Tips to Become a Better Instructor is a post from: Everyday EMS Tips After I wrote a set of tips becoming a better CPR instructor reader Steve Lichtenberg asked to contribute a post of teaching tips to help instructors take the next level. Steve writes: If you have been teaching the standardized curriculum for CPR for a while it is time to branch out. Since the goal is to become a complete EMS instructor, volunteering to run drills and teaching more complex first aid skills to lay rescuers provides two opportunities to stretch your teaching skill. By teaching CPR, you have become comfortable with certain skills like: Speaking in front of a group Answering student questions Taking steps to ensure student success Moving forward provides you an opportunity to stretch your teaching ability and gives you a mechanism to start designing new coursework based on community or station needs. As you begin to teach new skills and new programs, keep in mind the following Everyday EMS Tips: Don’t over-teach. You wouldn’t teach a group of PhD’s the same way you would teach a group of fifth graders. Keep in mind the existing training of your audience. You don’t have to impress your students with your knowledge. Going into too much detail will confuse them and/or turn them off. Different people have different learning styles. Some are auditory learners and do well with lectures. Others are visual learners and need to see content written down. Still others will not understand the objectives without having a hands-on learning and practice opportunity. What works for one may not work for others. Stay flexible in your approach. “I don’t know” is a valid answer. Don’t make things up

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