Traffic Education-June 2023

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Office of Public Instruction

June 2023

MONTANA TRAFFIC EDUCATION NEWS

 

TE06 Year-end Report

The TE06 Year-end Report is due BEFORE July 10 to guarantee your traffic education reimbursement is distributed in August. 

If your district has concluded all the traffic education courses that will be offered during the 2023 school year, you can submit your TE06 Year-end Report now.

Please note that this report was updated in 2022 and now includes the following new sections:

  • A place to record if you accepted out-of-district students and which districts they came from.
  • A place to record if you taught an online version of the Traffic Education curriculum and whether it was via Zoom, Teams, Google Classroom, etc. These platforms will need to be in place in the local school board policy if used after June 30, 2023.
  • A place to record if your district purchased one or more vehicles for your traffic education program. This expense does not need to be entered on your annual program expenditures budget page. If you do, it will inflate your annual costs.
  • You will notice a re-ordering of the required and optional instructional units offered for your program. Please use this as a way to check that you are adhering to the program requirements and standards for state approval. If you are not, you need to contact the Traffic Education Office for clarification and advice for future programs.
  • The Adapted Driver Manuals have been revised in 2023. Copies of this manual can be ordered directly from the printer for $33.00 per copy (includes shipping and handling). TO ORDER, CONTACT: State Print and Mail 1698 A Street Helena, MT 59601 (406) 444-3053.
  • It is the responsibility of the school district to make sure student lists are complete and submitted on time before you submit your year-end report. This report can be completed by anyone in the district with TEDRS access. 

TE01 District Application

Please remember to submit your TE01 District Application a week BEFORE you begin your Traffic Education program for the new school year (classes that end July 1 to June 30) to allow time for processing. Your program must be approved before your start date and before you can enter a student list in TEDRS.

***Summer 2023 courses that end on or after July 1 should be entered in the 2024 school year.

 

TE03/04 Student List

All student lists for the school year must be completed and submitted by June 30. Please check the following:

  • Instructor(s) names have been added to the list. You must click the button, Add Instructor, for the instructor’s name to appear on the list. This is frequently overlooked when there is just one instructor for a TE Program.
  • Make sure you have completed all the steps to show the course completed. The bar across the top of the student list on the screen must be all green.
  • Make sure you check and sign the Certificate of Completion AND check and sign the Reimbursement Request. You do not have to wait for a “district administrative official” to do this. All TEDRS users are considered district administrative officials.
  • When you have submitted a student list in TEDRS, OPI will enter your student count and you will be able to view and print a Student Count report in TEDRS. This is one of the reports you can generate in TEDRS to verify that your student lists have been received and counted.

Changes to the TEDRS Users List

When you have staff changes in your district and need to remove or add TEDRS users, please contact the OPI Traffic Education Office with the names of staff who should be removed and/or added. Include their name, email address and phone number as well as the school district where they are administering and/or teaching traffic education.

CDTP Information

The online CDTP Refresher Course is available on the OPI Teacher Learning Hub. If you are a bit rusty about CDTP rules and requirements or are returning to the profession and need to know what’s new with the Cooperative Driver Testing Program (CDTP), take an hour to brush up on CDTP and how TEDRS can help you stay compliant and meeting deadlines. Every March the course is re-set for teachers wanting to take it more than once. And one Renewal Unit can be earned!  Hint: the enrollment key is CDTP. The course is free and open to state-approved Traffic Education instructors and MVD driver examiners.

 

Thank you for all of your hard work helping the next generation of Montana drivers to learn to drive with quality instruction and the opportunity to develop safe driving habits!

                                                               Dwight Nelson and LeAnn Haas

Contact the Traffic Education Office with questions about state-approved traffic education programs in Montana, becoming a state-approved traffic educator, attending a Montana DRIVE Workshop, or for parent and teen driver education resources.

Call (406) 444-4432 or visit http://opi.mt.gov/DriverEd

The OPI is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to people with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation, require an alternate format, or have questions concerning accessibility, contact the OPI ADA Coordinator, 406-444-3161, opiada@mt.gov, Relay Service: 711.