Teche Driving Academy

Teche Driving Academy is a driving school in New Iberia, Louisiana. It offers drivers education, behind the wheel driving instruction, and road skills testing. It serves students in Iberia, St. Martin, St. Mary, Vermillion, Lafayette, and surrounding areas. The academy holds a rating of 5.00. The school is independently owned and operated by Christi Gonzales and Jake Landry. Its trainers work with students of all skill levels, ages, and backgrounds, using a teaching style that focuses on patience, and all trainers have completed background checks, fingerprinting, and yearly continuing education. One of the instructors and owners has 27 years of experience teaching special education. Instruction covers a 38 hour teen driver's education course, behind the wheel driving instruction for teens, the teen road skills test, and teen driver evaluation and assessments, along with additional driving instruction for teens. In Louisiana, a learner's permit requires the 38 hour class for students age 14 years and 9 months through 17 who will be in the 8th grade or above by the first day of class, and for 18 year olds still in school. Classes run all year long, and students must obtain a Temporary Learner's Permit before the first class. Road skills testing is completed at the academy for applicants age 16, 17, and 18 and above, each with its own requirements, and the academy does not pick up or drop off applicants. The academy's motto centers on quality classroom instruction, safe driving practices, and defensive driving habits, with the goal of developing responsible and safe drivers. The academy is located at 1613 E Main St Suite B, in the parking lot behind the Department of Motor Vehicles, about 0.1 miles away. The Iberia Parish Library Parkview Branch is about 0.4 miles away, and Iberia Urgent Care is about 0.6 miles away. Teche Driving Academy is known for the positive rating it holds from the customers who have reviewed it. For new drivers across New Iberia and the surrounding parishes, the academy pairs classroom instruction and defensive driving habits with patient, background-checked trainers.