Coaching question bank
Six question types, ninety questions sorted by the moment in the lesson, and what each one costs the learner in attention. Searchable, and it prints for the door pocket.
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ADI professional hub
Resources for approved driving instructors. Request access with your ADI number. We verify every request and send the materials to you by email.
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What you get
Instructor resources
Coaching question banks, client-centred teaching frameworks and RSA check test preparation, developed and used by Smart Driving Academy instructors. Verified ADIs get an access code by email, with updates as new material is added.
Free for every ADI, no access request needed
Use our result analyser in your debriefs
Our free test result analyser mirrors the full RSA report sheet: 17 headings, every marked aspect, with plain-English explanations and a practice plan. It works just as well on a mock-test sheet as a real result. Send your pupils to it after a test or mock, or open it together in the debrief: upload the result PDF (read on the device, never uploaded) and work through the priorities on screen.
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Your instructor account
Everything you run day to day, in one place on your phone: open lesson slots and confirm bookings, track each student's EDT progress, run the in-car mock test with the emailed report, send materials on WhatsApp, check the test routes, and plan a practice route to a brief — so many roundabouts, so many junctions, about so long. Log in with your instructor PIN.
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What can be marked in each box
The RSA tester marking guidelines mapped onto all 95 aspects of the report sheet: 393 fault statements, each quoted word for word, with the Grade 2 and Grade 3 wording beside it. Searchable, so you can check the exact phrasing before a debrief. Instructor reference only, not for publication.
ADI resources
Instructor development area
Three working resources on client-centred practice, mapped to the RSA check-test competencies and written for Irish lessons and the EDT structure. Each one asks for your access code — the same code opens all of them, and we issue it to verified ADIs. There is also a draft article here for instructors to review before it goes public.
Instruct or coach?
The eight-factor check for choosing your approach, run as an on-screen sheet, plus the support and challenge grid and the four stages of learning.
Open the frameworkFor review: test manoeuvres article
Our new article on the reverse around a corner, the turnabout, the hill start and parking, with the RSA wording, the marking points and our own scale diagrams. Not published yet: read it and tell us what you would change.
Read the draftFeedback that changes driving
The four elements given and elicited, the evidence on when feedback makes performance worse, and a debrief checklist to work through with a pupil.
Open the notePresenter editions
Slide decks with full speaker notes
The presenter editions of our published slide decks. Each slide carries the full speaker notes we use when delivering the session, plus a short summary and the sources behind every claim. Open one in your browser and print to PDF if you want a copy for the car.
Young & novice drivers
14 slides on why the first years are the most dangerous, the "careless or clueless" evidence, and what training actually works. With speaker notes.
Driver fatigue & circadian rhythms
15 slides on sleep pressure, the body clock and the crash risk curve, adapted from MIT OCW 16.400. With speaker notes.
Fleet safety: driving for work in Ireland
16 slides for employers, fleet managers and van drivers, with evidence from the RSA, HSA and ETSC. With speaker notes.
Instructor reference
CPC exam reference material
Held here for instructor use when preparing candidates. This is reference material for teaching, not published study content — the public study section carries our own practice case studies.