Getting the Most Out of Your
Driver Education Program
Reggie Flythe
NCDPI Driver Education Consultant
NC Driver Education Concerns
• Legislative Issues
• State vs. Local
control
• Commercial vs. InHouse Programs
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• Teacher certification
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• Funding/fees
• Curriculum
• Use of technology
Recent Legislation
• OSBM Study,
y November 2010
• Program Evaluation Division Report, Dec. 2010
• HB 200, SL 2011-145 (June 2011) cut Driver
Education funding $5.2
$5 2 million
• LEA’s may charge up to $45 to offset cuts, DPI to
establish a salary schedule and a pilot “online”
program
• Is your LEA charging a fee? Why/why not?
offset the reduction in
• What has your LEA done to “offset”
funding?
Stepping up to the Challenge
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NCDTSEA
NC Child Fatality Task Force
Driver Education Advisory Committee
NC Driver Education Strategic Plan
NCDPI Driver Education Regional
Workshops
• Encourage collaboration among all
stakeholders at national, state & local
levels
Driver Education Strategic Plan
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Recommends Standards for:
Administration & Oversight
Funding
Standardizing Curriculum
Instructor Qualifications
Coordination with Driver Licensing
Parental Involvement
Program Evaluation
Administration & Oversight
• Full-time
Full time position established at DPI
• Advisory committee – DPI, DMV, DOT,
GHSP NCDTSEA,
GHSP,
NCDTSEA teachers,
teachers contractors
• Accountability – report to General
Assembly
• Collection of data – LEA Driver Education
Coordinators must be aware of numbers
Funding
• Based on 9th grade ADM to support the
program, not fund per specific students
• Fees – LEA
LEA’s
s may charge up to $45 to
offset the costs of reduction in 2011
• Provided for public
public, charter
charter, private
private,
federal and home school students
Standardized Curriculum
• Adopted by SBE in April 2011
2011, revised to
include motorcycle safety in June 2011.
• Classroom and BTW standards
• Use of technology/online instruction
• Common
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Assessmentt
• Final Exam – Discussions on-going
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between
DPI
DPI, DMV and
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committee to create new license test
Proposed in the plan
• Increase in classroom hours from 30 to 45
• Increase in behind the wheel hours from 6
to 8
• With adequate funding
Instructor Qualifications
• Align certification requirements of DPI
licensed staff and DMV certified staff.
• Currently DPI only provides an “add
add – on
on”
to a teaching license
• ECU is no longer providing the courses for
096 (Driver Education) endorsement
• CEU requirement for all instructors
Coordination with DMV and
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Driver
Licensing
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• Work toward a partnership requiring Driver
Education for all “new” drivers
• Improve GDL
• Test driver education “best practices”, not
just rules and regulations
• Improve Driver Eligibility process and
SADLS
Parental Involvement
• Support law requiring parent driving logs
• Provide parent meetings during driver
education course
• Provide a parent-teen driving guide
• Ensure
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life of child
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learner’s permit (expires on 18th birthday)
Program Evaluation
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Cost analysis – all aspects of program
Number of classroom students completed
Number of behind the wheel students
Instructional quality
Number of students eligible vs. those who
receive a license
• Alignment with standards
Improve DE in your LEA
• Collaborate with colleagues and
stakeholders to identify “best practices”
• Communicate well with students/parents
• Parent Meetings (information session)
• Parent/Teen
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Manuall (LEA
(LEA, NCDTSEA)
• Evaluate teachers/contractors
• Attend regional meetings/workshops
Resources
• NCDTSEA is committed to provide support
and guidance for driver education in NC.
• ADTSEA is committed to provide support
to driver educators nationwide.
• NHTSA has developed a driver education
toolkit and supports national standards.
• DPI will provide assistance to LEA
coordinators, teachers, administrators
Questions?
• Contact Information
• Reggie Flythe, DPI Driver Education
Consultant
• (919) 807-3485
• Reginald.flythe@dpi.nc.gov
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