FRP 168 NFPA Fire & Life Safety Educator 1 and Instructor 1

Lecture Hours: 3
Lab Hours: 2
Credits: 4

Designed to meet the needs of entry-level fire and emergency service instructors and those who coordinate and deliver community fire and risk prevention programs that intend to eliminate or mitigate situations that endanger lives, property, and the environment. Prepares participants for planning instruction, using a variety of instructional methods, teaching diverse learners, and evaluating course outcomes. Includes guidelines for addressing the critical issues of safety and the legal issues of education and training, and provides opportunities for participants to take part in application activities. Meets or exceeds competency standards established by the National Fire Protection Association including NFPA 1041 Fire Instructor I and NFPA 1035 Fire and Life Safety Educator I.

Differential Fee Yes
Student Learning Outcomes:

Discuss the roles, responsibilities, and duties of a fire and emergency services instructor I and prepare training schedules, training records and activity reports.
Demonstrate knowledge of the learning process, different age group learning principles, and motivational techniques to meet student needs when teaching.
Describe the instructional design process including selection of materials, delivery methods, and preparation of the instructional environment.
Teach a prepared and adapted lesson plan, so the stated objectives are achieved.
Administer different types of tests and demonstrate the ability to score and grade them.
Identify community resources, services, organizations that can be partnered with to address current fire and life safety issues.
Document, schedule and promote a fire and life safety presentation.

Content Outline

Challenges of Fire and Emergency Services Instruction
- The Roles of the Instructor
  - The instructor job
- Characteristics of Effective Instructors
  - Instructor attributes
  - Qualities to emphasize
- Communication
  - The communications model
  - The instructional medium
  - Listening
- Challenges for Instructors
  - Work with diverse learners
  - Meet management directives
  - Provide for safety
  - Manage funding and resources
- Professional Development
  - Networking
- Importance of Instruction to the Organization

Speaking Before a Group
- Presentation Guidelines
- Delivering a Presentation
- Behaviors and Mannerisms
- Critiques
Safety: The Instructor’s Role
- The Safety Concept - The instructor’s Role in Safety
- Preventing and Managing Accidents
  - Prevention
- Resources for Safety Guides and Regulations
  - Government agencies
  - Safety resources and references
Legal Considerations
- Overview of the Law
  - Origin of laws
  - Types of laws
- Laws and Policies
  - U.S. federal, regional laws
  - Learner’s rights
- Torts
- Liability
- Legal Protections
- Obligations Regarding Substance Abuse
- Copyright Laws
- Permission for Photographs
- Records and Reports
The Psychology of Learning
- Learning Processes
- Learning Domains
  - Cognitive domain
  - Psychomotor domain
  - Affective domain
- Learning Styles
- Influencing Learning
  - Meet goals, objectives and standards
  - Provide feedback and reinforcement
- Motivation
  - Theories of Herzberg & Maslow 
  - Techniques to motivate adult learners
  - Motivation - relationship to learning
- Learning and Remembering
- Memory
  - Sensory memory
  - Short-term or working memory
  - Long-term memory
- Factors that Affect Learning
  - Laws of learning
- Laws of Learning
- Approaches to Learning
- Learner Characteristics
- Learners as Individuals
- Managing Individual Learners
Instructional Delivery
- Behavior Management
  - Establish learning attitude
  - Use coaching techniques
  - Managing disruptive behavior
- Preparing to teach
  - Session scheduling, preparation and logistics
- Maintaining continuity
- Physical setting
- Presentation techniques
- Concepts of instruction
  - Presenting new material
  - Applying sequencing methods
  - Generating interest
  - Encouraging success
  - Foster participation
  - Reinforcing learning
  - Applying questioning techniques
- Methods of Instructional Delivery
  - Lecture
  - Discussion
  - Illustration
  - Demonstration
  - Team teaching
- High-Hazard Training
  - Risk management factors
Practical Training Evolutions
- Training Settings
- Planning Practical Evolutions
- Safety Issues
- Incident Management Systems
- Live Fire Training Evolutions
- Nonstructural and Technical Training Evolutions
- Power Tool/Equipment Training
Testing and Evaluation
- Purpose of Testing
- Classification of Tests
  - Interpretation method
  - Purpose method
  - Administration method
- Test Planning
  - Identify and define behavioral objectives
  - Determine purpose and type of test
  - Prepare test specifications
  - Construct test items
- Common Considerations for All Tests
- Tools for Testing Learning
  - Test formats - performance tests, oral tests and written tests
- Testing in the Affective Domain
- Scoring Methods and Interpreting Test Data
  - Scoring methods
  - Test item analysis
  - Test result analysis
  - Corrective techniques
- Purpose of Evaluation
Instructional Media and Technology
- The Need for Instructional Media
- How to Select Appropriate Media
- Integration of Instructional Medial into the Learning Environment
- Nonprojected Instructional Media
- Types of Instructional Media
- Troubleshooting and Maintaining Equipment