Driver's Initiatives
Initiated in 2016 through grants from Alberta Indigenous Relations, the Drivers Initiative program aims to overcome one of the largest barriers to employment: the lack of a driver’s license.
Challenges of getting a Class 7 in today’s world:
- Exam is comprehensively difficult
- Language is not user friendly
- Online exams are not consistent for studying
- No immediate mentorship/guidance available
- Learner guides are no longer being made, the expectation is that everything can be learned online
Barriers our participants face today:
- Reading & comprehension skills
- No access to computers
- No mentorship/guidance
- Racial barriers
- Different learning styles
What we offer to the trainers:
- A tool kit with resources which includes a user-friendly facilitator’s guide, with participant booklets
- The kit is designed to encourage creativity for the trainer to meet all learning styles (audio, visual and hands on)
- The language barrier is addressed by breaking down the terminology into phonetics that the learner can understand
- A flash drive with a PowerPoint & videos to help learning
- Flashcards, board & word games & a miniature traffic circle activity to reinforce the lessons & demonstrate fun in learning
Call into the office to receive more information about this program or to schedule a training session with our instructors.
*Please note: All of T.C.E.T.S.A.’s I.S.E.T. Sub-Agreement Holders are located throughout the North-Eastern section of the Treaty Six borders within Alberta.