Driver's Education Teacher

Hazlehurst City School District Hazlehurst High School - Hazlehurst, Mississippi Open in Google Maps

Starting Date: Immediately

A Driver's Education Teacher instructs students on traffic laws, defensive driving, and vehicle operation. They conduct both classroom theory and behind the wheel practice to prepare students to pass licensing exams, requiring high patience, a clean driving record, and appropriate state licensure.

Requirements: To qualify for the Driver Education Teacher License an applicant shall meet one of the following options:

• Hold a valid Three-Year or Five-Year teaching license.
• Completion of an approved program.

• Education & Other Requirements
  • Two-year college degree or higher from an accredited institution.
  • Valid Driver License at issuance and while teaching Driver Education.
• Technology Literacy
  • Approved assessment for this license is IC3 or another MDE approved substitute.
• Occupational Experience, Expertise, and/or Related Assessment of that Experience
  • Applicants with an associate degree must have at least two years of verifiable occupational experience in the past ten years. Experience must be appropriate to the subject to be taught.
  • Applicants with a bachelor’s degree or higher must have at least one year of verifiable occupational experience in the past ten years. Experience must be appropriate to the subject to be taught.

  Exception: Those teachers that currently hold a valid five-year license are not required to meet the occupational experience criterion.

  OR – Certified Law Enforcement Certificate issued by the Mississippi Board of Law Enforcement Standards and Training or Professional Mississippi Fire Fighter Certificate issued by the Mississippi Board of Standards and Training/Mississippi Fire Academy with 1001 certification.

• Teacher Education Preparation and Related Assessment(s) of that Education
  • Applicant must immediately enroll in New Teacher Induction (NTI) program.
  • Exception: Those teachers that currently hold a valid five-year license do not have to enroll in VIP.
  • Applicant must successfully complete a Certification for online learning workshop, module, or course approved by the Mississippi Department of Education.
  • Applicant must successfully complete the Driver’s Education Instructor Certification workshop module, or course approved by the Mississippi Department of Education. This course should include online modules and face-to-face training.

• Job
• Final date to receive applications:
  Posted until filled
• Posted:
  Jun 25, 2026 5:00 AM (UTC)
• Starting Date:
  Immediately
• Position Type:
  Full-Time

• Citizenship, residency or work visa required

• Marvin Davis, Principal
• Hazlehurst High School
• Phone:  ext. 2002
• Email: mdavis
  2.ms.us