Assessments are meant to be conducted throughout your time with your students to ensure their understanding of the topic you teach in the classroom and the skills you are demonstrating on the training ground. Evaluations are meant to measure student understanding at the end of a unit, a class, or a training session, and these come in the form of tests provided by your hosting AHJ. Utilize these two measurement methods to ensure your students fully comprehend the topics and skills you are teaching.
Course Type: Full-length Course
Course Duration: 60
Keeping open lines of communication is key to creating a safe environment for you as the instructor and your students. Providing your students with the necessary information and training is important, but you must also ensure they obtain that information and meet their learning goals. Students who answer questions, pose questions, and participate in group discussions all prove that they understand what you have taught them. In this course, we’ll discuss these factors and more to determine what goes into creating an effective lecture.
Course Type: Full-length Course
Course Duration: 60
A lesson plan is your outline for what topics will need to be covered to achieve the learning goals for each of your students. However, there are times when you will need to customize the plan to fit the needs of students. Your students will come from very different backgrounds, some may have learning disabilities and need more one-on-one instruction to succeed, and others may have more experience on the subject and need to be challenged with new details to stay engaged. To adapt to the challenges of teaching a group of individuals with different needs, you should focus on adapting your lesson plans, classroom environment, and teaching methodologies to give your students the best chance to achieve the course objectives.
Course Type: Full-length Course
Course Duration: 60
All instructors should strive to create an effective learning environment where your students feel comfortable and trust you as their instructor and fellow students. Simple adjustments like the configuration of students’ desks and your position in the classroom while teaching are ways to build that trust and engage more students in your teaching, leading to an effective learning environment.
Course Type: Full-length Course
Course Duration: 60
Fire Service Instructors are responsible for many things when it comes to leading a group of students in a classroom setting or during hands-on training: understanding the components of a lesson plan, assembling supporting materials for the lesson, using and adapting a plan, and meeting the needs of their students. In this course, we will review how to take the list of duties of an instructor and break them down into manageable steps so you can be better prepared for your first class and those to follow. You will be given scenarios of real-life situations with explanations of how to adapt the plans and techniques to fit the situation best.
Course Type: Full-length Course
Course Duration: 60
As a Fire Service Instructor I, you will mostly teach adult learners. Regardless of the course, you will no doubt be teaching students from different backgrounds and cultures with various motivation levels. As their instructor, it is important to adapt your lessons, teaching techniques, and possibly expectations based on their needs. In this course, we will discuss the impacting factors affecting students, including motivation, cultural differences, learning styles, learning disabilities, and more. We will also review how you can help these students succeed despite their roadblocks.
Course Type: Full-length Course
Course Duration: 60
Since the idea of distance learning was first introduced, to now, how a student and instructor can attend a class has evolved. Online training is not meant to replace hands-on training but can supplement and make lecture time more effective by reviewing the basic information in the virtual classroom. The setting and modes of communication may differ, but the instructor's main role remains the same: providing students with the best opportunity to achieve the learning objectives.
Course Type: Full-length Course
Course Duration: 60
