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MINI COURSES

What's our Mini Courses?

Who it's designed for: 

🟢 Those looking for specific, targeted training

🟢 Those looking for bite sized, shorter courses

🟢 Suitable for trainees (PDIs) and ADIs 

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What it covers: 

A range of training topics and themes! 

Complete with detailed training and practical tasks

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Type of subscription: 

Lifetime Purchase

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Pricing:

Lifetime: £30

Immediate access - yours forever! 

 

Mini Course Deal:

Buy 4 Mini Courses and get 1 free! â€‹â€‹â€‹â€‹â€‹â€‹

About these courses

✅ Bite sized courses on targeted skills and elements 

✅ Great for self study, training, and CPD​​

✅ Consolidates and enhances knowledge and practical ability

✅ Engaging videos and practical tasks to implement in lessons 

✅ Yours forever - you can re-watch as often as you like! â€‹

✅ User friendly platform and app 

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Pricing and Access

Lifetime Purchase: £30

Immediate access - yours forever! 

To purchase individual Mini Courses, please click the purchase button next to each Mini Course.​

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Mini Course Discount Deal: 

Buy 4 Mini Courses and get 1 FREE! 

If you'd like to buy 5 for the price of 4, please do not purchase the individual courses you'd like - please click the Mini Course Discount Deal to complete payment. You'll be redirected to a form to choose your 5 Mini Courses.​​​​​​​​​​​

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On Go Green?

Go Green members receive access to two Mini Courses each month - rotated each month to give you variety and extra training content! Lou's 14 Days to Wake Up Your Questions and our 8 Fundamental Instructor Skills Mini Courses are included in Go Green PDI Course subscriptions too!

Once you've signed up through PayPal, you'll be redirected to our course platform to activate your course.

You'll also receive an email with a link to activate. Our emails sometimes find their way to your spam folder!​

If you have any questions or problems signing up, please drop us an email:

hello@gogreendrivinginstructortraining.co.uk

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Lou's 14 Days to Wake Up Your Questions

✅ Reflect on your questions, understanding factors that make questions effective

✅ Learn motives to ask productive, constructive questions

✅ Understand common traps and pitfalls 

✅ Experiment with popular alternatives, leading to better outcomes with pupils

✅ Try Lou's techniques and practical tasks to implement in your lessons

✅ Discover ways to stimulate, challenge and influence your pupil's learning 

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The High 5 Skills

✅ A closer look at: Car Control, Awareness, Anticipation, Planning & Judgment

✅ Dive into how the High 5 Skills are interlinked and the role they play

✅ Learn how to incorporate the skills into carrier subjects and the value they hold

✅ Take practical tasks, techniques and games into your lessons to make it real life! 

✅ Facilitate pupils to develop the High 5 Skills - now and for their future driving

✅ Discover ways to build pupil's confidence and help them understand the value

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The 8 Fundamental Instructor Skills

✅ A deep dive into the crucial skills you need, to build solid foundations in instructing

✅ Discover how the skills are interlinked and the role they play 

✅ Take our 5 golden nuggets for each skill, to develop a deeper understanding 

✅ Implement our practical tasks for each skill into your lessons

✅ See how your Part 3 or Standards Check is assessed against these skills

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Why PDIs fail part 1, 2 and 3

✅ Discover the top 5 reasons PDIs fail each part of the qualifying process

✅ Explore a deeper understanding of the common traps  

✅ Find solutions and actionable tips to implement in your training

✅ Useful for PDIs and Trainers - learn the common pitfalls and how to avoid

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Adapting Lessons

✅ Embrace change, understand your pupil's needs, and sense when to adapt

✅ Learn the degrees of adaptation and the variables within this

✅ Discover the factors to consider and how to take the most appropriate action

✅ Look at the common traps within adapting, solutions to avoid 

✅ Hear real life case studies and examples 

✅ Learn how adapting on your part 3 looks different, with ADI1 guidance 

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4 Steps to Fault ID

✅ Understand what fault ID truly means and how to implement the 4 steps

✅ Learn how to observe with purpose and identify faults

✅ Discover questions to analyse the root cause of faults 

✅ Understand how to find workable solutions that pupils can practice

✅ Learn how to categorise and prioritise faults - what to fix and when!  

✅ Put our practical tasks into action during your lessons!

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Commentary Driving 

✅ Discover what commentary driving is, when and why to use it, and the benefits

✅ Learn how the High 5 Skills can be incorporated to improve awareness  

✅ Recognise how commentary driving can be used in your driving and teaching

✅ Look at the link between commentary driving and the 17 competencies 

✅ Equip yourself with skills & techniques to analyse yours & your pupil's driving

✅ Understand how specific detail, timing, and communication has value here

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Mastering Mock Tests 

✅ Understand the purpose of an effective mock test and it's use for pupil reflection

✅ Learn how to maintain objectivity and know the relevance of DT1 test criteria  

✅ Discover types of faults, how to assess, and provide constructive feedback

✅ Know your role, and understand how to prepare yourself and your pupils

✅ Learn what a good mock test looks like, and alternative mock tests to add variety! ✅ Understand how to reflect through results, and debrief thoroughly

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Mastering Manoeuvres 

✅ Learn acceptable criteria for manoeuvres, how to teach, explore, and fix

✅ Discover considerations and factors, skills to teach first, and use of reference points

✅ Understand the driving test criteria and the tolerance during tests 

✅ Explore the relationship between teaching manoeuvres and transferable skills

✅ View our own aerial footage of each manoeuvre to see what they 'look' like!

✅ Implement our practical tasks to level up your lessons! 

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Supporting Pupils With Anxiety 

✅ Understand what anxiety truly is and how it may implicate a pupil's learning

✅ Discover how anxiety might manifest and show emotionally and physically 

✅ Learn tools and techniques to respond and support pupils functionally 

✅ Learn progressive exercises, positive reinforcement, & reframing thought techniques

✅ Take our 5 suggested adaptable tips to support pupils! 

✅ Understand the role of your skill, confidence, control and communication 

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Level of Instruction - Part 1

✅ See our overview, the different types of instruction, and when to set your levels

✅ Learn how to recognise different levels and the importance of communication 

✅ Learn how to determine a starting level, initial assessment techniques and variables

✅ Take our techniques for instruction & learn to fine tune based on real time feedback

✅ We explore FAQs based on techniques, management, assessment & requirements

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Level of Instruction - Part 2

✅ Learn to recognise when a change is needed, adaptability and variable factors 

✅ Look at proactive vs reactive instruction, and managing inappropriate instruction 

✅ Explore related competencies, maximising instruction whilst meeting pupil needs

✅ Explore how level of instruction may differ during a part 3/standards check

✅ Hear our real life case studies and examples

✅ Learn to handle high stake environments and promote true independence 

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Effective Communication 

Explore communication within:

✅ Directions & instructions, to be clear and in good time

✅ Roles & responsibilities, to achieve best outcomes through level of instruction

✅ Managing driving tests, to manage expectations and becoming better equipped

✅ Self evaluation, to create a culture where pupils return effective communication

✅ Safety critical incidents, to be proactive, responding, and using verbal control

✅ Your business, to stay professional, maintain reputation, and build rapport 

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Top 10 Reasons Pupils Fail Their Test 

✅ We explore the 2025 DVSA published top 10 reasons pupils fail their test!

✅ We compare these to the 2019 list and explore why these are the top reasons

✅ Look at contributing factors, real examiner feedback, and clarifying assumption

✅ Hear suggestions to incorporate these into lessons to avoid pupils falling into traps

✅ Learn to shape your lessons and teaching techniques to combat these traps!

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The Business Side Of Being An Instructor

✅ Insights and considerations - what to do, not to do, tips & advice to be successful!

✅ We discuss HMRC, tax & accounts, income & expenses, and financial records  

✅ We discuss T&Cs, GDPR, privacy policies, business records, and safeguarding 

✅ We discuss insurances that you might need, plus advertising do's and don'ts 

✅ We discuss managing an effective diary, and communication to maintain rapport 

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Self Care Within Instructing

✅ Look at how self care fits into life as an instructor and contributes to success

✅ Discover types of self care, related to fitness, sleep, diet, stress and mental health

✅ Learn how to look after yourself whilst teaching, with different variables 

✅ Learn to shape your future, set realistic goals, achieve a better work/life balance

✅ Discover ways of staying mentally healthy to avoid burning help

✅ Explore our signposted resources and know when to seek additional help if needed

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