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Driving Instructor Playbook
🧭 Field Manual • Sudbury & Ontario Province-ready • Instructor-first
Practical, real-world instruction systems built from thousands of lessons. Clear tools. Calm process. Better outcomes for students.
🎓 Official LDS Training
New instructors receive formal onboarding and orientation through Laurentian Driving School’s lead instructor, Dan Bagyan.
This Playbook is an independent resource created by yours truly, Rob Savarie, to support and reinforce that training. It is not an official LDS training program and is meant to be used alongside LDS guidance, not instead of it.
Factoid:
Your calm is the primary safety system.
Procedures guide. Presence teaches.
You are the most advanced technology in the vehicle.
🧭 Welcome to the Bridge, Instructor!
You are now cleared to take command of a training vessel containing one nervous human, three pedals, and unlimited opportunities for chaos.
You will:
adapt pacing based on student readiness
repeat missions as needed
fill in gaps instinctively as situations arise
That skill comes with time. Trust the process.
Proceed lesson by lesson. Adjust course as required. Safety is non-negotiable. Confidence is earned.
Factoid:
Your calm is contagious. If you stay steady, the student’s nervous system follows.