Little Rock, Arkansas • Part-Time • After School & Weekends • $18.00–$25.00 per hour (based on qualifications and experience)
Help new drivers develop the skills, confidence, and judgment they need to become safer drivers for life.
For 73 years, Thompson Driving has helped generations of Arkansas families develop safer, more confident drivers.
Since 1953, we’ve educated more than 100,000 drivers across Arkansas, and we’re growing.
We’re looking for patient, dependable professionals to join our team as Part-Time Driving Instructors providing one-on-one, behind-the-wheel instruction to new drivers in the Little Rock area.
This position is in-the-car instruction with new drivers. It is not a classroom teaching position.
Approximately 15–20 hours per week may be available, primarily after school and on weekends.
You don’t have to already be a driving instructor.
We provide paid training and the certifications needed to become an instructor.
Previous experience in teaching, coaching, training, or mentoring is a plus, but it isn’t required.
We’re looking for people who can communicate well, remain patient, follow an established teaching process, and help a new driver develop skills and confidence.
You’ll work one-on-one with new drivers in a company-branded Thompson Driving training vehicle.
Our vehicles are equipped with an instructor brake, giving the instructor an additional level of control while working with an inexperienced driver and helping create a more controlled learning environment.
You won’t be expected to figure out how or where to teach.
Thompson Driving provides:
There’s a purpose behind where we go, what we teach, and when we introduce each skill.
We believe learning to drive should be a gradual process.
New drivers begin in a controlled environment, such as a parking lot, where they can develop foundational vehicle-control skills before being introduced to more challenging driving situations.
As their skills improve, their confidence builds. As their ability and confidence increase, instructors gradually introduce additional skills, traffic situations, and more difficult driving environments.
Skills build confidence. Confidence and ability allow us to add difficulty.
Our complete behind-the-wheel program consists of 8 hours of one-on-one instruction, with each stage intentionally building on what the student has already learned.
We don’t simply put a new driver behind the wheel and send them onto the street.
We are intentional with every step—and have been since 1953.
Successful candidates should:
Previous teaching, coaching, training, or mentoring experience is a plus.
We don’t expect you to know how to teach a new driver on your first day.
Thompson Driving provides paid training designed to prepare you to work safely and effectively with new drivers.
Training includes:
Our goal is to give you the tools, training, and structure necessary to become a confident instructor before you’re expected to teach independently.
New drivers are generally available when school is out, so this position is primarily after school and on weekends.
Approximately 15–20 hours per week may be available, depending on student demand, scheduling, and instructor availability.
This can be an excellent opportunity for someone looking for meaningful part-time work outside traditional business hours.
Families trust Thompson Driving with new drivers, many of whom are teenagers. We take that responsibility seriously.
Employment is contingent upon successfully completing our screening and qualification process, including:
$18.00–$25.00 per hour
Compensation is based on qualifications, experience, teaching or coaching background, certifications, and demonstrated ability.
Paid training is provided.
Since 1953, Thompson Driving has built its reputation around professional driver education and a commitment to safer drivers.
When you join our team, we provide the training, vehicle, curriculum, routes, teaching process, and support.
What we need from you is patience, professionalism, dependability, good judgment, and a genuine interest in helping someone learn.
You’ll have the opportunity to watch a student progress from learning basic vehicle control to becoming a more capable and confident driver.
You’re teaching a skill they will use for the rest of their life.
If you’re patient, professional, enjoy teaching others, and would like meaningful part-time work where you can see the difference you’re making, we’d like to hear from you.
Call us or email your résumé, and we’ll be in touch.
Thompson Driving
501-225-4028
Office@ThompsonDriving.com
Safe driving is what we teach.