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It's all set. Feb 23rd, 9 am, I'll start teaching my first private pilot ground school.
It's to a scouting group. They are even providing the space to teach the class. The badge requirements are that they attend a ground school built out of the Jep text. Be ready to take the written when done. Actually taking the written isn't needed. But I hope at least a few decide to go forward with it. It would be very cool to light the fire in someone about flying.
I've worked out a deal with my old CFI who's an ASA dealer to provide us the e6b and protractors at cost for the group. I'm trying to keep the cost as cheap as possible for them.
It's pretty neat to be in a position to finally be able to use the AGI certificate I got last year. Now to build out the lessons. This is the hard part. That and facing my first class.......
My current plan is 8 in class sessions. One trip to the airport after the first 4 classes that cover the airplane, what makes it fly, instruments, and the like, for a touch and feel with a real airplane so they can hopefully connect book stuff with real world stuff. Then back to the classroom for the last 4 classes, covering weather, regs, cross country planning and the like. For the last session I've talked with some friends who have volunteered themselves and their planes to hop the class members for a local flight. So 10 weeks total, 8 class sessions, 2 airport field trips, 2 hours every saturday morning.
At the end.. Maybe, some of them will want to start flight training. I need to prepare a fact sheet for the local CFI's and schools at the 3 airports nearest them.
It's to a scouting group. They are even providing the space to teach the class. The badge requirements are that they attend a ground school built out of the Jep text. Be ready to take the written when done. Actually taking the written isn't needed. But I hope at least a few decide to go forward with it. It would be very cool to light the fire in someone about flying.
I've worked out a deal with my old CFI who's an ASA dealer to provide us the e6b and protractors at cost for the group. I'm trying to keep the cost as cheap as possible for them.
It's pretty neat to be in a position to finally be able to use the AGI certificate I got last year. Now to build out the lessons. This is the hard part. That and facing my first class.......
My current plan is 8 in class sessions. One trip to the airport after the first 4 classes that cover the airplane, what makes it fly, instruments, and the like, for a touch and feel with a real airplane so they can hopefully connect book stuff with real world stuff. Then back to the classroom for the last 4 classes, covering weather, regs, cross country planning and the like. For the last session I've talked with some friends who have volunteered themselves and their planes to hop the class members for a local flight. So 10 weeks total, 8 class sessions, 2 airport field trips, 2 hours every saturday morning.
At the end.. Maybe, some of them will want to start flight training. I need to prepare a fact sheet for the local CFI's and schools at the 3 airports nearest them.