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Welcome to the Moodle site for the

South Carolina Department of Education,

Office of Transportation


The site provides online professional development for bus driver in-service courses. If you have questions about the bus driver online professional development courses, please contact your assigned SC Department of Education driver trainer instructor.

To take a course, please refer to your Moodle instructions.

  • You can obtain the course enrollment codes from your local school district's transportation supervisor.
  • New users can get started by clicking on New Account Signup above.
  • Returning users can click on Login at the top of the page.


  • National School Bus Safety week is October 19-23, 2020 and the theme is "Red Lights Mean STOP!"


  • SCDE will conduct initial school bus driver classroom instruction during the 2020-2021 school year via Microsoft Teams on the following dates:
          • October 19 – 22
          • November 2 – 5
          • (November 9 - 12, evening class)
          • November 16 – 19
          • December 7 – 10
          • December 14 - 17
          • January 4 - 7
          • January 19 - 22
          • February 8 - 11
          • February 22 - 25
          • March 8 - 11
          • March 22 - 25
          • April 5 - 8
          • April 19 - 22
          • May 3 - 6
          • May 17 - 20
          • June 7 - 10
          • June 21 - 24
    Daytime sessions run daily from 8:30 AM – 12:30 PM.
    Evening sessions run daily from 5:00 PM - 9:00 PM.

    Participants will enroll through their school district transportation department.
    For general information, contact Richard Podmore at rpodmore@ed.sc.gov or your assigned SCDE Driver Training Coordinator.

    2020 – 2021 Annual In-Service Virtual Instruction
    Two (2) hours annual in-service credit
    Covers railroad crossing procedures; accident procedures; mechanical breakdown or other emergency procedures; bus evacuation procedures; and pre-trip and post-trip inspection procedures.
    Training will be provided upon request throughout the 2020-2021 school year.
    Participants will enroll through their school district transportation departments.
    For general information, contact Richard Podmore at rpodmore@ed.sc.gov.

    Districts should contact their assigned SCDE Driver Training Coordinator to schedule instruction.