The Driver Education Assessment Coordinator, Saskatchewan Education
Saskatchewan Education and SGI work in a partnership agreement to improve driver education in the province.
The main role of the Driver Education Assessment Coordinator is to assess, audit and evaluate the high school driver instructors' credentials and performance in-car and in-class, if applicable, and to audit Class 5 Commercial Driver Training Schools. The Coordinator offers many services to achieve better programs:
- works with driver education systems promoting the curriculum, instructional methods and resources
- provides advice and consults with driver instructors
- assesses issues and problem situations by identifying causes, by gathering information to generate options, and by counselling school officials on issues and problems related to Driver Education programs
- advises a school division on developing effective methods for administering and supervising the program
- provides assistance to school division and/or driver training schools in acquiring equipment or materials necessary for programs
- establishes and maintains commitment to the curriculum guide and the administration handbook relevant to legislation and regulations
- provides inservice activities, workshops, and seminars to enable instructors to enhance professional competencies
- coaches driver education instructors when necessary to improve their ability
- promotes the acquisition and distribution of selected resource materials including the curriculum guide and the administration handbook
- assesses and evaluates resource materials such as books, videos and websites
- performs other duties related to driver education, as necessary.