About us
What we do?
The department's Road Safety Education Program aims to empower all children and young people in NSW public schools to be safe road users now and into the future.
Our team provides quality road safety education support and professional learning to teachers in NSW public schools K-12.
Our Road Safety Education Officers:
- tailor service delivery to meet school and student needs. Register your interest onlineExternal link
- facilitate professional learning workshops - supporting primary schools, secondary schools and schools for specific purposes (SSPs) with implementing best practice road safety education, as part of the PDHPE K-10 syllabus, Stage 6 PDHPE Life Skills syllabus and Stage 6 Life Ready course
- support the teaching of key road safety messages for pedestrians, passengers, wheels users and future drivers
- build the capacity of teachers to develop localised quality teaching and learning materials to implement best practice road safety education
- assist schools to develop resources that promote safe travel in the school community through a whole-school approach
- support principals to address and manage road safety issues in and around schools
- provide advice to principals and schools about the implementation of the Road safety education procedures and duty of care obligations.
Partnership with Transport for NSW and the other education sectors
Proudly funded by Transport for NSWExternal link, the department shares in a partnership with Catholic Schools NSWExternal link, Association of Independent SchoolsExternal link and Kids and TrafficExternal link (the Early Childhood Road Safety Education Program) to support the delivery of road safety education by providing resources and professional learning to teachers in schools throughout NSW.
