Work collaboratively with Center to deliver a strong program
- Guide program and answer questions or concerns that may arise
- Monitor activities to ensure optimal program delivery
- Communicate with and collect stakeholder feedback on pilot.
TTAP Center
- Deliver a comprehensive training and technical assistance program
- Ensure delivery in all 12 BIA regions
- Maintain a commitment to delivering the most current, innovative,
and effective training, tools, and other assistance
- Recognize regional differences and find opportunities to share
best practices to remedy local problems
Pilot Key Deliverables
Expand |
Develop |
Reduce |
Include / Promote |
Respond / Address |
Identify / Disseminate |
Expand knowledge through increased training and technical
assistance
- Minimum of 4500 training hours annually
- Minimum of 418 technical assistance hours per SME
- Supplement face to face training with distance learning
|
Develop a national Road Scholars Certification Program |
Reduce redundant services
- Leverage training resources available through other
associations
- Consolidate administrative functions
|
Include and promote market-ready, proven innovations and
support high priority technical areas |
Respond and address regional highway issues in curriculum |
Identify, disseminate and encourage best practice application |
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- NTTAP Director (Business, Financial, Staffing
and Personnel Management): Beth O'Donnell
- Program Manager: Walt Catlett
- Roads Scholar: Tony DeCresie, Kevin
Regan
- Virtual Centers of Excellence
- Project Delivery: Kim Johnson,
Marc Shepherd
- Maintenance and Ops: James
Bailey, Tim Thompson
- Safety: Bruce Drewes, Todd
Morrison
- Injury Prevention: Carrie
Brown, Tabatha Harris, Kelly Powell
- Asset/Data Management: Allen
Smith
- Planning & Procurement: Herold Hudson, Diann Wilson
- Staff Assistant/Logistics Coordinator: TBA
- Communications/Technical Writer: Lianne
Landers
- Marketing
- Case Studies
- Website
- Outreach
- Conferences and Meetings
- Toolkit
Beth O'Donnell, Director
- Directs and oversees Virginia's Local Assistance Technical Program
offering over 85 in person training workshops for more than 2,600
attendees each year
- Envisions and implements multi-day training conferences and
multi-location audio conferences to provide a platform for FHWA
and VDOT technical transfer requests
- Currently developing two distance learning training courses
to widen LTAP/CTS reach
- Has developed and led employee engagement and training opportunities
Walter C. Catlett, Education & Outreach
- 30 years of management /command experience
- Delivers training for ACPA and LTAP
- Provides technical expertise to State DOTs and Public Works
Department level
Lianne Landers, Communications
- Written dozens of transportation-based news articles, such as
Research in Action in partnership with the Virginia Transportation
Research Council, and workshop/ instructor spotlights
- Worked as an economic developer and community liaison
Road Scholars Certification Program
Tony DeCresie
- Nationally recognized and awarded training manager with 25 year
track record.
- Primary areas of expertise include highway and road work site
safety training and heavy equipment operations safety.
- Extensive DOT, LTAP and OSHA safety training, trailering and
load securement, fleet safety and public works operations.
- Previous work includes dump truck fleet operations and long
haul trucking.
Kevin Regan
- Founder of Municipal Safety Services and Senior Safety Consultant,
has over 30 years of experience in Insurance, Risk Management &
Safety Training
- An extensive training portfolio including municipal work crews
and all public works safety operations for numerous agencies and
city operations.
Project Delivery
Marc Shepard
- 21 years of transportation planning and project delivery
- Instructor for the Texas LTAP
- Texas DOT trainer for local governments
Kim Johnson
- Texas LTAP Manager and Outreach Director
- Provides local agency training in the Project Delivery, Maintenance
and Operations field.
- Developed and Manages Texas LTAP Gravel Road Academy
Core Curriculum
- Getting Your Project Started
- Developing a Statement of Work for A&E Consultant Contracts
- Contract Management for A&E
- Environmental Requirements for Transportation Projects
- Environmental Permits, Certificates and Licenses
- Storm Water and Erosion Control
- Procedures for Right-of-Way Acquisition
- Utility Coordination
- Construction Contract Administration
- Cost and Schedule Management
- Quality Assurance/Quality Control
- Project Completion and Closeout
- Force Account Work
- Emergency Relief Projects
- Introduction to Highway Construction Inspection
Maintenance & Operations
James Bailey
- Heavy Equipment Trainer for Texas LTAP
- Manages personnel in the construction and maintenance of roadways
at Bailey Materials
Tim Thompson
- Gravel Road Academy & Heavy Equipment Instructor for the
Texas LTAP
- 30 years experience with Texas DOT as Assistant Maintenance
Supervisor (District 10)/Maintenance Tech
Core Curriculum
- Maintenance Administration
- Developing Operational Budgets and Resource Allocation
- Maintenance Condition Assessment
- Bridge Inspection & Maintenance
- Pipe Installation and Maintenance
- Sign Maintenance and Management
- Gravel Road Maintenance and Design
- Stabilization and Dust Abatement
- Roadside Maintenance
- Pavement Preservation Strategies
- Guardrail Installation, Maintenance and Repair
- Work Zone Safety
- Elevation and Grade Instruments and Use
- Installation & Maintenance of Erosion Control Devises
- Temporary Traffic Control
- Winter Weather Operations
Safety
Bruce Drewes
- LTAP Instructor in NV, AZ, CO, NE, ND, MS, NJ, TX and HI in
the areas of Safety and Maintenance & Operations topics
- 12 years experience as Training and Research Manager for the
Idaho LTAP
- 19 year experience in roadway design and construction at the
Idaho Transportation Department
Todd Morrison
- Delivered over 345 courses with the Kentucky LTAP providing
training in Safety, Maintenance & Operations, and Project Delivery
Topics
- Supervised Maintenance and Traffic crews in a 10 county region
for KY DOT
- Supervised engineering staff that inspected all construction
activities in a six-county region for KY DOT
Core Curriculum
- Safety Plan Development
- Improving Safety at Intersections
- Improving Safety at Railroad Crossings
- Safe Transportation for Every Pedestrian
- Road Safety Audits/Assessments
- Worker Safety
- Access Control: Intersections, railroad grade crossings and
driveways
- Safety Data: What data do I need and how do I collect it.
- Crash Data Analysis
- Low Cost Safety Improvements
- Signalized Intersections
- Roundabouts
Motor Vehicle Injury Prevention
Carrie Brown
- Safety Circuit Rider for the National Indian Justice Center
(Western TTAP)
- Injury Prevention Coordinator for the Reno Sparks Indian Colony,
Reno Nevada
Tabatha Harris
- Safety Circuit Rider for the Southern Plains TTAP
- Injury Prevention Program Coordinator for the Kaw Nation in
Newkirk, OK
Kelly Powell
- 18 years experience in the field of injury prevention as a Public
Health Practitioner
Core Curriculum
- Strategies to Increase Restraint Use
- Basic Child Passenger Safety Awareness Course;
- Prioritizing MVIP interventions;
- National Standardized Child Passenger Safety Technician Certification
Course;
- Car Seat Checkpoint;
- IHS Level 1 Injury Prevention
- IHS Level 2 Injury Prevention
Asset & Data Management
Allen Smith
- 42 years of construction, civil engineering and land surveying
experience
- Professional surveyor in the state of Arkansas
Core Curriculum
- Foundation for Using Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
- GPS Data Collection and Asset Management
- Developing an Inventory of Highway Features
- Objective Prioritization of Needs
- Understanding Life Cycle Costs and Optimum Treatment Types
Planning & Procurement
Herold Hudson
- Coordinated Managers' Internal Control Program training for
four commands of U.S. Army Reserve
- CEO & CFO for the Sauk-Suiattle Indian Tribe
Diann Wilson
- 18 years of experience providing procurement and grant writing
training
- Provides Traffic Incident Management instruction and certification
in Oklahoma to Fire Fighters, Law Enforcement, Emergency Medical
Personnel, Tow, Recovery & Service Vehicle Operators, Emergency
Management, OK DOT, County Employees and construction workers
Core Curriculum
- Introduction to Planning
- Developing your TIP
- Long Range Transportation Planning
- Data Collection and Use
- Public Involvement
- Financial Planning/Fiscal Constraint
- Project Prioritization
- Single Audit
- Procurement 101
- Procurement Planning
- Procurement Process -Solicitation through Contract Award
- Cost Estimating
- Evaluation and Selection of Consultants
- Contract Cost Negotiations
- Contract Execution and Other Considerations
- Contract Specification Writing
- Alternative Delivery Methods
Technical Assistance
- Program Manager will ensure all requests are fielded by topically
appropriate virtual Centers
- Technical support will be provided via
- telephone,
- webinars,
- virtual meetings, and
- face-to-face consultations
- Minimum of 416 hours per year per subject matter expert
Next Deliverable: 2018 Training Plan
- 60 days to develop the plan for core curriculum training
- 5460 hours annual training minimum
- 56 hours of face to face training per virtual Center per
month
- 24 hours of online training per virtual Center per month
Questions?
For questions related to the Tribal Technical Assistance Program
(TTAP), please contact the FHWA -Center for Local Aid Support: CLAS@dot.gov
For training and technical assistance needs over the next 90 days,
please contact FHWA -Center for Local Aid Support: CLAS@dot.gov
For future updates on the pilot, please contact the FHWA -Center
for Local Aid Support: CLAS@dot.gov
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at:
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