Become a certified bike instructor – scholarships available!

 Scholarship applications are due June 30, 2016. 

Interested in inspiring others to give biking to work a try, or bike around their neighborhood with their family? Think more of your friends would bike more if they had just a little more confidence in their biking skills? Consider becoming a League (of American Bicyclists) Cycling Instructor (LCI)! Its is a great way to help our community.

Certified instructors have the knowledge to teach a variety of workshops for different audiences. Imagine a 1-hour brown bag lunch presentations being offered at workplaces, presentations to local Rotary clubs and church groups, workshops on university and college campuses on bike commuting and bike comfort, teaching safety skills to children, or a workshop with tips on biking as a family and with kids! Oh my!

The LCI training seminar focuses on teaching and demonstration techniques used with future students both on the road and in the classroom. The seminar emphasis is on how to teach bicycle safety and skills so as to provide increased comfort and confidence for new and returning bicyclists and youth.

How do you become an LCI?

• Take the “Traffic Skills 101” class (see scholarship application below for information)
• Take a 3-day LCI Seminar. The SVBC Education Committee plans to host an LCI Seminar in late-October/early-November 2016 in Harrisonburg. The dates of the LCI Seminar will be determined this summer in coordination with scholarship applicants – we’ll pick dates that work for most. Its usually a Friday evening, full day Saturday, and Sunday.

And here’s the awesome part: SVBC is offering up to 10 scholarships to cover the cost of the LCI Seminar! ($300/person) There’s an easy one page application (download here) and the eligibility requirements are super easy. Scholarship applicants must:

• Live or work within Rockingham, Shenandoah, Page, Augusta, or Rockbridge Counties. (Cities and towns within those areas qualify.)
• Be a current SVBC member.
• Agree to conduct a minimum of 1 class, workshop, or presentation within the next 2 years (by November, 2018).

Scholarship applications are due June 30, 2016. 

Learn more about the SVBC Bike Education Committee and the wonderful work they do. And consider becoming a volunteer; we welcome non-LCIs too!

Contact Thanh Dang at thanh.ha.dang [at] gmail.com if you have any questions.