Roadeo
2023 Roadeo Training & Competition
Friday 11/17 – Sunday 11/19
(Lunch served)
Team registration and a written test required.
Presented by WIT. (Women in Transportation.)
All participating driver and attendant teams must download and complete the Roadeo Competition Knowledge Test before arriving to the event. Bring a copy of the completed test to turn in on-site.
Are you passionate about special needs transportation, growing as a professional, and networking with others who do what you do from across the nation? Then form a team and plan to participate in this event!
The Roadeo Competition, presented by School Transportation News in partnership with wit. (Women in Transportation), consists of driver-attendant teams, and there is no pre-requisite to participate. All are welcome, whether or not you have participated in another driver-attendant competition in your state or district. The goal of this competition is to help you increase your knowledge of special needs transportation.
Past roadeo competitors, former winners and/or those just wanting to take a chance as independents, may sign up for the ROADEO SHOOT-OUT: Register as an independent on the registration form (link below) and be randomly matched with another driver/attendant upon arrival.
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Roadeo Team Registration
Please fill out the form completely to register for the 2023 TSD Roadeo competition.
Waiver release form on page 2 must be signed by each participant in order to complete your registration.
Roadeo Agenda
(Subject to Change)
Thursday, November 16
3 p.m. – 5 p.m.
Roadeo Team Registration/Check-In
Friday, November 17
8 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Roadeo Team Registration/Check-In
2:30 – 4:30 p.m.
Q’STRAINT/SURE-LOK Hands-On Securement Training
(Open to all TSD Conference registrations & Roadeo Contestants)
6 – 8 p.m.
Roadeo Competition Contestants & Judges Meeting
Saturday, November 18
8 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Roadeo Competition at Frisco ISD
6 – 8:30 p.m.
TSD Tailgate Trade Show Reception
Sunday, Novmeber 19
7 – 9 a.m.
Roadeo Competition Banquet & Awards and Roadeo Judges Debrief
9:30 a.m. – 1 p.m.
TSD Trade Show
Team Entry Fee: $175
Registration Costs Include
Thursday, November 16
Entry to the Special Needs Ride & Drive Experience + Reception – NEW!
Friday, November 17
- Entry to the morning General Sessions
Including: Transportation Director of the Year Award & Panel Discussion on Transporting Students with Disabilities & Special Needs, Keynote by Betsey Helfrich on Avoiding the Bumps and Legal Hazards, and General Session Panel: Have We Learned Anything Since Susavage v. Bucks Intermediate?
- Entry to Wheelchair Hands-On Securement Training Hosted by Q’STRAINT/SURE-LOK
- Entry to the afternoon OT/PT/Transporter Forum sessions
*Roadeo Participants may attend the morning general sessions as well as the afternoon OT/PT/Transporter Forum sessions on Friday, November 17. However, please note that the afternoon Lunch & Learn is reserved for Main Conference Attendees only.
Saturday, November 18
- Lunch tickets* during the Roadeo Competition
- Entry* to the TSD Tailgate Trade Show Reception on Saturday evening
Sunday, November 19
- Entry tickets* to the Roadeo Competition Awards Banquet (Breakfast of Champions)
- Entry* to the TSD Trade Show
*One lunch entry ticket and one entry ticket per event provided to each roadeo participant.