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 key codes for courses 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 via Microsoft Teams on the following dates:
- August 17 – 20
- September 8 – 11
- September 21 – 24
- October 5 – 8
- October 19 – 23
- November 2 – 5
- November 16 – 19
- December 7 – 10
- December 14 - 17
Sessions run daily from 8:30 AM – 12:30 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 Trainer.
2020 – 2021 Annual In-Service Virtual Instruction Schedule
Recurring sessions conducted by SCDE Driver Trainers, running daily from 9:00 – 11:00
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 offered on the following schedule, pending notification from the school district that drivers will be participating on any given date:
- August 10 – 14
- August 24 – 28
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 Trainer for additional information on these sessions or for alternate dates.