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  • They Didn’t Grow Up in the World We Did

    They Didn’t Grow Up in the World We Did

    Today’s young learner drivers grew up in a very different world from many of the instructors teaching them. Rather than labelling those differences, what might we learn by understanding the influences that shaped them?

  • Would I Become a Driving Instructor Again?

    Would I Become a Driving Instructor Again?

    馃煚 BECOMING A DRIVING INSTRUCTOR 路 10 MIN READ I originally thought driving instruction might be something I could do until retirement. Looking back now, my only real regret is that I didn’t discover it sooner. I didn’t grow up wanting to become a driving instructor. It wasn’t some great career ambition I’d carried around for…

  • Who Looks After the Person in the Passenger Seat?

    Who Looks After the Person in the Passenger Seat?

    We spend our working lives thinking about the person sitting beside us. Perhaps occasionally we need to think about the person sitting in our own seat too. When you’re a driving instructor, most of your working day is naturally focused on somebody else. Are they safe? Are they learning? Are they anxious? Did they understand…

  • I Don’t Want a Bigger Driving School. I Want a Smarter One.

    I Don’t Want a Bigger Driving School. I Want a Smarter One.

    馃煛 Building a Better Driving School 路 8 min read When I first became a driving instructor, being busy felt like success. These days, I measure success rather differently. When I became an ADI, we were emerging from the pandemic. It was an unusual time to start a driving school. Demand for lessons was high…