Walk and RideThe Safety Squadron Rides the School BusMy School Bus Safety VideoPooh's Great School Bus AdventureSchool Bus/Ped Safety with Rae the MimeIf I Were the Bus DriverOtto the Auto on School Bus SafetyThe Minnesota School Bus Safety Training SeriesThe Safest Way Out (Student Version)Thinking About School Bus SafetyBuster and the BoostersBe Cool Follow the RulesThe Minnesota Student Safety SeriesSchool Bus Safety Films in 16mmWalk and Ride
 A production of the Transportation, Communications, and Educational Television Departments, this video covers the basic school bus and pedestrian safety rules and is designed for use with a broad range of grade levels. The video is designed for classroom use and for distribution to parents and guardians. It is available on a four language DVD and single language VHS in English, Hmong, Spanish, and Somali.
VHS and DVD - 2005 Saint Paul Public Schools
Walk_and_Ride_Order_Form.pdf
Order Form for the Walk and Ride Video
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The Safety Squadron Rides the School Bus
 The Safety squadron is an upbeat animated video designed to help young students understand school bus safety rules. The video features Zipp the dragonfly who teaches about bus stop safety, Busby the school bus who explains the danger zone, and Pat the bus driver who speaks about safety inside the bus.
The Transportation Department has obtained modification and reproduction rights to this nationally acclaimed school bus safety video. In addition to the original English version, the video has been converted into the predominant languages spoken by District students. School staff may order combined English, Hmong, Spanish and Somali versions on a single DVD, or language specific VHS tapes, for claassroom use or distribution to parents of Kdgn through 3rd grde students who ride the school bus.
An order form is included below in pdf format.
VHS and DVD
MAPT 2001, Multi Language Version 2004 Saint Paul Schools
Safety_Squadron_06.pdf
Form for Ordering the Safety Squadron Video
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My School Bus Safety Video
 Focuses on educating young children about school bus safety and to recognize
potential hazards associated with school bus transportation. Discusses loading
and unloading, rules while riding on the bus, and waiting for the bus. Emphasizes
the "danger zone" located immediately around the outside of the
school bus, the importance of following the driver's rules and signals,
knowing where the emergency exits are, and the evacuation plan.
VHS and DVD - 8 minutes - Indiana State Police and National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
Contact Harold Turnquist or Mark Vogel for a permanent classroom copy of this video.
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Pooh's Great School Bus Adventure
 This nationally award winning video features Winnie the Pooh and the Hundred-Acre Wood characters who find themselves boarding the school bus to find Christopher Robin. This provides the perfect opportunity to review school bus safety rules, including what students should do while they wait for the bus, once they board and ride it, and when they unload from the bus. It's a dramatic story with a catchy original song.
VHS - Disney - 1986 - 14 minutes |
School Bus/Ped Safety with Rae the Mime
 Designed for primary students and focused on urban areas this video provides a very comprehensive array of potential dangers children might encounter on their journeys to and from the bus loading and unloading areas, on the playground, and while riding the school bus. The video provides basic rules to follow in avoiding, recognizing and dealing with some of these dangers. The video is organized around the safety rules depicted by icons, and covers walking to and from bus loading/unloading areas, boarding and exiting the bus safely, on bus behavior, and crossing streets in urban areas.
Produced by the School of Education, University of Wisconsin - Madison for the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction. |
If I Were the Bus Driver
 A student spends some time in the driver’s shoes, confronts a bus load of misbehaving adults, and suddenly realizes that there is a valid reason for every safety rule. Entertaining but thought-provoking for older students. Driver’s will find it highly amusing, and may find a tip for dealing with trouble-makers
VHS - AMS - 15 minutes |
Otto the Auto on School Bus Safety
 Four presentations on school bus safety featuring Otto the Auto
Before You Go on the Bus — Provides tips for getting to the bus stop safely. Encourages children to walk, not run, organize their belongings in a book bag or backpack, and be on time.
Waiting for and Getting on the Bus — Teaches children to stand back from the bus stop, avoid playing around, and board the bus in an orderly fashion.
Safe Behavior on the Bus — Teaches kids the importance of remaining seated on the bus, keeping clear of the aisle, and allowing the driver to drive free of distractions.
The Danger Zone — Discusses the dangers of walking too close to a school bus, and shows kids areas around the bus where they cannot be seen by the driver.
VHS, 16mm - AAA |
The Minnesota School Bus Safety Training Series
 A series of four grade specific videos designed to provide a comprehensive developmentally appropriate school bus safety curriculum that addresses the student school bus safety training competencies required by Minnesota Statutes.
- Volume II - Kindergarten
- Volume III - Primary Grades 1 through 3
- Volume IV - Intermediate Grades 4 through 6
- Volume V - Middle/High School Grades 6 through 9
Tapes should be ordered by the grade levels listed above.
VHS - 1995 - MAPT
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The Safest Way Out (Student Version)
 This video shows students how to properly handle and execute an emergency school bus evacuation. The film demonstrates how to safely exit from the front, rear, side, and multiple exits, emergency windows and rood hatches, and when each exit is appropriate.
VHS - AAA - 1997 - Kdgn - 9th grade, 12:20 minutes |
Thinking About School Bus Safety
 A classic video produced by the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety which discusses proper and safe school bus behavior using peer interaction and positive behavior.
VHS - AAA - 15 minutes, Grades 4-6 |
Buster and the Boosters
 Buster, the robotic school bus and his friends show elementary school students how to be safe bus riders. (Pre-School thru Grade 3)
VHS - AMS Distributors, Inc - 1989 - 19 minutes
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Be Cool Follow the Rules
 Be Cool Follow the Rules is an award winning school bus safety video that is part of the Bee Cool - Follow the Rules safety program produced by the National PTA and Navistar Engine Corporation (IC School Buses). Additional materials in the Be Cool - Follow the Rules safety program is available from the Transportation Department and is described in the school bus safety instructional materials section. |
The Minnesota Student Safety Series
 The Minnesota Student Safety Series is a series of grade specific videos and curriculum produced by the Minnesota Association for Pupil Transportation in conjunction with the Minnesota Department of Education.
- U Ride the Bus - Grades 4-6
- School Bus Safety Rap - Grades 7-9
- Bus Dream - Grades 10-12
Tapes should be ordered by title |
School Bus Safety Films in 16mm
 For a number of years the Transportation Department has been purchasing only VHS and DVD based safety presentations. The Department maintains available some of the older 16mm films that have been popular with teaching staff. The following titles are currently available on 16mm film:
- Pooh's Great School Bus Adventure
- Death Zones
- And Then It Happened
- Bus Tripping (As an Elementary School Bus Passenger)
- Bus Tripping (as a Secondary School Bus Passenger)
- Otto the Auto - Two Sleepy Lions
- Otto the Auto - Otto Goes Ice Skating
- Otto the Auto Series B - Otto Asks a Riddle
- Otto the Auto series B - Otto Meets a Puppet
- Otto the Auto Series E - Outside the School Bus
- Otto the Auto Series E - Inside the School Bus
- Otto the Auto - Horseplay
- Thinking About School Bus Safety
- Dead Right
- Children in Traffic - Why They Are Different - Original Version
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