1. Restructuring North Carolina’s Teaching Training Program July 22, 2019
63rd Annual ADTSEA Conference
Burlington, Vermont
Tonya Easterwood
Business & Project Analyst
Driver Education Section

2. 1150 Teachers
140,000 Students
800 Locations
85,000 Issued Permits

3. Roadmap: Reform Plan Matrix
National Standards of 2017 Revisions
Driver Education Strategic Plan 2012
NC Driver Education Assessment May 2015
General Assembly 15 Questions
HB 97
DEAC
Program Administration ✔
Standardized Curriculum
Instructor Qualifications
Coordination with Driver Licensing
Parental Involvement
Research What’s Been Done Already?

5. Program Administration
Teacher Certification
How do we put the program pieces back together?
Administration has to be integrated throughout the program.
Standardized Curriculum
Parental Involvement

7. Program Oversight Education & Training Teacher Certification
Recertification
Education & Training
In NC after we reviewed all that had been completed were able to set a vision of how driver education would work in NC to best support traffic safety education.

8. Teach our Students Prepare Our Teachers Set The Foundation
The same curriculum standard set for all of our students from the coast to the mountains.
Prepare Our Teachers
Hearing from the school districts and coordinators the need for teacher training and succession planning was a high priority. Our students can not learn without trained teachers.
Program Administration has to be the foundation and the glue that holds all of this together.
Set The Foundation
Program Administration is critical to the rebuilding and sustainability or driver education. Legislation, Policy, Agency, advisory counsel and collaboration.

9. NC Driver Education Legislation Policy Assessments Collaboration
What laws, statutes, etc. do we need to align with?
Policy
Review our agency policies.
Assessments
Implement what has been identified.
Collaboration
We could not do this alone.

10. Safety Traffic Education Program (STEP)
Stage 
Instructional Time (hours)
Stage I – Prescreening and  assessments
Determined by DPI/LEA
Stage II - Foundations of Novice Driver Education (The Driving Task)
20 hours
Stage III - The Teaching Task &  Teaching and Learning Theories 
60 hours
Student Teaching Practicum – Coursework
30 hours
Student Teaching Practicum - BTW
24 hours
Exit Assessments 
Total Program Instructional Time 
Blended Learning Coursework
80 hours
Student Teaching Practicum 
*54 hours
Total Hours
134 hours
* Student practicum times are minimum.

11. Lets Take a Look Inside Three different courses
A Course for each Phase
All Content meets Federal Accessibility Requirements
All Content Can be viewed on any electronic device (i.e. Phone, iPad, Computer)

12. Driver Education At-a-Glance
Program Administration
Start
Date
Status
Align SBE Policy, strategic plan and DMV-SBTS Admin Code to promote local level program oversight and support.
April
2018
In-Progress
DMV-SBTS on-sight observations- Establish partnership with DMV. We will assist in oversight presence at LEA.
Feb 2018
Parental Involvement – UNC HRC develop program.
Feb. 2018
Pilot In Progress
Implement UNC program - Mandatory Parent Meetings – Collaborate with LEAs with success at current volunteer session. Document best practices and replicate in other districts.
Feb 2019
Planning
DMV Real ID collaboration
April 2018
Done
Teacher Certification/Recertification
Finish
Instructor Certification – Align DPI and DVM-SBTS certification polices.
April 2019
DPI Driver Education Licensure – Establish pathway to add DE certification to current licensure of DOP certified teachers.
Nov. 2018
Complete
Develop digital curriculum for teacher certification.
Oct 2018
Education, Technology & Training
Transition current curriculums to digital content based on national standards.
Oct.
2019
TBD
Develop reporting and testing features to ensure curriculum compliance.
Oct. 2019
Identify solutions to deliver DMV student test online at LEA for Spring 19 pilot.
May 2018
In -Progress
Jan-March
April-June
July-Sept
Oct-Dec
DMV Collaboration
DE Policy Revision/Approval
Develop Teacher Curriculum
Develop Certification Process
Identify solution for student test
Completed Action Items
LEA Reporting – Implemented new requirements for student data submissions.
DMV Collaboration – Established partnership with Licensing Agency and DOA/DIV which includes standing quarterly meetings.
Curriculum – Adopted recommended national standard curriculums for both students and teachers.
Feedback – Received data from pilot LEAs currently using ADTSEA 3.0 curriculum.
Driver Education Policies reviewed, revised and updated.
Revised and updated LEA Performance Indicators
Identify delivery system for student and teacher programs. Canvas has been adopted for both student and teacher online curriculums.
Talk is cheap. At a glance this is what we have completed.

13. Questions

14. NC Driver Education Karl Logan – Section Chief 919/807-3500
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Tonya Easterwood – Program Analyst
Reggie Flythe– Consultant
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