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 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 in 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 an international program active in 26 states in the U.S. and 3 countries overseas. The Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) has implemented the program in middle and high schools throughout the state of Missouri, including our Partner in Education, Thomas Jefferson Middle School in Jefferson City, Missouri.
For more information about the TRAC Program please contact the MoDOT Equal Opportunity and Diversity Division at 573-526-5611 or via email at equalopportunity@modot.mo.gov |
