Paul: 713-363-0217
Louann: 713-349-4289
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Falcon Driving Trainer

Paul Rodriguez, Jr.

Partner / Instructor

Education & Professional Training

  • R.B. Thieme, Jr. Bible Ministries: Biblical Study, 1982 to Present
  • United States Air Force: 4 years, Sergeant, Honorable Discharge
  • Texas Driving Instructor Certificate TDLR # 5361 – 95 hours, 2019
  • Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation: 4-hour annual retraining
  • University of Houston: Mediator Certificate, 2011
  • Rice University: Paralegal Certificate, 2011
  • University of Houston: BA, History/English, 1995
  • Languages: Fluent in Spanish
"Success is not always excellence, but excellence is always success."
Mr. Paul Rodriguez, Jr. - Partner / Instructor

Houston Teenage Driving Classes

PARKING LOT CONTROL DRIVING CLASSES

(The charge for a 2-hour class is $145.)

No one achieves excellence in anything without being accurately taught the basics and practicing to master and consistently apply them.

Students who are allowed to drive on the road without proper preparation and training are deceived into believing they are kings and queens of the road. This false sense of accomplishment makes them rude, reckless, and dangerous.

Our students must achieve a level of control before they are allowed to drive on the road.

Our Drills Build Skills:

SKILLS ELEMENTS
CONCENTRATION CONTROLS SELF (anger, fear, worry)
PRECISION CONTROLS VEHICLE (operation)
TIMING CONTROLS SPEED (conditions)
AWARENESS CONTROLS SPACE (360 degrees)

Our drills are sequential with basic and advanced versions:

  1. Seating – seat height, depth position, 10-2 hand, shoulders, mirrors
  2. Steering – 10/2 hand, hand-over-hand, left, right, center, hold, accelerate & release
  3. Reverse – left-hand center, hazards, soft brake, rear view, left & right banks, straight wheels
  4. Parking – blinkers, opposite & same-side, center, point of turn, hand-over-hand, pivot exits
  5. Backing-in-Parking – shoulder point, pivot, mirror center, depth, pivot, straight wheels
  6. Figure 8 – hand-over-hand left & right, radius, angle, center, acceleration, velocity
  7. Parallel Parking – 3-point / 22” approach / pole-up / 38⸰ angle / pivots / corrections / U-turn exits

Under our teaching, anyone can learn to use their brain to become a skillful driver.

Falcon Driving Trainer - Sequential Drills & Steering Techniques

"Success is not always excellence, but excellence is always success."

CLASS CURRICULUM

(The charge for a 2-hour class is $145.)

Teaching Method (concentration, precision, timing, awareness):

  1. Instructor Galleria driver training demonstrations
  2. Instructor verbal instructions
  3. Instructor dry-board drawings
  4. Instructor/student out-of-car analysis & discussion
  5. Student commentary

Part I. Parking Lot Basic & Advanced Drills

  • 1st Class: Basic control drills (120 min.)
  • 2nd Class: Basic and Advanced control drills (60 min.)
  • Three-point parallel parking (30 min.)
  • Basic neighborhood control drills (30 min.)

Part II. A Road Ready Neighborhood Basic/Advanced Drills

  • 3rd Class: Advanced parking lot control drills (40 min.), Three point parallel parking (30 min.), Basic neighborhood control drills (50 min.)
  • 4th Class: Advanced parking lot control drills (40 min.), Three-point parallel parking (30 min.), Advanced neighborhood control drills (50 min.)

Part II. B Road Ready 35 mph Drills

  • 5th Class: Advanced parking control drills (30 min.), Three-point parallel parking (30 min.), Advanced neighborhood control drills (30 min.), Basic 35 mph control drills (30 min)
  • 6th Class: Advanced parking lot control drills (30 min.), Three-point parallel parking (20 min.), Advanced neighborhood control drills (20 min.), Advanced 35 mph control drills (50 min)
  • 7th Class Test Preparation: Advanced parking lot control drills (30 min.), Three-point parallel parking (30 min.), Advanced neighborhood control drills (30 min.), Advanced 35 mph control drills (30 min)

Part II. C Road Ready Feeder/Freeway Basic & Advanced Drills (Optional)

(prerequisite: two 2-hour parking lot control classes, driver license & in student’s own car)

  • 1st Class: Advanced parking lot control drills (30 min.), Basic 45 mph feeder control drills (50 min.), Basic entrance and exit freeway control drills (40 min.)
  • 2nd Class: Advanced parking lot thinking & driving control drills (30 min.), Advanced feeder 45 mph control drills (40 min.), Advanced freeway entering/exiting & lane changing control drills (50 min.)

"Success is not always excellence, but excellence is always success."

Bellaire Teenage Driving Classes

(The charge for a 2-hour class is $145.)
  1. Minimum age is 15.
  2. Teens must complete a 32 hour class and take their certificate to DPS to get a permit.
  3. Teens must have their permit with them to take behind-the-wheel classes.
  4. Teens must begin with two 2-hour parking lot control classes.
  5. Teens are to dress in full-coverage clothing and no open heel shoes.
  6. Teens must listen, concentrate and respect the authority of the instructor at all times.
  7. The instructor will discuss the student’s performance with them after class.
  8. The instructor will email an evaluation of the teen’s performance to their parents.
  9. Parents are encouraged to observe any class.
  10. Parents are encouraged to practice parking lot drills with their teens until the instructor has the teen drive on the road.
  11. Parents are our teaching partners.
  12. We can pick up and return students to their school or home.

Parents should know what and how their children are being taught.

PARENT-TEACHER DRIVER EDUCATION IN HOUSTON

(The charge for a 2-hour class is $145.)
  1. We can email the PTDE application to parents to enroll as the primary instructor. The instruction booklet from TDLR costs $20.
  2. The parent always remains the primary instructor.
  3. Students are required to take a 32 hour in-person or online driver education class to get their permit (TDLR requirement is the same for a driving school).
  4. Parents teach their teens 14 hours behind-the-wheel without observation hours.
  5. Parents teach their teens an additional 20 hours during the day and 10 hours at night behind-the-wheel (TDLR requirement is the same for a driving school).
  6. TDLR does not allow an “alternative instructor” to be the primary instructor.
  7. We partner with parents by providing private classes to help teach their children.
  8. Before our students drive on the road, we teach them how to use their brain to gain a safe level of control.
  9. As teaching partners, parents observe one of the two-hour parking lot control classes.
  10. As teaching partners, parents can take over the training after the second control class.
  11. As teaching partners, we can resume the training at any time.

Parents should know what and how their children are being taught.

Adult Driving Lessons in Bellaire, Meyerland, Galleria, Sugarland, Memorial, and River Oaks

(The charge for a 2-hour class is $145.)
  1. Age 18 – 24 must take a six-hour class and take their certificate to DPS to get a driver permit.
  2. Adults must have their permit or driver license with them to take behind-the-wheel classes.
  3. Adults begin with two 2-hour parking lot control classes.
  4. Adults must listen, concentrate and respect the authority of the instructor at all times.
  5. Adults are encouraged to practice parking lot drills until the instructor puts them on the road.
  6. The instructor will email the student an evaluation after every class.
  7. We pick up and return students to their homes, schools or offices.
Falcon Driving Trainer Vehicle

"Success is not always excellence, but excellence is always success."

CLASS ENROLLMENT

Enrollment procedure:

  1. Email a copy of your driver permit or driver license to FalconDrivingTrainer@gmail.com.
  2. We will email you our Falcon Driving Trainer Agreement for your signature.
  3. You email us the signed last page of the agreement.
  4. We will email you a Student Profile to fill out and email it back to us.
  5. We will coordinate our class schedule with you.
  6. After schedules are coordinated, we will email you an invoice with payment information.
  7. Payments are made by Zelle - the charge for a 2-hour class is $145.
  8. After payment is received, a paid-in-full invoice confirming class dates and times will be emailed to you.
  9. Class dates are not confirmed until payment is received.
  10. For some pick-ups, mileage charges may apply.

"Success is not always excellence, but excellence is always success."

Falcon Driving Trainer

Private Driving Classes throughout Houston

Louann Watts

Partner / Administrator

"Success is not always excellence, but excellence is always success."