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Course OverviewThis course teaches experienced shooters how to teach a basic defense-oriented pistol curriculum in the paradigm of "gateway instruction" developed by Citizens Safety Academy.
Course Details
Instructor candidates will learn and demonstrate organizational and teaching skills via participation in practical exercises during the course (including leading a line of live-fire shooters through a course of fire). Candidates will also have to pass an instructor development examination and a shooting qualification course of fire. The course also includes an Instructor's Guide that participants can take home with them for future reference.
Topics Covered
Every class is a little different, so we often have to make adjustments based on time and facility constraints; but our standard Gateway Instructor Development curriculum includes the following:
*Adult learning theory
*Effective communication skills / public speaking
*Depoliticizing instruction, content, and facilities
*Designing and using effective training aids
*Connecting with inexperienced, fearful, and non-traditional students
*Making classroom lectures interactive and engaging
*Effective use of multi-media in the modern classroom
*Concepts from the pivotal text, "Telling Ain't Training," by Keeps and Stolovitch
*Classroom management
*Range management
*Teaching basic principles of lawful defensive force
*Managing students with past trauma or emotional triggers
*Effective assessment / written examination design
*How to control and command a firing line
*The "Less is More" principle
*Effective range commands
*Student-centric range exercises
*Differentiating between skill drills and performance drills
*Managing students with physical limitations or disabilities
*Teaching both left- and right-handed students
*Managing firing lines with revolvers and semi-autos of different action types
*Effective use of assistant instructors
*Safety protocols and emergency procedures
And much more!
Prerequisites
Instructor candidates must possess and demonstrate a solid background in firearm safety and shooting skills acquired through previous firearm training and/or previous shooting experience.
One of the many benefits of this teaching technique (and the reason we call it "gateway instruction") is that it increases the chances of students investing in more training and becoming members of the training community rather than just visitors or sightseers. We hope to be an "on-ramp" for those who might otherwise see themselves as outsiders to the gun world.
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