Past Conference Agendas & Presentations / Handouts​

2026 - Great Falls
Building Thinking Drivers 
    Conference Agenda


2025 - Great Falls
Simply Driving: Complexities to Basics
    Conference Agenda


​2024 - Great Falls
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2023 - Billings 
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​2022 - Helena
The Changing Landscape of Traffic Education
    Conference Agenda

​2021 - Great Falls
Building the Thinking Driver
    Conference Agenda​


​2020 - (conference postponed due to COVID 19)
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​2019 - Butte
Teaching the Whole Student
    Conference Agenda

• Speaker Bios with Schedule
• BTW Pro Tips - Tim Beckham
• Aching Back Exercises - Chris Brown
• Sharing the Road with Trucks - Jeff Steeger
• Video: Share the Road with Professional Truck Drivers
• CDTP Update - MVD Driver Services Bureau
• OPI-Traffic Education Closing Keynote - Fran Penner-Ray

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​2018 - Bozeman
Focus on Success
​    Conference Agenda

• Speaker Bios with Schedule
• OPI-Traffic Education Update - Fran Penner-Ray
• Intersection Worksheets - David Wallace
  • Do You Know Your Signs?
  • Intersection ID Daily Activity
  • Right-of-Way Daily Worksheet
  • Vehicle Quiz #1 - Car Exterior
  • Vehicle Quiz #2 - Engine Compartment
• Liability Issues in Traffic Education - Jeff Weldon
• Automated Vehicles and Teen Drivers - Stephanie Harrell
• The Lone Ranger - Halvar Olstead
  • Teen Driver Information Form
  • Montana Maps Activity
  • Driver Manual Search Activity
• OPI Traffic Education Website Guide
• OPI GDL Factsheet and Teen Driving Log
• OPI Getting Your MT GDL Restricted License
• OPI Teen Driver Curriculum Modules and Digital Assets

OPI Traffic Education Director, Fran Penner-Ray, gave the closing keynote and announced her retirement effective August 2019.

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In 2017, MTEA celebrated its 50th Anniversary as the professional association for traffic education teachers and traffic safety professionals in Montana.

​2017 - Great Falls
Traffic Education Milestones
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• Speaker Bios
• CDTP Update and Contacts - DOJ/MVD
• Community Transportation - Missoula Intersections​ (to access video, go to Videos page on this site)
• Deer Lodge Drives - Schalk
• Driverless Cars - Shankwitz
• Intersections and Innovations - Bolan
• Mental Health Resources - Mook
• Traffic Education Milestones - Lair and Mead
• OPI Traffic Education - Penner-Ray
• TEDRS Online 2017 - Penner-Ray
• Road Trip Planning Activity - Earle

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2016 - Billings

2016 Conference Agenda
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Speaker Bios
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OPI - Ten Years of GDL in Montana - Fran Penner-Ray
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DOJ-MVD-CDTP-Update
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Teen Driving Plan presentation by Suzanne Hill, CHOP
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Visit http://teendrivingplan.org for guides, logs, and the latest research on this tool for parents and teen drivers.

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2015 - Great Falls

2015 Conference Agenda
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2015 Speaker Bios
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2015 Distracted Driving Activities - Dr. Shari Willis
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2015 Automotive Safety Tech - Jeffrey Bennett
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2015 - Crash Dynamics - Michael DiBrizzi (MSU-Northern)
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