Subject Specific Competencies for Beginning Teachers: Driver Education
Revised: April 2003
The beginning (preservice) driver education teacher will demonstrate knowledge of and/or competency in the following areas of study:
Alignment to MSU required Professional Education
Standard
Quality Indicator
& Content Courses
1: Traffic Laws and Regulations
1.1
1.2
1.3
1.4
1.5
2. Physical, Social, and Psychological
Influences Affecting Motor Vehicle
Operator Performance
2.1
3. The Driving Task
3.1
3.2
3.3
4. Traffic Interaction
2.2
2.3
2.4
2.5
2.6
3.4
3.5
4.1
4.2
4.3
4.4
4.5
4.6
laws, regulations, license-permits
titling, registration, inspection
insurance, accident reporting
signs, symbols, and markings
laws, rules, and regulations governing smooth
movement of traffic
effect on alcohol and other drugs on driver(s)
performance
methods to reduce the problem
implications of the drinking driver
peer pressure
consequences of speed selection
consequences of fatigue, drowsy driving, and
road rage
pre-entry procedures, adjustments
starting, stopping, and securing procedures
driving skills
[Query: Is this competency unique or is it a
place-holder for the more-specific driving
skills reflected in this and other Strands?]
social interactions and distractions
evasive and emergency driving techniques
time and space gaps: 2/4/12 seconds
separate and compromise
stopping, starting, and intersections
freeway, merging, exiting, and passing
perceptions: Smith System & Search-IdentifyPredict-Decide-Execute (SIPDE)
interaction with other roadway users in a
positive manner
PED 370 Introduction to Safety Education
PED 371 Driver Task Analysis
PED 372 Developing Vehicle Operation Skills and
Competencies
PED 370 Introduction to Safety Education
PED 371 Driver Task Analysis
PED 372 Developing Vehicle Operation Skills and
Competencies
PED 373 Developing Classroom Knowledge
PED 370 Introduction to Safety Education
PED 371 Driver Task Analysis
PED 372 Developing Vehicle Operation Skills and
Competencies
PED 373 Developing Classroom Knowledge
PED 370 Introduction to Safety Education
PED 371 Driver Task Analysis
PED 372 Developing Vehicle Operation Skills and
Competencies
PED 373 Developing Classroom Knowledge
5. Consumer Awareness
5.1
5.2
5.3
5.4
5.5
selection, insurance, and vehicle maintenance
fuel economy
trip planning
vehicle purchase and lease
occupant restraints and protective devices
PED 370 Introduction to Safety Education
PED 371 Driver Task Analysis
PED 372 Developing Vehicle Operation Skills and
Competencies
PED 373 Developing Classroom Knowledge
6. Environmental Considerations
6.1
6.2
6.3
6.4
6.5
6.6
6.7
7.1
vehicle dynamics
laws of physics
cornering, control, traction
weather
vehicle exterior lights
braking
balanced vehicle movement
thorough understanding of the content of the
Missouri Driver’s Guide
statutes, regulations, and policies related to
driver education
awareness of the American Driver and Traffic
Safety Association and the Missouri Driver
Education Association teaching guidelines
current methodologies for providing
classroom instruction in driver education,
including scheduling, time-management,
organization, classroom management, and
technologies (e.g., computer-assisted
instruction, simulation-based instruction)
current methodologies for providing in-car
instruction in driver education, including
route development, giving directions,
providing positive evaluation feedback, and
assessing/evaluating driver performance
communicating with
parents/guardians/mentors
verbal
passive
full control
PED 371 Driver Task Analysis
PED 372 Developing Vehicle Operation Skills and
Competencies
7. Resources for and Administration of
Driver Education
7.2
7.3
7.4
7.5
7.6
8. Assumption of Control
8.1
8.2
8.3
PED 371 Driver Task Analysis
PED 372 Developing Vehicle Operation Skills and
Competencies
PED 373 Developing Classroom Knowledge
PED 371 Driver Task Analysis
PED 372 Developing Vehicle Operation Skills and
Competencies
9. Safety and Accident Prevention
[Consideration: Are topics 1, 4, 5, 6, & 8
below necessarily within the curricular
purview of the Driver Education Teacher? If
it were decided to eliminate these
competency statements, competencies 2, 3,
& 7 could be re-located to either Strand 3 or
4]
9.1
9.2
9.3
9.4
9.5
9.6
9.7
9.8
function of the National Safety Council
risk awareness
risk analysis
principles of home safety and related
accident prevention
principles of school safety and related
accident prevention
principles of work safety and related accident
prevention
principles of traffic safety and related
accident prevention
principles of recreational safety and related
accident prevention
PED 370 Introduction to Safety Education
PED 371 Driver Task Analysis
PED 372 Developing Vehicle Operation Skills and
Competencies
PED 373 Developing Classroom Knowledge