A wonderful working week
Fiona thanks everyone who was part of her working week and shares practical examples of adapting her coaching approach to five different learner drivers and a local small business.
Coaching Courses for ADIs and Driver Training for Learners
I would like to thank everyone who has been part of my working week this week! It really has been wonderful ... an example...
Wednesday - session 1 with A:
"I feel scary at traffic light! Fiona we do traffic light"
Chosen option - Drive. Stop. Look at each particular set of lights ahead. Discuss lanes, placement etc. Also discuss 'what the oncoming driver would see'. Action that plan. Drive to next traffic lights. Stop and discuss and repeat as above etc
Outcome - "Is just look at light and lane and easy!"
Session 2 with B:
"I have a provisional licence, but I don't know if I can handle driving!"
Me: "tell me more about that please"
Outcome - "I never knew I knew so much - yes I want to do this!"
Sessions 3 with C:
"Because of yesterday, today I will work on, approach speed, right mirror, observing when it 'suddenly' all changes ahead (like the bus signal), and my road position. I need to change those"
Outcome - "I did good! and I did do it all in one hour!"
Session 4 with D: (extremely new to driving!!)
Drive an agreed block. Don't discuss as strongly independent and kinaesthetic. Sit back and watch her develop and improve independently. (F Tries to keep quiet!!) Safety critical intervention only.
Outcome - Smoother moving off and gear changes, route planning, signals/timing, approach speed and planned stops, awareness of other road users, road position, safe gaps and "oh yes the wing mirrors on both cars!", braking downhill, traffic lights, roundabouts, mini roundabouts, meeting, and crossings.
Next day session 1 E:
Plan - more 'complex' roundabouts including double roundabouts and Roundabout with 5 satellite roundabouts around it.
"Can you shown me first please"
Outcome - "So all I need to do is do it slowly and plan where I want to go and it is quite easy really!"
Session 2 - Business Coaching Session for a local small business (and a bit of cake!)
[Confidentiality restraint - sorry]
Outcome after 3 bi monthly sessions- their business is booming, very happy with my support. Business goal projection in place and complete where necessary. Planned sessions complete. Future review with me planned for 6 months.
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Fiona we do traffic light', 'Is just look at light and lane and easy!', 'I did good! and I did do it all in one hour!', 'Can you shown me first please', 'oh yes the wing mirrors on both cars!'. 'Can you shown me first please' NOT corrected to 'Can you show me first please' because it may represent Fiona's original transcription of the learner's speech. Fiona's learner-centred coaching examples preserved as historical accounts: questioning ('tell me more about that please'), learner-selected goals (C's self-identified targets), independence (D: 'Sit back and watch her develop'), demonstration (E: 'Can you shown me first please'), reflection, and confidentiality. NOT converted into general instructional guidance or recommendations for other ADIs. 'kinaesthetic' retained as Fiona's historical terminology. No VAK theory, learning styles theory, neuroscience, educational research, or claims that kinaesthetic learning is scientifically established added. No modern psychological or educational guidance added. Business-coaching section: business client remains unidentified. '[Confidentiality restraint - sorry]' preserved. No attempt to identify the business, owner, location, industry or participants. 'their business is booming, very happy with my support' retained as Fiona's historical description of the outcome, NOT turned into a current business-coaching performance claim, guarantee, statistic or testimonial. 'bi monthly' preserved as Fiona's original wording (not changed to fortnightly or every two months). Historical driving terminology preserved: provisional licence, traffic lights, lanes, road position, mirrors, gear changes, roundabouts, mini roundabouts, meeting, crossings, safety critical intervention. No current DVSA guidance, assessment criteria, lesson requirements or driving-test rules added. Fiona's account of allowing D to develop independently with 'Safety critical intervention only' preserved as her historical coaching approach, not converted into general instructional guidance. Editorial corrections: 'Sit back a watch her develop' corrected to 'Sit back and watch her develop' (obvious typo, meaning certain). No other corrections made. Learner quotation grammar NOT corrected. Fiona's conversational style preserved. Historical image URL: http://fionadrive.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/10535613_658327334236715_7964065120944032869_o.jpg - HIGH PRIORITY for provenance/rights/re-hosting review. Appears to be original historical FionaDrive/Facebook material potentially connected with Fiona's coaching work. No useful alt text supplied. image_url set to null. Image NOT used or re-hosted. No stock photography substituted. Relationships: None created. related_workshop_ids: [], related_product_ids: [], related_testimonial_ids: []. 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