Critique a lesson plan? Aeromed factors..

[gkrangers]

http://sevenleft.com/aeromed.htm

I know its sloppy and stuff, so ignore that, but if anyone could skim through it and offer their thoughts I'd appreciate it.

I will add some images of certain things when it is complete.

 

[gsrcrsx68]

It looks good. I would say that it seems to have more detail than necessary as far as the content of each element is concerned. What I've been seeing is that most contain more of an outline then the actual content of what will be taught.

check out this link...it is a free commercial asa syllabus download complete with lesson plans:
http://www.asa2fly.com/files/updates/comm_syllabus.pdf

Also there is(I think) a member of the site here named jedi nein who is a Master CFI who has a website with all her lesson plans...really excellent material. I think google her name along with CFI and her sight should come up. She also has a fantastic how to become a cfi page.

And lastly the FAA's Aviation Instructors Handbook(faa-h-8083-9) has some great lesson plan samples. The book is available in PDF format as a download from the FAA website.

So are you going to develop all your own lesson plans? I have been debating whether or not to take that path. The FAA's book states that commercially produced plans are fine for use in the checkride...I'm not sure which way is better.

 

[gkrangers]

I'm going to make all my own using the reference materials I learned with (FAA, Gleim, etc books).

Making them from scratch is going to help me study everything as well.

I want to make them detailed, as I want my students to have as much information avaliable to them as possible. I think I will work on having a more detailed outline as a coversheet, followed by the detailed explanations of the content.

 

[SPilot]

http://pages.prodigy.net/jedinein/cfi.html

Yeah, make them from scratch. You'll have to work with it to learn it, and on your oral you'll have to know it all anyway, so there no point in taking short cuts.

The students however will most likely use their jepp books or similar training materials...so in my own lesson plans I've tried to compile "fact sheets" or summaries with the most useful information spelled out in as few words as possible, that I can give to students. I made these as supplements to stuff I copied from the internet (yeah, I took the short cut at first), hand written. Nothing fancy.

 

[gsrcrsx68]

Spilot do you have them on a computer? I'd like to see a sample if possible.

 

[minitour]

The medical certificates are all valid 36 months if you're under 40, not just the third.

I know where you're going...but make sure you explain it's the privileges not the certificate that expire in that timeframe.

Not to pick nits....

Not bad though...aeromedical brought you to many other subjects, didn't it? Supplemental oxygen, medicals...teaching tends to do that for some reason...

Good luck w/ the CFI

-mini

 

[gkrangers]

The medical certificates are all valid 36 months if you're under 40, not just the third.

I know where you're going...but make sure you explain it's the privileges not the certificate that expire in that timeframe.

Not to pick nits....

Not bad though...aeromedical brought you to many other subjects, didn't it? Supplemental oxygen, medicals...teaching tends to do that for some reason...

Good luck w/ the CFI

-mini

I should make that clearer, and add about it being "calendar years".

I think I used the Airmans Information Handbook (you know which book I'm talking about, the FAA one) for this section. It hit all those topics...

 

[minitour]

I should make that clearer, and add about it being "calendar years".

...although, I say that and then the regs do say something about needing a commercial certificate a second class "expires" after 12 years...can't remember the exact wording...

Pilot's Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledge?

That and the Airplane Flying Handbook were worth more to me than any Jepp book I EVER got...and a fraction of the cost.

Seems like you're on the right track. Any right seat flights yet? What plane will you be doing your ride in? MEI first? hmm...I guess that's it for 20 questions with minitour tonight.

-mini

 

[gkrangers]

...although, I say that and then the regs do say something about needing a commercial certificate a second class "expires" after 12 years...can't remember the exact wording...

Pilot's Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledge?

That and the Airplane Flying Handbook were worth more to me than any Jepp book I EVER got...and a fraction of the cost.

Seems like you're on the right track. Any right seat flights yet? What plane will you be doing your ride in? MEI first? hmm...I guess that's it for 20 questions with minitour tonight.

-mini

Yeah I'm planning on using those two books as a main reference.

No right seat flights yet. I've had a lazy summer. I get unmotivated sometimes. I'm gonna knock out the CSEL addon and then see what to do about the CFI. I'm going back to Florida in about 5-6 weeks. So I don't want to start the CFI here in NJ and then have to resume the training in Florida. Might focus on getting all my lesson plans done, and learning the FOIs, passing the writtens, etc....this way I'm ready to tackle it when I get back to FL.

Worst scenario is I spend the fall semester getting the CFI, and I start working as a CFI in the winter...thats not too bad, tho I wanted to be able to give mommy and daddy a break a little earlier than that.

But, if I don't get the CFI till late fall, I still have 18-20 months to instruct before graduation. I don't want to stick around for 3 years after graduation to CFI like a lot of people do, cuz they don't get their CFI till they are seniors... I want to have my thousand hours upon or close to graduation...

 

[minitour]

I want to have my thousand hours upon or close to graduation...

...that could be arranged with a trip to wal-mart for some bic's, a 12 pack and a happy weekend.

Sounds like you've got busy times up ahead. Where are you doing the CSEL?

-mini