initial CFI help-lesson plans

[JAFI]

I didn't have lesson plans for ever subject, not even close. What's more, the ones I did have I have never, ever, looked at again after I made them.

Perhaps if you added the statement "I made better lesson plans before I started teaching" Then there would be less confusion. I commented only on what you wrote.

FWIW, I still wonder how any one can know what specifically to teach - in any lesson - (when you are done with the lesson and how to prepare your student for the next lesson) without comprehensive lesson plans. May be it is just me. I have taught (aviation and technical programs) on and off for 20 plus years.

JAFI

 

[pilotmiketx]

Perhaps if you added the statement "I made better lesson plans before I started teaching" Then there would be less confusion. I commented only on what you wrote.

FWIW, I still wonder how any one can know what specifically to teach - in any lesson - (when you are done with the lesson and how to prepare your student for the next lesson) without comprehensive lesson plans. May be it is just me. I have taught (aviation and technical programs) on and off for 20 plus years.

JAFI

MEMO FROM CHEEF PIOLET'S OFFICE:

1. The lesion plans should all be in the FAA Approved format.
3. The instuctor should include ALL the information in the lesson plan ir-regardless of the circumstances encountered during training.
2. The lesson plan will not be altered to accommodate any needs of the student.

ANY INSTUCTOR PIOLOT NOT ADHERING TO AFOREMENTION RULES IS HERETOFOUR SUBJECTED TO DISSIPLENARY AXESHUN.

Signed,
Some Short Bald Asshole
CHEEF PIOLET

What a load of crap. A lesson plan is a PLAN. Not a mold that every lesson is stuffed into. That's where the cookie cutter 141 flight schools get it wrong. But what do I know? I've never had an applicant fail a checkride.

PS Spelling errors are intentional to add realism. (Anyone ever had a CP who didn't spell like the Chick Fil-A cows?)

 

[Goose Egg]

A lesson plan is a PLAN. Not a mold that every lesson is stuffed into. That's where the cookie cutter 141 flight schools get it wrong.

PS Spelling errors are intentional to add realism. (Anyone ever had a CP who didn't spell like the Chick Fil-A cows?)

Good point. I think it is really a good idea to specify goals for the particular flight, but any instructor unable to personalize a lesson to a particular student really has no business instructing in the first place.

And about the CP's spelling thing; no, now that you mention it.

-Goose

 

[Hipster Loser]

you should create your own lesson plans for every task in the CFI PTS. Use the FAA handbooks for the maneuvers. It lists all you need to have on the lesson plan. plus, when you create them yourself you'll learn them much better.

lesson plans also help you as a new CFI as well. It gives you the guidelines to cover duinr your lessons.

 

[JAFI]

It is interesting that many many instructors outside of aviation use lesson plans with success. They are part of the education environment. IMHO, they are like a tool in a tool box. How you use a tool is up to you. If success is the only criteria, you can successfully hammer nails into wood with a big wrench. It is not the correct tool, or can it be very efficient (too many bent nails and smashed fingers), but it can be done.

Use lesson plans, don't use them - I could not care less. I think they are an important planning tool.

JAFI

 

[Goose Egg]

you should create your own lesson plans for every task in the CFI PTS. Use the FAA handbooks for the maneuvers. It lists all you need to have on the lesson plan.

This got me thinking. When I was working on my CFI, I had done exactly what Hipster has suggested. There wasn't a single thing the DE (yes, DE) could ask me that I didn't have a lesson plan for. I was completely prepared to meet PTS requirements and pass the CFI practical.

But was I ready to teach? Not in the least. Now after the benefit of a few hundred hours of dual given, I see that my lesson plans that I used to meet PTS are basically worthless. I never look at them. I saved the hard copy for a while but I eventually just threw them away since I have everything backed up on a CD. However, the lesson planning that I do now for the real world is extensive, but may or may not meet CFI PTS (to be honest, I haven't really compared the two.)

Just an observation.

Plus, when you create them yourself you'll learn them much better.

There's a lot of truth to that. You may not actually use the lesson plans you write for your CFI Practical, but I think it is a beneficial activity nonetheless.

-Goose