Dwight Nelson

 Dwight Nelson

406-422-3944
Montana Traffic Education Director
Montana DRIVE Supervisor

Work Related Duties:

  1. Approves district applications and instructors to teach traffic education.
  2. Montana DRIVE supervision of the advanced driving school in Lewistown, MT.
  3. Montana DRIVE CDL supervision and teach the new program expediting the process for schools to get bus drivers.

In February of 2021 Dwight Nelson was hired by the Office of Public Instruction to oversee state-approved Traffic Education programs and supervise the Montana DRIVE advanced driving school. Director Nelson previously was an athletic director, teacher, coach, bus driver, and college professor before obtaining his administrative license from Rocky Mountain College. He is passionate about working with others to make the roads of Montana as safe as possible.

LeAnn Haas

 LeAnn Haas

406-444-4432
Program Specialist
 

Work Related Duties: 

  1. Approves district applications and instructors to teach traffic education. 
  2. Register MT Drive Workshop participants. 
  3. Support administrators, teachers, parents, and students through the driver education process.

In July of 2022 LeAnn Haas was hired by OPI as the Program Specialist for Traffic Education.  After graduating from MSU-Northern with a degree in Secondary English Education and a minor in Traffic Education, LeAnn pursued her master’s degree in Special Education from MSU-Billings. She began teaching Traffic Education in 2013. Serving previously on the board and more currently the MTEA (Montana Traffic Education Association) President for the 2022 conference year, she comes with valuable skills and knowledge of the position and traffic education program.