Education (Teachers' Academy) (REAL)

Provides an overview of the history and philosophy of designing and maintaining a safe and successful driver education program. The curriculum is focused on developing a strong foundation of the administrative, organizational, legal, financial and procedural aspects of driver education. Candidates will be introduced to the key elements needed to develop, maintain, and evaluate an existing driver education program, as well as developing a new program.

Provides the candidates with the knowledge of methods, materials and procedures for teaching the classroom phase of driver education. Candidates will examine best practices for developing and mapping a classroom curriculum that provides novice teen drivers with the opportunity to develop the knowledge, attitudes and motor skills necessary to achieve low-risk driving behaviors. This course will prepare prospective driver education teachers with the necessary instructional and curricular skills to evaluate, maintain and develop driver education classroom programs.

Provides candidates with the knowledge, methods, materials and procedures for teaching the driving phase of driver education. The course will provide best practices for developing and instructing a behind-the-wheel curriculum to develop the knowledge, attitudes and motor skills necessary to achieve low-risk driving behaviors and attitudes of novice teen drivers. This course will prepare prospective driver education teachers with the necessary instructional and curricular skills to develop, maintain and evaluate new and existing driver education behind-the-wheel programs in public schools.

Provides for the study of selected topics in education not included in the regular curriculum. It may be repeated for credit under different topics to a total of 3 semester hours.