ADI Check-Test Preparation
This one-day course is designed to ensure that you fully understand the requirements of the check-Test and how to integrate your normal-day-to-day teaching for the best test result.
(If you have failed a Check-Test click here)
Even in 2012 the Check-Test is still the subject of myths and half-truths with comments like
- "You won't pass if you do a turn-in-the-road"
- "Examiners have never been teachers, how can they assess me"
The truth is that the Check-Test is simply an honest assessment of your normal day-to-day teaching, nothing more, nothing less.
Many instructors fear the Check-test, and perhaps with good reason...
The latest figures (January 2012) show that around 9% of Check-Tests were failed in 2011 with some instructors being removed from the register and losing their livelihood after three failed tests.
Many new instructors end up with an E grade (which would have been a fail if it had not been the instructor's first test) because although their training helped them to scrape through the exam it didn't prepare them for real pupils and they find themselves trying to 'teach by PST subjects', a sure recipe for Check-Test and business disaster!
This course is normally run on a two-to-one basis but may be available one-to-one in some areas.
Click here for a few comments from people who have experienced the 'Success Based' approach.
Courses are available at various locations around the UK. Personal training with John Farlam is available in both Buxton and Boyle (Ireland) and is subject to availability.
Basic content
- Understanding the DSA Marking sheet
- Lesson structure
- Error identification and correction
- Understanding basic fault analysis
- Understanding appropriate 'levels of instruction'
- Route planning - critical success factors
- Check-Test Planning - with examples ...
- 'Success Based' feedback methods
Format
This course is normally run as a one-day programme however an extra day can be added if required to allow for practice sessions covering relevant skill areas (this is very rarely needed).
The course normally runs from 9.30am to 5.00pm (there may be local variations) and considers your needs and basic skills with training to develop any weak areas.
All training uses modern accelerated learning methods, including simple 'training games' that will make your learning experience easy, enjoyable and stress-free.
What you won't get is the destructive and demoralising "Let's do some role-play and I'll tell you what you are doing wrong" approach ...
For more information or to arrange training contact John Farlam john@smartdriving.co.uk - all enquiries treated with the strictest confidence.