Archived Courses
We are no longer creating online courses for ADIs. However, many people have still found benefit from our previous ADI and PDI training courses and asked that we keep them available. We have decided to honour that request and keep the courses available, free of charge.
There is, of course, still value in most of the content of these courses. However, it’s important for you to recognise that, as they have not been updated for some time, some information will be outdated. For example, the Aim for A course (below) was created pre-COVID and before the digital marking system was introduced. The duration of the Part 3 test / Standards Check has changed since then and the examiner’s expectations of you will be slightly different that we explain in the course. So even though 90% of the advice is still relevant, please check specific details with your own trainer and rely on their experience for the latest advice.
Aim for A was created in 2018 and was released shortly after our book, “Who’s In The Driving Seat?”. It was aimed at people working towards their Part 3 Test or Standards Check.
Click here (or the image above) to access the archived course on YouTube. Where available, useful links and downloads can be found in the individual video descriptions.
The course is broken down into 6 modules:
- Module 1 – Overview of the Part 3 Test & Standards Check
- Module 2 – Lesson Planning
- Module 3 – Risk Management
- Module 4 – Teaching & Learning Strategies
- Module 5 – Preparing for your Part 3 or Standards Check
- Module 6 – The Big Day!
Again, remember that this course was created several years ago now and the format of the test time and structure has changed slightly since then. Please consult with your trainer for up-to-date advice.
ADI Part 3 Ecademy was our original online course which we created way back in 2011. These videos were based around the former Part 3 test which was in role play format and well before ‘coaching’ was ever recognised as a method for working with those learning to drive. It relied on a much more “instructor-led” approach to teaching than the modern assessment. The instructor mainly took control of the learning process, from giving a full “briefing” and then talk through on each skill being taught. The examiner role played the pupil, starting the assessment by providing the PDI with a “word-picture” of the pupil they would be portraying. They then went into role for around 25 minutes, whereby the focus of the faults made by the pupil would revolve solely around the topic being assessed on the marking sheet.
Click here (or the image above) to access the archived course, which we have uploaded to YouTube. Copies of the original PST sheets, lesson descriptions and guidance notes can be found in the individual video descriptions.
