Classroom – Day 1
| Time | Lesson #- Title | Description |
| 9 am- 10:30 am | Lesson 1- Introduction to GLP. | Lesson 1- Instructor will give a brief overview of course and allow students to get familiar with each other. |
| Lesson 2- Traffic control devises. (Part 1) | Lesson 2- Students will learn about lines, signs, and lights. | |
| 15 Minute Break | ||
| Lesson 2- Traffic control devises. (Part 2) | ||
| 10:45am- 12:15 | Lesson 3- Safety devices, pre trip checks, and scanning. | Lesson 3- Student will be able to locate safety devices, conduct pre- trip checks, and scanning to minimize risk. |
| Lesson 4- Risk perception and personal factors. (part 1) | Lesson 4- Learn how risk perception is affected by personal factors. | |
| 30 Minute Lunch Break | ||
| 12:45pm- 2:15pm | Lesson 4- Risk perception and Personal factor. (part 2) | |
| Lesson 5- Driving and cost of risks. | Lesson 5- Learn the costs of taking risks while driving. | |
| Lesson 6- Risk Taking and driving. | Lesson 6- Define the characteristics of risk taking. | |
| Lesson 7- Personal risk tolerance (part 1) | Lesson 7- Assess personal risk tolerance | |
| 15 Minute Break | ||
| 2:30 pm-4:00pm | Lesson 7- Personal risk tolerance (part 2) | |
| Lesson 8- Impairment’s effect on risk perception | Lesson 8- Learn how impairment affects risk perception and driving behaviour |
Classroom – Day 2
| Time | Lesson #- Title | Description |
| 9 am- 10:30 am | Lesson 1- Collisions and their characteristics. | Lesson 1- Learn the most common collision situations and characteristics. |
| Lesson 2- Personal factors and social factors. (part 1) | Lesson 2- Learn realistic risk perception in driving behaviours. | |
| 15 Minute Break | ||
| 10:45 am- 12:15pm | Lesson 2- Personal factors and social factors. (part 2) | |
| Lesson 3- Hazards of driving (part 1) | Lesson 3- Learn the hazards of driving | |
| 30 Minute Lunch Break | ||
| 12:45- 2:15 pm | Lesson 3- Hazards of driving (part 2) | |
| Lesson 4- See- Think- Do and defensive driving | Lesson 4- Learn mental alertness to analyze driving situations | |
| Lesson 5- Appropriate communication and courteous driving behaviours. (part 1) | Lesson 5- Learn safe and courteous driving attitudes and appropriate communication with other road users. | |
| 15 Minute Break | ||
| 2:30- 4pm | Lesson 5- Appropriate communication and courteous driving behaviours. (part 2) | |
| Lesson 6- Sharing the road. | Lesson 6- Learn how to share the road safely and the rules. |
Classroom – Day 3
| Time | Lesson #- Title | Description |
| 9 am- 10:30 am | Lesson 1- Understanding the complexity of driving. | Lesson 1- Learn the complexity of the driving task for the new driver. |
| Lesson 2- Lifelong learning and driving. | Lesson 2- Learn the factors that make driving a lifelong learning process. | |
| Lesson 3- Physics and driving.(part 1) | Lesson 3- Learn the forces of physics and compensate for hazardous driving conditions. | |
| 15 Minute Break | ||
| 10:45- 12:15 pm | Lesson 3- Physics and driving.(part 2) | |
| Lesson 4- Traction, friction, and driving control. | Lesson 4- Learn the role of traction and relate it to hazardous driving conditions. | |
| Lesson 5- Driving laws and regulations. (part one) | Lesson 5- Learn the reasons for driving laws and regulations. | |
| 30 Minute Lunch Break | ||
| 12:45- 2:15pm | Lesson 5- Driving laws and regulations. (part two) | |
| Lesson 6- Licensing and programs. | Lesson 6- Learn, in general terms, the legal regulations concerned with driving. | |
| Lesson 7- Car crash legal requirements. | Lesson 7- Learn procedures to be taken when involved in a motor vehicle crash. | |
| Lesson 8- Driving and the environment. | Lesson 8- Learn environmental concerns in the use of motor vehicles. | |
| 15 Minute Break | ||
| 2:30- 4pm | Lesson 9- Leadership and safe driving behaviours. | Lesson 9- Learn leadership in promoting safe driving and learning healthy and courteous driving attitudes. |
In-Car Course Outline
| Time | Lesson Theme | Description |
| 60 mins | #1- Parking lot | Interior and exterior pre- trip, proper observation, smooth starting/ stopping/ steering, and left/ right turns. |
| 60 mins | #2- Speed control & parking | Rules and regulations, observation, proper turns, and intro to parking. |
| 60 mins | #3- Thinking out loud | Running commentary, independent observation, who we share the road with, traffic lights, and parking. |
| 60 mins | #4- Advanced intersections | Developing defensive driving at complex intersections. |
| 75 mins | #5- Copilot lesson and mid- point assessment | Mid point assessment with competency checklist, better tools for at home practice, running commentary, challenging intersections, and creating at home practice routine. |
| 60 mins | #6- Mock Test | Student will be graded on a test. Assessment sent home for further at home practice. |
| 4.5 hrs | #7- Road Trip | Involves 2 students. One drives to Nanaimo and one drives home to Comox valley. 20-minutebreak at Woodgrove mall. Merging, exiting, passing, and discuss emergency conditions. |
| 60 mins | #8- Unfamiliar Territory | The instructor will create a driving route in areas unfamiliar to student. Areas chosen will be a challenge. |
| 60 mins | #9- New city | This will be a GPS style lesson. Student will make their own decisions with critique as necessary. |
| 60 mins | #10- Emergency Maneuvers | Defensive driving, collision avoidance, head on collision recovery, emergency breaking, and communication with other drivers using lights and horn. |
| 60 mins | #11- Responsibilities of Driving | A review of all learning outcomes with the addition of preparing for the road test. |
| 30 mins | Interview with copilot | Discuss any remaining concerns before the upcoming road test. Complete paperwork finish doc competency checklist and all student paperwork. |
| 60 mins | #12- Road test review | Final lesson done to build confidence to succeed in passing the road test and feel ready to drive independently. |