Paul Sanders, from Colwyn Bay, made the move from classroom teaching to driving instruction and successfully completed his ADI Part 3 in Rhyl after training with Marcus.
Before beginning his journey to become an Approved Driving Instructor, Paul worked as a school teacher. Changing career meant learning how to apply his existing teaching experience in a completely different environment.
Driving instruction brings its own challenges. Lessons take place in a moving vehicle, risk has to be managed continuously and teaching needs to adapt to what the pupil is doing from moment to moment.
Paul worked with Marcus to develop the instructional skills required for ADI Part 3, bringing lesson planning, risk management and pupil-centred teaching together during real driving lessons.
He successfully completed his ADI Part 3 in Rhyl, finishing the final qualifying test required to become a fully qualified Approved Driving Instructor.
Previous teaching experience can provide a useful foundation, but becoming a driving instructor requires those skills to be adapted to a very different learning environment.
Paul came into driving instructor training with professional teaching experience from his previous career as a school teacher. The next challenge was learning how those skills could be applied effectively during a driving lesson.
Instructor training involved developing skills such as questioning, feedback, lesson planning and adapting the level of support to suit the learner while maintaining a safe learning environment.
As Paul prepared for Part 3, the focus was on bringing lesson planning, risk management and teaching and learning strategies together naturally during a real lesson.
Paul successfully passed his ADI Part 3 in Rhyl, completing the final qualifying test and becoming a fully qualified Approved Driving Instructor.
Paul's background in education gave him valuable teaching experience, but qualifying as an ADI meant learning to apply those skills in the very different environment of a driving lesson.
Paul's previous career meant he was already familiar with explaining ideas, asking questions and helping people learn. Driving instruction, however, requires those skills to be used while managing a live, constantly changing road environment.
Developing as an instructor meant learning when to step in, when to let the pupil work things out and how to balance learning with effective risk management.
Passing Part 3 in Rhyl marked the completion of that transition and the beginning of Paul's new career as a qualified ADI.
ADI Part 3 is the instructional ability test and the final qualifying test required to become an Approved Driving Instructor.
A DVSA examiner observes a real driving lesson and assesses the instructor across 17 competencies covering lesson planning, risk management and teaching and learning strategies.
See how ADI Part 3 works →Paul came into instructor training with years of experience teaching in a completely different environment. His training focused on adapting those strengths and developing the additional skills required to teach safely and effectively in the car.
Training with Marcus is built around the individual. Whether you're changing career, preparing for Part 2 or developing your instructional ability for Part 3, the focus stays on the areas that will make the biggest difference to your progress.
You don't need a background in driving instruction to begin. Tell Marcus where you are now and have a straightforward conversation about the route towards becoming an Approved Driving Instructor.
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