GVC & Boston Chapter Joint Driving School

The overarching goal of our school is to advance the level of your driving skills in a fun, friendly, and safe environment. It is important to recognize that this is not a racing school, and that instructors emphasize skill development, not speed. Your pace improves naturally as your skills grow with practice and experience. During registration, you will assign yourself to a "run group". Run groups at this school include Novice (Group 4), Intermediate (Group 3), Advanced (Group 2), Group S/Independent Study Group (Group 1), and Instructors (Group 0). Each run group is limited to under 40 drivers (typically 35 or less). The student registrar reviews your selection and makes a final assignment based primarily on driver experience and prior evaluations (if any), and secondarily on vehicle performance. Reassignments may also be made during the school at the request of your instructor in order to place you in the optimal group for your skill and pace. Track sessions for each group are on a rolling schedule. Between your track sessions and mandatory classroom meetings, you'll have time to work on your car and socialize with your fellow driving enthusiasts. Except for Group 1, which is led by a small team of specialized coaches, you will be pre-assigned a personal driving instructor for the weekend to work with you from the passenger seat of your car. Your instructor is also expected to take you out during one or more instructor track sessions to demonstrate the techniques being taught to you. Classroom sessions for each run group are taught by a senior instructor, and are focused on topics relevant to your experience level. Saturday and Sunday: Structured instruction on track in the following run groups Group 4: Novice (D, beginners: SLIP L0 – L1) Group 3: Intermediate (C and less experienced B; SLIP L2 – L3) Group 2: Advanced (A and upper level B; SLIP L3 – L4) Group 1: Group S (Solo; SLIP L4 and up) Group 0: Instructors (Expert; SLIP L5 and up) *SLIP (Skill Level Instruction Program) is a standardized system for evaluating and tracking a student's HP driving skills. BMW CCA HPDE programs are increasingly adopting this system to make it easier for students to receive the appropriate level of instruction they need to improve their driving. More information about SLIP is available by downloading this document: SLIP Criteria 2016.pdf