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Title: Rhode Island Department of Transportation


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Rhode Island Departmentof Transportation
TRAC/RIDES Program Promoting Pathways for
Transportation and Civil Engineering Careers in
Rhode Island
2
The Program
  • TRAC RIDES, AASHTOs educational outreach
    programs are designed for use in Science,
    Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM).
  • TRAC RIDES Vision To deliver educational
    outreach programs that connects students to the
    world of transportation while enhancing math,
  • science and technology skills.
  • TRAC RIDES Mission To introduce students in
    grades K-12 to the working world of
    transportation, especially civil engineering and
    Inspire them to consider careers in those fields.

3
The Program
  • TRAC-Mission-Vision-Values
  • In addition to providing a tool for teachers to
    improve math and science instruction in middle
    and secondary schools, TRAC improves workforce
    diversity which helps to resolve one of the most
    pressing problems faced by the transportation
    industry today a critical shortage of civil
    engineers
  • Critical needs shortage of female and minority
    engineers.

4
Program Implementation
  • RIDOT TRAC/RIDES Program is aligned with other
    department diversity based career training
    initiatives.
  • Construction Career Day, Engineering Career Day,
    Engineering Summer Program, OJT, Building Futures
    pre-apprenticeship training, RIDOT summer
    internship program.
  • RIDOT OJT Program diversity based 98 female and
    minority.

5
The Program
  • Building Futures- ARRA State Transportation
    Employment Program (STEP) -350,000.
  • Provides Pre-Apprenticeship training in an effort
    to increase OJT participation of underutilized
    woman and minorities on RIDOT Projects.
  • Graduating seniors not attending college who
    have successfully a TRAC module can be referred
    to Building Futures for assessment and entry into
    the next class.

6
Program Implementation
  • RIDOT is currently entering into the second year
    of its TRAC/RIDES initiative.
  • Identified the schools which provide the best fit
    demographically.
  • Conducted extensive teacher training with the
    support of AASHTO providing industry
    professionals to support RIDOTs initiative in RI
    schools.

7
Demographics
  • RIDOTs TRAC/RIDES Program is currently serving
    6300 hundred students.
  • 49 are minority
  • 53 are female
  • 58 receive free or reduced meals at school

8
Funding
  • RIDOT dedicates 100,000 annually to provide
    training and purchase supplies for teachers and
    schools.
  • Funding source FHWA

9
Implementation of the Program
Challenges
  • Schools lack funding for curriculum and supplies.
  • Rhode Island has 39 separate school districts.
    Each having their own Superintendent and
    school committee.
  • Every school at the elementary, middle and high
    school level has their own principal.

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Questions? Paul Sylvia Paul.Sylvia_at_dot.ri.gov 40
1-222-3260 ext. 4513
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