This Basic Instructor Certification course is designed to provide the basic concepts of instruction and to increase the quality of professional law enforcement training. This course introduces the student to the teaching-learning process, phases of the teaching-learning process, factors affecting learning, needs assessment, task analysis, developing learning objectives, preparing a lesson plan, and methods of instruction. The students will be taught how to develop and use instructional media to enhance their presentations. In addition, the fundamental techniques of developing testing and evaluation procedures will be presented. Each trainee must demonstrate the basic knowledge and skills required to effectively instruct a lesson during two teaching exercises which will be evaluated by two instructors.

*** Please make sure you bring a laptop to class; we will be working on presentations and lesson plans in class***

Instructor: Amy Zapata
I currently work for the Ellis County Sheriff’s Office as a Communications CTO and Assistant Terminal Agency Coordinator. I am an Advanced TCOLE Instructor and Associate Trainer.