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Westin Portland Harborview Hotel
Monday, May 9
5:00 - 7:00 PM- Welcome Reception at hotel (cash bar)
Tuesday, May 10
7:00 AM – 8:30 Breakfast & networking
8:30 AM - Welcome/Introductions/Opening Remarks (Pete)
8:45 AM - FHWA TPP Update (Jeff Z., Cameron, and Susan)
9:30 AM - National LTAP Association Update (David)
- 2016 Annual meeting in Madison
- NLTAPA Presentation at Regional Meeting
10:00 AM - BREAK
10:20 AM - Center Show and Tell (hopefully 4 before lunch)
15-20 minutes per center
Centers should note how their S-and-T items dovetail with the 4 Focus areas
- Safety
- Workforce Dev
- Infrastructure Management
- Organizational Excellence
11:30-12:30 - LUNCH
12:30 PM - Center Show and Tell continued (3 after lunch)
1:30 PM – Circuit rider roundtable and their perspective
At minimum, have ME, VT, NY, NH, CT give their open perspective of their field work relative to 4 focus areas
2:15 PM – BREAK
2:30 PM - Roundtable Discussions - Training and Technical Assistance:
(Brainstorming with large post-it notes)
- Instructors --- internal/external/paid or free?/other?
- Workshop materials --- handouts, notebooks, etc?
- Who’s using FB, Youtube, Twitter, other social media at Center
- Clicker use
- Giveaways/prizes/trinkets?
- Workshop issues--- sign in/sign out?; early departers, Roads Scholars
- Tracking tech assists? What does “tech assist” mean to your Center?
- Overall recordkeeping vs PAR needs vs non-PAR work
3:30 PM - PAR - Part I: Data items from the 2015 PAR – Cameron
4:30 PM - Adjourn
6:00 PM - Dinner as a group (Bull Feeney’s, Portland’s Old Port section)
Wednesday, May 11
7:30 AM - Breakfast
Directors: Directors will have a breakfast breakout to ask questions and discuss Center issues.
Staff: can eat together to discuss Center management and other issues
8:30 AM - PAR Part II: Discussion of PAR data & Roundtable discussions
- Participants and types of training
- Newsletters
- Technical assistance
- Use of instructors
- National initiatives
- Brainstorming
10:00 AM – BREAK
10:20 AM - Roundtable Discussions - National Initiatives /Program Opportunities
- Alternative funding ops
- Leveraging partnerships (trainers, funds, whatever)
- Transitioning from tasks to focus areas
- LTAP EDC participation
11:30 AM - Wrap-Up/Invite to 2017 Regional Meeting?
Noon - Boxed Lunches and Travel Home