PAMSP 2022: Say bye to the bikes…
Welcome to 2022 and the start of the first full season of the PAMSP “3rd party vendor system” where you may see over 30 sites operating in the near future… for those of you new to PAMSP’s history that is 50-30% of the total sites that were operating in the past. For those of you…
A marginalized stakeholder – the PAMSP Instructor
Regardless of who is running PAMSP there is one stakeholder that must be included – the PAMSP Instructor. Today they are not, and they won’t be in the the future. To PAMSP, PennDOT, Instructors are simply a resource considered easily found, trained, and replaced – like McDonald’s fry cooks. It takes a lot of time…
PAMSP training providers – Let’s try to be objective: 2018 – The PAMSP Office opens (Part 5 of 5)
2018: Office opens, endless training begins. The new Administration had been given a daunting task and little time or assistance to accomplish it. Keep in mind that at the beginning of 2018 the Program started with 0 Instructors. This was an occurrence that had not happened in the Program since its inception. The 2018 PAMSP…
PAMSP training providers – Let’s try to be objective: December-February 2017 (Part 4 of 5)
December 2017 – the “Freezing Preview” In order to expose PA Instructors to the new curricula, (2) small groups of PAMSP Instructors from across the Commonwealth were invited to participate in a preview of the Beginner Rider Clinic classroom and range. The Instructors were from a wide range of backgrounds, different locations across the Commonwealth,…
PAMSP training providers – Let’s try to be objective: The 2017-2018 Gap (Part 3 of 5)
In part 2 of 5, 2014-2017, the tenure of Vendor Y was coming to a close. Administratively the program was in disarray, Instructors faith lost in the Administration, but still training students actively in the field – students first. Many Instructors thought they knew what was coming next… The 2017-2018 Gap By the end of…
PAMSP training providers – Let’s try to be objective: 2014-2017 (Part 2 of 5)
When we last left our story 2013 was coming to a close. The 15yr incumbent Program Administrator, Company X, had lost their bid to remain running the Program following a contract RFP generated, evaluated and awarded by PennDOT to another party, Vendor Y. Change was coming and PennDOT had made that decision, but not all…
PAMSP training providers – Let’s try to be objective: 1984-2013 (Part 1 of 5)
For some reason, bringing up one training provider or another with regards to PAMSP (Pennsylvania Motorcycle Safety Program) can illicit feelings of pride, of anger, disappointment or even disgust. This animus may be individual, group or organization related – or a little of both. Given the fact that PAMSP Instructors, at their zenith, in any…
The end of an era: PAMSP’s Valley Forge site will close forever.
Many PAMSP Students in South Eastern PA, “The Greater Delaware Valley”, “The Philly Area”, the “Main Line” or whatever you call it have taken their Motorcycle Training at the Valley Forge PAMSP site. Located at 1499 Valley Ford Rd, Wayne, PA 19087 – right across from “Chesterbrook”, which it preceded, and just before the entrance…
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