What is Task E?
Instructor responsibilities and professionalism
What are the aviation instructor responsibilities and flight instructor responsibilities?
Aviation: (HEMPS) Helping students learn, providing adequate instruction, standards of performance, minimizing student frustrations, emphasizing the positive
Flight: (PEPE) Physiological obstacles, ensure student ability, professionalism, evaluate student ability
In your aviation instructor responsibilities how do you minimize student frustrations?
PACKGAMEC
- Praise in public, criticize in private
- Approach students as individuals
- Criticize constructively
- Keep students informed
- Give credit where credit is due
- Admit errors
- Motivate students
- Emphasize the positive
- Consistency
In your flight instructor responsibilities how do you ensure student ability?
SEERSS
- Student safety
- Evaluate performance constantly
- Evaluation of maneuvers
- Ready for solo
- Share evaluations with student
- Supervision
In your flight instructor responsibilities what are the characteristics of professionalism? What is the purpose of professionalism?
PSPADS
Professionalism solidifies credibility to the student
- Personal appearance
- Sincerity
- Punctuality
- Acceptance of student
- Demeanor
- Safety/safely
How do we evaluate student ability?
- Demonstrated ability (ME)
- Keep students informed (CAP)
- Correction of student errors (DO)
What is our evaluation of student demonstrated ability based on?
ME
- Mastery of elements
- Experience / development
In our evaluation of student ability how do we keep the students informed?
CAP
- Critique honestly and often
- Address deficiencies
- Praise accomplishments
In our evaluation of student ability how do we correct student errors?
DO
- Do not immediately take the controls with a students mistake
- Opportunity to correct an error
What are a few ways an instructor can progress in their professional development?
CECI
- Continuing education
- Education institutions
- Commercial organizations (ASA)
- Industry organizations (NAFI)
What are the requirements for additional training and endorsements?
CHAP
- Checkouts
- highest achieved cert level
- AC 61-65
- AC 61-98
