Principles and methods of instruction

[Johnny_56]

G'day all,

Just wanted some help from anyone who has sat this for their Grade 1 instructor rating. Any useful pointers on what to study?

I am aware of the FAA handbook (I think I've got that stashed on he computer somewhere). Anything else worth reading?

And anything else you think is worth knowing/studying for the actual grade 1 flight test?

Many thanks

Johnny

[mrclumsy]

It's a joke of an exam! I have done it while back and all I did was read through the FAA book. Make sure you do the questions. You get the same ones in the exam at least a bunch of them. Don't stress it's pretty easy

[oldpinger]

Just make sure you have the newest version of the FAA handbook, as the older one doesn't have the "Hierachy of needs" stuff in it. I had to do a fair amount of educated guessing, having not read any of it, but passed anyway.

[grade-3]

I know I've recommended this some other time on here, but the Gliding Federation Australia (GFA) publish an instructors handbook for their internal use which is available on their website (link: Documents List (http://www.gfa.org.au/imis15/GFA/Documents/GFA/Documents_Content/Documents_List.aspx?hkey=74d8ea2a-2dcf-441e-b923-f5439f47b423#ops) -- and you want part 1 btw; part 2 is all about glider specific airexs).

It's a very practical document -- so it mightn't be a lot of use for the exam. But part of the role of a Grade 1 is to mentor/teach junior instructors, and I've previously found the information in the GFA instructors handbook very useful for doing just that.

Cheers,

Grade 3

[flyingpom]

The following link could be worth a look. Again this is more practical based:

http://www.flybetter.com.au/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderfiles/Flybetterbookfour1stedition.pdf