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    The Highly Effective Driving Instructor: Secret keys to a Successful Driver Training
    The Highly Effective Driving Instructor: Secret keys to a Successful Driver Training
    The Highly Effective Driving Instructor: Secret keys to a Successful Driver Training
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    The Highly Effective Driving Instructor: Secret keys to a Successful Driver Training

    By Volny Dorcéus

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    The purpose of this book is to provide you many insights on the world of driver training so you can:

    ◆ Have a better understanding of Driver Education when you, or someone you know, are enrolled in a driving school.
    ◆ Know what to expect when dealing with a driving instructor.
    ◆ Earn a good living if you work in the field of driver training.

    In this book, you will encounter a series of ideas, methods and techniques that you can use right away to make your time more profitable and more enjoyable when coaching a new driver.
    Using the DISC model of human behavior, Volny Dorcéus introduces you to 4 main personality types plus 12 personality blends you will certainly encounter when you provide driver training to teenagers, adults, and people from different nationalities, and different level of education or background.

    Once you are aware of personality insights, it is important to be able to quickly make an assessment about the type of person you are interacting with, so that you can adapt or adjust your personality style with theirs. You will begin to approach your work life as well as your personal life in a whole new way and you will also view the world around you through a new set of lenses.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTellwell Talent
    Release dateMay 2, 2018
    ISBN9781773706443
    The Highly Effective Driving Instructor: Secret keys to a Successful Driver Training
    Author

    Volny Dorcéus

    ABOUT THE AUTHORVolny Dorcéus is a licensed Driving Instructor by Alberta Transportation and works as the Senior Instructor for Saint Paul Driving School located in St. Paul, Alberta, Canada.Volny's education and training include:- a Business degree from the University of Maine, USA- a Class 1 Driver's license from Ecole de Transport de Charlesbourg, Quebec, Canada- a Bachelor of Education degree from Burman University in Lacombe, Alberta, Canada- and a certification in the DISC Model of Human Behavior from Personality Insights, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.Volny speaks fluently four different languages: Creole, French, English and Spanish.Volny has been happily married to his wife Jessy for the last twenty-five years. Together they have two adult children, Jack (23), Marc (22) and an athletic teenager, Ted (14).Volny travels well over 100,000 kilometers a year in order to provide driver training and personality insights training in the province of Alberta.

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      The Highly Effective Driving Instructor - Volny Dorcéus

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      This book is dedicated to my lovely wife, Jessy:

      the best friend, wife, mother and partner,

      and to the colleagues, students and parents

      who allowed me to drive with their children. You are

      the lifeblood of the driver-training industry.

      Table of Contents

      Acknowledgements

      Introduction

      How to become a driving instructor in Alberta

      Why become a licensed driving instructor?

      The job of a driving instructor

      Working for a driving school

      Opening your own driving school

      Recruiting other driving instructors

      Dancing with the competition

      The Model of Human Behavior

      Interacting with students

      Dealing with potential customers

      Handling customer complaints

      Dealing with the government

      Epilogue

      About the Author

      Other resources

      Copyright

      Acknowledgements

      Thank you to:

      Ken Pike, who evaluated me as a driver and started training me so that I could become a driving instructor.

      Barry Fizer, who helped me finish the instructor training modules.

      Cliff Skidmore, who was the first to tell me I would become an excellent instructor.

      Jessy Joseph, my wife and office assistant, who helps support my dream of operating a driver training school.

      Introduction

      At the time of this writing, I have been teaching Driver Education in the province of Alberta, Canada for ten years. During that journey I have learned a whole lot. I only started this career to get some extra money to help my wife pay a few bills while I was working toward a bachelor’s degree in education.

      At that time, I discovered my passion for helping others get to a point they needed to be in their lives. When they obtained their driver’s license, their whole life changed. They could accept an offer for a job they really needed in order to feed their families, or pay their apartment’s rent or their mortgages.

      Briefly stated, they got another lease on life. And, so did I. They say that you can never help others without helping yourself, in one way or another.

      During those ten years, I have encountered many teachers:

      The two instructors who trained me to become adriving instructor.

      The Alberta Transportation examiner who tested me and gave me the opportunity to serve Alberta in adifferent capacity than before.

      The parents who gave me the privilege of working with their children.

      The many men and women who allowed me to work with their spouses.

      My fellow driving instructors with whom Iworked—the ones Ipersonally trained and those who had already acquired their instructor’s licenses before we worked together.

      Last, but not least: life in general, which threw at me whatever lessons Ineeded to acquire in order to become the driving instructor Iam today.

      I strongly believe that this book will provide many insights on the world of driver training to the public in general, but most importantly to:

      The parents, so they have abetter understanding of Driver Education when they enroll their child.

      The students, so they know what to expect when dealing with adriving instructor.

      My fellow driving instructors, who work in the field of driver training and who do not earn agood living at it yet.

      In conclusion, I want this book to become part of my legacy in the world of driver training. I have been given so much. I learned, I earned and now I want to return some of what I have been given. That’s my way of adding value to you, the reader.

      Enjoy it!

      Volny

      Chapter 1

      How to become a driving instructor in Alberta

      If you had asked me this question ten years ago, I would have answered you this way: you have your driver’s license, you have been driving for some time and you have a car. Well, place an ad in the paper and wait for your phone to ring. Let your friends know that you are in the business of teaching people how to drive, and you are set.

      Well, I would have been wrong. If it was done this way, it would be easy to be in the Driver Education business. Actually, in the province of Alberta, we do have many people who operate like that in the cities and towns where I have been. According to Alberta Transportation, it is illegal to provide driver training for a fee without having a proper instructor’s license from the government.

      Driver Education is regulated in the province of Alberta and I am glad it is that way. Anyone desiring to become a professional driving instructor must possess a driving instructor’s license and, at the same time, that instructor must be attached to a driving school licensed by Alberta Transportation.

      These are the requirements, as outlined by the government of Alberta. If you want to become a driving instructor:

      You must hold an operator’s license not cancelled or suspended under the criminal code of Canada during the 5 years preceding your application.

      Your driving record must be satisfactory to the registrar for the 2 years preceding the date of your application.

      You must provide proof of acriminal record check acceptable to the registrar, obtained from amunicipal service or RCMP (Royal Canadian Mounted Police) detachment and dated to within 90 days of the application.

      You must have no outstanding fines.

      You must pass arequired training by Alberta Transportation. Alberta-licensed driver training schools are the only ones approved to provide such training.

      When all training is complete and you have passed your instructor tests, you must pay your instructor license fee, service charges and any other applicable fees at aregistry agent’s office, and submit proof of payment to Alberta Transportation.

      In our case, the candidate for aclass 5 instructor’s license must be aholder of aclass 1, 2 or 4 driver’s license for at least 3 years before the application is made.

      If you require up-to-date information, please contact a Driver Programs Administrator at:

      Alberta Transportation

      Driver Programs and Licensing Standards

      Room 109, 4999 – 98 Ave, NW

      Edmonton, AB, T6B 2X3

      Telephone: 780-427-8901

      Fax: 780-427-0833

      Or,

      Alberta Transportation

      Driver Programs and Licensing Standards

      1st floor, 803 Manning Road NE

      Calgary, AB, T2E 7M8

      Telephone: 403-297-6679

      Also, driving instructors must renew their instructor’s license every two years and they have to satisfy the same

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