Stronger together: How Sim Experts is streamlining NGT model for CDL educational programs
In career and technical education (CTE), a program’s success relies heavily on the industry partners who step up to support it. For those of us
Dave Dein
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- Dave Dein is co-founder of the Next Generation in Trucking Association and the former truck driving program coordinator and instructor at the Patterson High School Supply Chain and Logistics Training Center in Patterson, California. With a career spanning over three decades in the trucking industry, Dave has worked as a driver and a manager. He is also the founder of Faith Logistics, a nonprofit truck driving school ministry dedicated to providing career opportunities through trucking. For the past 27 years, he has been a dedicated educator within the Patterson, California, Joint Unified School District, holding both multiple and single-subject teaching credentials. His commitment to shaping the next generation of trucking professionals has earned him significant recognition, including being named the 2025 California and Region V Teacher of the Year.
Posts by Dave Dein
Train the Trainer: Patterson High School hosts annual education event to drive next-gen trucking education
PATTERSON, Calif. — Patterson High School (PHS) became the national epicenter for high school commercial driver’s license (CDL) education during this year’s Train the Trainer
July 1, 2026: The day Workforce Pell Grants will change the playing field
In 1972, Congress enacted the Basic Educational Opportunity Grants, which was later re-named after U.S. Sen. Claiborne Pell. A man of deep conviction, Pell believed
Teachers should show, not just tell: Every CDL student needs to experience MATS
For a CDL instructor, connecting your students to the broader industry is the most effective way to transform a trainee into a career professional. While
An instructor’s greatest ‘paycheck’ is seeing the next generation soar
As educators and instructors in the trucking industry, we often measure success by pass rates and pre-trip inspections. But the true intrinsic reward — the
NGT’s annual Train the Trainer event provides educators with vital teaching tools
The Patterson High School (PHS) trucking program is not like any other trucking driving school in the nation. As our program has evolved and developed,
A message to educators: How to avoid the trials and tribulations of a first-year teacher
Editor’s note: Dave Dein, a former truck driver, is the truck driving program coordinator and instructor at the Patterson High School Supply Chain and Logistics
CDL trainers and educators: What legacy will you leave to the transportation industry?
If you are involved in the training of CDL drivers it is pretty safe to say that you do what you do because you care