Tyler Drive
for Driver Recruitment & Rentention
Since Tyler Drive™ debuted in 2016, there are now over 300 clients utilizing 10,000+ tablets across North America. With the school bus driver shortage becoming a larger, more pressing issue over the last few years, our clients are using Tyler Drive as a recruitment tool and finding their drivers remain with the district because of the benefits it brings. Some of the Tyler Drive benefits include state-of-the-art navigation, visual or audio-only directions, integrations with student tracking cards, built-in timekeeping, the ability to display urgent messages, and more.
Continue reading below to hear how some districts are using Tyler Drive.
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Saratoga Springs City Schools, NY
"When our district first implemented Tyler Drive on school buses, it was met with apprehension on the part of drivers. Now that we have been using the technology for a few years, drivers have come to depend on it."
— Jeff Wainwright, Director of Transportation
Chaffey Joint Union High School District, CA
"The rollout feature ... gives us the ability to adapt on the fly and it eases the mind of any driver covering another route that they may be unfamiliar with. The tablet gives them turn-by-turn directions and tells them which students to pick up with pictures for all."
– Brice Sunderland, Transportation Director
Indian Prairie School District, IL
"We are using Tyler Drive as a recruitment and retention tool, not only an onboard driver tool. [We] allow prospective candidates to see the technology that we have on all our bus routes to ensure they can focus on driving the bus safely. "
– Ron Johnson, Director of Support Operations
Tyler Independent School District, TX
"I found that having Tyler Drive's turn-by-turn directions helped with the transitions during new driver assignments. We promote it alongside our other benefits when recruiting. We show them Tyler Drive and let the tech do the talking."
– John Bagert, Director of Transportation
Melissa Independent School District, TX
“[Tyler Drive is] really a game changer for our organization and saves us a lot of time. It has also really helped us out and been a selling point for us when hiring and sustaining our employees.”
– Jerad Castor, Transportation Director
