CFIT 2 INTRODUCTION TO PLANNING AND PREPARING TRAINING
Instructor Name To be used in conjunction with LSPEC CFIT 2
REVISION
CFIT AIM
To provide the adult and senior cadet instructor with the knowledge, skills and attitudes to deliver the best training possible to cadets
To provide the adult and senior cadet instructor with the knowledge, skills and attitudes to deliver the best training possible to cadets
REVISION
Who is the CFIT Handbook for?
It should be used by all adult instructors as their guide.
REVISION What are the 3 principles for cadet instruction? •Think Safety •Think Enjoyment •Think Achievement
REVISION The 5 steps for delivering effective training are: •Identify what training is needed; •Plan and prepare the training; •Deliver the training; •Assess the cadets; •Evaluate how successful the training was.
LESSON AIM
To describe the actions needed to plan and prepare for periods of instruction
CFIT BIC ASSESSMENT
PLAN, PREPARE FOR AND DELIVER A 15 MINUTE
LESSON
THEORY
“PRIOR PLANNING AND PREPARATION PREVENTS POOR PERFORMANCE”
LESSON OUTLINE & OBJECTIVES • Introduction • Simple lesson planning: - Writing a simple aim - Basic lesson structure - Producing a simple lesson plan • Preparing for a lesson • Summary and assessment
STEP 1 - IDENTIFY THE NEED FOR TRAINING 1. Identify the need for training 2. Plan and prepare the training 3. Deliver the training4. Assess the trainees 5. Evaluate the training and implement improvements
DISCUSSION POINTS
What is it like:
• Being taught what you already know?
• Being out of your depth in a class?
you have
of a
Imagine
been put in charge
small group of Basic level cadets…… How would you work out what training is needed by the group? DISCUSSION POINT
1. Identify the need for training 2. Plan and prepare the training 3. Deliver the training4. Assess the trainees 5. Evaluate the training and implement improvements STEP 2 – PLAN AND PREPARE THE TRAINING
STEP 2 – PLAN AND PREPARE TRAINING •Audience (who is to be trained) •Aim (what they are to achieve) •Plan •Prepare
Consider the ‘audience’
What things about the ‘audience’ do you need to consider? DISCUSSION POINT
THE
the end of this lesson you will be able to………….
This lesson aims to tell you about……OR …… What I aim to cover today is….
AIM By
NOT
THE AIM – EXAMPLE 1
By the end of the lesson you will be able to tie and untie a reef knot in a sling correctly. NOT ‘You should know about reef knots’ or ’In this lesson I am going to tell you about reef knots.’
THE AIM – EXAMPLE 2
NOT
'By the end of this lesson you will be able to strip and assemble a cadet GP rifle'
'The aim of this lesson is to teach you to strip and assemble a cadet GP rifle’.
THE AIM – FURTHER EXAMPLES
• Fieldcraft - ‘By the end of this lesson you will be able to move tactically without a rifle'
• First aid - ‘By the end of this lesson you will be able to list the immediate actions to be taken at the scene of an accident.’
• Drill – ‘By the end of this lesson you will be able to march correctly in a straight line and halt.’
EXERCISE Write an aim for a short lesson on each of the following: • ‘Polishing Boots’. • ‘Applying Camouflage Cream’ • ‘Calling the emergency services’ • ‘Woodland Map Symbols’
•
POSSIBLE ANSWERS
“By the end of this lesson you will be able to polish your boots correctly”
• “By the end of this lesson you will be able to apply camouflage cream, so that you are wearing it correctly (not too much, not too little, applied where needed)”
• “By the end of this lesson you will be able to call the emergency services, giving all of the essential information”.
• “By the end of this lesson you will be able to recognise and name woodland map symbols on an Ordnance Survey map.”
DISCUSSION How should a good lesson be structured? • Intro (10%) • Main Body (80%) (ie approx. 4/5 or so of the time) • Conclusion (10%)
For the
determine how
STUDENT EXERCISE • A standard cadet period is 30 minutes with an additional 10 minutes allowed for setting up and clearing up. (Total 40 mins) •
following scenario,
long is needed for each part of the lesson
EXERCISE - COUNTRYSIDE CODE LESSON • Setting up – putting out chairs and tables • Intro: (title/aim/equipment ( notebooks and pencils)/revision) • Main body (instruction) (Run through 10 principles, then cadets to draw a poster of one each to be displayed on the wall.) • Conclusion(summary, question the class, look forward to next session; does the class have any questions) • Clearing up– putting away chairs and tables, litter check, sweep classroom Whattimingsforeach?
POSSIBLE ANSWER • Setting up – Approx 3-5 mins • Intro: - Approx 2-5 mins • Main body - Approx 20-25 mins instruction/student exercise • Conclusion - approx 2-5 mins • Clearing up– Approx 5-8 mins
PLAN THE LESSON 1. Identify content 2. Organise content 3. Decide: - how to deliver - where - what materials and kit - how to assess
DISCUSSION
How will you decide what content goes into a lesson? Group Exercise Badges of Rank Discussion
Badges of Rank – lesson outline
HOW TO DELIVER THE TRAINING • Lecture/presentation • Game • Worksheet • Others……..? (Discussion) • What are the pros and cons of each?
DISCUSSION - BADGES OF RANK LESSON • What method(s) for training? (lecture, game, quiz,…..?) • Where? • What materials and kit needed?
ASSESSING THE STUDENTS How would you assess that the students have achieved the aim?
•Oral
•Written
•Quiz
questions
Test
LESSON PLANS • A guide for the instructor to use to help them through the lesson • Written on a piece of paper or using a template • Example….. [handout]
LESSON PREPARATION • Research additional information • Obtain equipment and produce training materials • Prepare classroom/training environment • Run through/rehearse
EXERCISE Write down all of the possible training aids and materials you could use to help with delivering effective training.
lesson
Lesson planning Lesson preparation
REVISION/ASSESSMENT The 5 step process The lesson aim The basic
structure
By CFIT3 lesson produce a basic lesson plan for a simple 15minute theory lesson on one of the following: •Rules for the care of uniform and personal equipment; •The British Army; •Calling the Emergency Services; •An Introduction to Maps; •Principles of effective concealment; •The Significance of Remembrance Day
ASSIGNMENT
REMINDER
“Training may be mandatory; learning is not” or
QUESTIONS?
