Welcome to TRAC!
About TRAC
The Transportation and Civil Engineering (TRAC) Program is the hands-on education program of the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO). TRAC is made available to secondary schools (high schools and Junior high schools) through regional centers where the Departments of Transportation (DOTs) work in partnership with other government organizations, universities, non-profit organizations, and private industry. At it's most basic level, TRAC is a program designed for integration into science, math, and social studies classes.
In actual practice, TRAC sends volunteer Transportation professionals into secondary schools with TRAC PAC. This consists of a computer, electronic data collection and analysis instruments, hands-on modeling materials, and more than three dozen activities based on real-world transportation problems.
By engaging students in solving real-world problems, TRAC connects kids to the work world of transportation. And TRAC's specific focus of improving work force diversity helps resolving one of the most pressing problems faced by this predominately white male profession: how to draw talented women and minorities into the field of transportation.
TRAC Is For You
It will help you, the Regional Center, Director/Coordinator, become a better administrator, organizer, and teacher. You are never so in control of your material than when you know you have to teach it to others. And working with volunteers means that you will have to develop formidable administration skills in order to keep your volunteer team on-board and happy.
TRAC Is For Them
TRAC is for the volunteers you help recruit; the teachers you help train. It is for the students who learn from the real-world experiences found in the TRAC program. Finally, TRAC is for the public at large through its specific focus of improving the quality of education.
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