I first got the bug for teaching in a wet and windy school playground while training people to ride motorcycles. In those days it was voluntary. It was Pre- Compulsory Basic Training (CPT). Upon the encouragement of a friend of mine, I trained and qualified as an Approved Driving Instructor before training new and existing instructors. In the early noughties, I had an opportunity to learn French in France, which I thought made sense. It’s a language I have always tried to improve but haven’t always had the time. While studying in Normandy, I thought to myself, what a great way to earn a living… teaching people to speak my own language. Once I returned home, I enrolled on a Certificate in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages and went on to achieve my Certificate of Education (Cert Ed) in 2003 before gaining my assessing and internal verifying qualifications. These qualifications have given me the opportunity to develop my skills and improve my knowledge of how people learn, and I have enjoyed working in both the FE and private sector. It means I have gained a wealth of experience to enable me to pass on what I have learnt to those looking to develop their own skills within adult education. Nowadays, our courses can be taught in-class or online or a combination of both: a far cry from the wet and windy playgrounds of the early 80s!