Q:
What is Street Skills?
 A:
Street
Skills For Cyclists is a
3-to-4 hour classroom course that teaches adult and high-school-age
teen cyclists how to safely and confidently use a bicycle
for transportation. Street Skills is also part of a 2-session
format for teaching Road
I ("Road One"), the core bicycle driver
education class for adults and high school age teens in
the national BikeEd
program administered by the
League of American Bicyclists (LAB).
Q:
Who teaches Street Skills?
A:
Street
Skills is taught by League
Cycling Instructors (LCIs) certified by the League
of American Bicyclists. See LAB's
nationwide directory of LCIs.
Q:
How does Street Skills relate to the League of American
Bicyclists "Road I" class?
A:
Road
I, the U.S. national standard class for adults and older
teens, features 10 to 12 total hours of instruction,
including 5 or more hours on bicycles. Street Skills
covers most of Road I's classroom topics and is often
offered as "Day 1" of a Road I class, though
students may choose not to go on to Road I Day 2. Students
who successfully complete Road I receive a certificate;
no certificate is offered for Street Skills alone.
Q:
Where can I attend a Street Skills class?
A:
Street
Skills and Road I Day 2 classes offered in the San Francisco
Bay Area are listed in this regional
class schedule. Registration contacts are listed
for each class. This schedule lists only classes offered
by instructors who are using the "Day 1 / Day 2"
Road I class format. You can attend a Road I Day 1 (Street
Skills) class by one listed instructor and go on to
Road I Day 2 with a different instructor in another
city.
Q:
My teenager needs to know how to bike safely to school
and around town. Is the class appropriate for teens?
A:
Street
Skills assumes that a student already understands the
"rules of the road" followed by motorists,
even if the student doesn't have a license or learner's
permit. These principles include yielding, right of
way at stop signs, passing, and making turns. Many instructors
admit teens of age 16 and up without a parent or guardian,
and may allow teens 13 and up with a parent or guardian.
Contact the instructor or registrar for the specific
class.
Q:
I'd like to host a Street Skills or Road I class. What's
involved?
A:
Contact
us for site requirements and fees for classes taught
by John Ciccarelli. John has arranged and presented
classes for cities, hospitals, bike courier companies,
employers, and fitness centers.
Q:
I'm a League Cycling Instructor and would like to offer
Street Skills and Road I classes but haven't developed
a slideshow or other presentation materials. Are any
instructional resources
available other than those in LAB's instructor manual?
A:
Bicycle
Solutions offers the Street
Skills Instructor Package, a modular image-based
PowerPoint resource for teaching adult bicycle driver
education classes. This product is sold only to LCIs
and is being used successfully by several instructors
in the San Francisco Bay Area, southern California,
and Florida.
Q:
I'd like to become a cycling instructor. What's involved?
A:
To
become a League Cycling Instructor candidate requires
completing LAB's Road I class with 85% or better scores
on both the multiple-choice written exam and the on-bike
tests. LCI candidates then apply to attend a 20-hour
LCI Seminar, which focuses on teaching principles, practice
teaching, and how to conduct classes. LCI Seminars are
arranged as needed throughout the U.S. and are typically
held on weekends.
If
you plan to teach cycling at a school, for example in
a Physical Education curriculum, your employer may not
require that you become an LCI. However, we recommend
at least successfully completing the LAB Road I class.
To teach any class in LAB's BikeEd curriculum, including
Road I, or the Kids I, II, and III classes for parents
and children, you must be a League Cycling Instructor.
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