Online School Bus Driver Training Series

Transporting pupils to and from your school or activity with trained safe school bus drivers is needed to provide safe and efficient transportation for students. The training courses in our online LMS (Learning Management System) are designed to promote competency of school bus drivers.

The improvements made to school buses in the past decades, and improvements in driver training, school bus maintenance, and school bus operating procedures, have been responsible for the outstanding safety record of school transportation. Well-trained school bus drivers actually avoid many crashes.

This driver training series covers the topics below. We also offer. First Aid, Bus Security, Special Needs, Student Management, Vehicle Inspection and more located in our Online Catalog.

Backing, Driving in High Wind, Tail Swing:
This training covers proper procedures for driving in high wind, acceptable instances to back the school bus, procedures and dangers associated with backing the school bus and the definition, dangers and handling tail swing.
 

Child Safety Restraint Systems (CSRS) English and Spanish:
This training is designed to assist you in correctly securing pre-school age children in CSRS and properly securing the system to a school bus seat. It provides the basic rules of proper CSRS usage and illustrates the most common mistakes made when installing a CSRS

Distracted Driver Training: – 3 Part Series
This training covers the loss of a young child's life because the bus driver was distracted, and how this tragedy could have been avoided.
 

Emergency Evacuation Training and Drill Procedures for Students:
This training ensures proper compliance with many state mandates on emergency evacuation training.
 

Idling Fuel Efficiency:
This training discusses the impact of idling on school bus fuel economy.

Loading and Unloading:
This training series stresses the importance of proper loading and unloading of students, the proper usage of lights during loading and unloading and the effect of lights on other motorists.
 

Railroad Crossing:
This training stresses the importance of approaching railroad crossings with great caution, warning signs for railroads and coming trains and the three-part procedure for crossing railroad tracks.
 

Smith System (Defensive Driving):
The Smith System often referred to as “The 5 Keys to Safe Driving,” reviews why it's important for ALL vehicle operators to make every effort to avoid accidents.

Time and Space Management (Defensive Driving):
Teaches the IPDE Formula (Identify, Predict, Decide, and Execute) associated with managing the time and space around the school bus and how this circle of safety can be used to handle the school bus environment.