Thank you.
You are correct in looking for one. The regulations are requirements, not a syllabus. Same for the ACS.
Syllabus for the course, lesson plan for each lesson, additonal reference material, and lesson tracking are all different things. Back when I was doing primary, I took the material from several (they really are all 99% the same and wrote my own. Lesson order, lesson general content, and tracking so I know it was logged in the student's logbook. This was the first page.
Unless, of course, one plans to teach short field and soft field landings before ever getting to stalls and slow flight.
Unless, of course, one plans to teach short field and soft field landings before ever getting to stalls and slow flight.
Yes exactly... seems like too many options . The FITS is free but having no experience using it was wondering if there are pitfalls to it or maybe a better mousetrap. I will take a closer look at the other options. Thanks to all for those suggestions.
Actually, you'd be finished with all the cross countries before you got to slow flight and stalls
Don't worry about too many options since they are mostly identical.
I am in a similar place, ie regular teaching job non aviation related. My friend who is also working on his Cfi is going to use Sporty’s as well. I will look more closely at that.
Another thing about Sporty's - the associated syllabus has been free for years, but they recently made the courses themselves free for CFIs. Good marketing but great for us who use them.
No reason to either. I showed up with a set of prefab lesson plans (including some 20 year old ones my CFI passed on to me
) and three I wrote myself. I've written more lesson plans and syllabi since becoming a CFI than I wrote before.
Yes. I started doing that unprompted during my intial training for ppl and agree that's a good tool. The added bonus is that it would give them a sense of ownership. I could assign that in pieces that are germane to the lesson.
No reason to either. I showed up with a set of prefab lesson plans (including some 20 year old ones my CFI passed on to me
That's because they didn't have to walk uphill both ways in shoes made of cardboard.
Or because they don’t know the difference between walking uphill and walking downhill.
Because they really never walked anywhere except to the car.
Thats because they don't get as winded when walking uphill
Regardless of the reason, that level of ignorance isn’t good.Thats because they don't get as winded when walking uphill
Not sure what I did 24 years ago has much relevance to new CFIs these days,
Just commenting the CFIs I encounter who use someone else’s lesson plans tend not to know or know how to teach the manuevevers.
We might need to agree to disagree on this one. That's not necessarily a function of whose lesson plans are being used. That's true of any (valid) source material. You can memorize the entire library of FAA material from the FAR to the Airplane Flying Handbook and still not be able to teach it effectively. That's especially true of the simple outline of a good lesson plan.
You are right. A syllabus follows a sequence whereby the training is presented and taught. Teaching should be presented in building blocks, hence a sequence. You are on the right track not to assume that the teaching material is to be just randomly presented from the ACS. It should be well thought out and presented in a logical building block sequence. ACS doesn't provide a sequence, although it is the official resource of information. Jeppesen has a PPL syllabus which compliments their text book. I've had success taking the Jeppesen route. Any reputable third party which can provide a syllabus along with text book / video training references for each item in the syllabus is effective. Gleim, Sporty's, Jeppesen. I'm not sure what text book reading references the KING syllabus has....If you make your own make sure it follows a logical sequence and be sure to reference reading material for each Ground and Flight Training lesson. Lesson plans are good to have, but it is the syllabus that connects all the dots and brings the information together in a logical sequence of what and when the training should be provided.Newly minted CFI looking for thoughts on training syllabi. Has anyone used the FITS from the FAA? Or are there others you found more useful?. Eventually with experience I will no doubt develop my own. Need something that will keep me from missing content or unnecessarily prolonging the student’s experience due to an inefficient plan.
Also I will take any newbie tips
Thanks!
If you wish, I can send you a copy of our private pilot syllabus.Newly minted CFI looking for thoughts on training syllabi. Has anyone used the FITS from the FAA? Or are there others you found more useful?. Eventually with experience I will no doubt develop my own. Need something that will keep me from missing content or unnecessarily prolonging the student’s experience due to an inefficient plan.
Also I will take any newbie tips
Thanks!
Getting your content from the ACS is not only a good recommendation, but it's essential. The ACS doesn't provide the "sequence of teaching" though, so take your content from the ACS, but you will need to develop or utilize some time tested syllabi. A few come to mind. GLEIM, KING Schools, Jeppesen. While teaching from a syllabus, make sure to have ACS references for each flight and ground lesson. The ACS will provide you with the "content", but the challenge is coming up with a good sequence to teach the material (content). Also have FAR and AIM references for the content in your syllabus. At the end of the day your syllabus will need to at least cover everything in 61.103, 61.105, 61.107, 61.109, and the ACS Areas and tasks for the respective certificate....... among other things.
>>When I see a kid with training wheels on his bike, I don't berate him for his lack of cycling ability and make gross generalizations about the low state of affairs of all these kids using a crutch.>> I think a lot of CFIs should read your statement and take it to heart. I see way too many CFIs these days who berate their students, and it does not good to do that. Our job is to YES create a challenging environment, but we are not to tear down their confidence. We are there to help build it up. It doesn't mean being "soft". It simply means being tough, but most importantly allowing the student to sincerely believe that your are their number # 1 fan and want them to succeed more than anything....
No difference between a fwd slip and a side slip? Yeah that's pretty scary to think some CFIs think it's the same thing and used for the same reason. I find it actually quite bizzare they could hold a CFI Cert and not know the difference.
I like how you think. Essential references. Teach and log all the training your mentioned in your FAR references. Also 61.103 if you want your student be able to understand and explain their eligibility for earning a PP cert.
Those are regulatory minimums, not essential references. A well designed syllabus contains essential references, the lesson objectives and performance standards for each lesson. The syllabus operates as your quality control as a CFI.
