CFI lesson plans
02-18-2019, 03:36 PM
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CFI lesson plans
Looking for recommendations. I will be altering them but have been advised by multiple sources that it makes sense to buy them as a baseline and work from there.
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02-18-2019, 04:49 PM
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I asked our local DPE what he recommends for CFI students. He told me he highly recommends CFI students to buy the Backsteat Pilot lesson plans. They are completely up to date. You get a PDF and Word document. He said that he encourages the students to modify the lessons plans to tailor to the airspace you will be teaching in.
That is what I’m doing. I bought mine from the Backseat Pilot and I’m just editing them as I like.
https://thebackseatpilot.com/collect...i-lesson-plans
That is what I’m doing. I bought mine from the Backseat Pilot and I’m just editing them as I like.
https://thebackseatpilot.com/collect...i-lesson-plans
02-18-2019, 07:29 PM
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Originally Posted by mikeinflight
Looking for recommendations. I will be altering them but have been advised by multiple sources that it makes sense to buy them as a baseline and work from there.
Thanks for the help.
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There are different thoughts and a lot of folks told me I HAVE TO use my own. Well, after a few months of struggling I bought mine. Worth every nickel. I still put my "book" together with tabs, studied the lessons and worked through them. It took the stress away and helped me focus on the actual lessons, not the creation. Everyone is different and an examiner who I know well told me (he won't be mine) that as long as you know the material, can "teach" it and understand it, it's not a problem.
02-19-2019, 02:37 AM
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Originally Posted by Macchi30
I asked our local DPE what he recommends for CFI students. He told me he highly recommends CFI students to buy the Backsteat Pilot lesson plans. They are completely up to date. You get a PDF and Word document. He said that he encourages the students to modify the lessons plans to tailor to the airspace you will be teaching in.
That is what I’m doing. I bought mine from the Backseat Pilot and I’m just editing them as I like.
https://thebackseatpilot.com/collect...i-lesson-plans
That is what I’m doing. I bought mine from the Backseat Pilot and I’m just editing them as I like.
https://thebackseatpilot.com/collect...i-lesson-plans
I have looked at backseat and they seem very comprehensive. Thanks for the insight.
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02-19-2019, 02:39 AM
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Originally Posted by Cirrus2turbine
I'm preparing for my check ride and this was a big decision for me. I'm not very good at putting and documenting material. For example, for my current job I'm not the guy who can put together a PowerPoint. Yet I can lay out the material and deliver it, but I need real help actually putting in the right "form" so to speak.
There are different thoughts and a lot of folks told me I HAVE TO use my own. Well, after a few months of struggling I bought mine. Worth every nickel. I still put my "book" together with tabs, studied the lessons and worked through them. It took the stress away and helped me focus on the actual lessons, not the creation. Everyone is different and an examiner who I know well told me (he won't be mine) that as long as you know the material, can "teach" it and understand it, it's not a problem.
There are different thoughts and a lot of folks told me I HAVE TO use my own. Well, after a few months of struggling I bought mine. Worth every nickel. I still put my "book" together with tabs, studied the lessons and worked through them. It took the stress away and helped me focus on the actual lessons, not the creation. Everyone is different and an examiner who I know well told me (he won't be mine) that as long as you know the material, can "teach" it and understand it, it's not a problem.
I agree with you. Some people say you should create your own and others say there is no reason to. At the end of the day if you tailor the lessons to your style and know them cold and be able to teach that’s the objective in my mind.
Thank you for the insight.
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02-19-2019, 10:04 AM
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Originally Posted by PerfInit
I’d actually rcommend making your own lesson plans. You will learn more and it will better prepare you to be a CFI.
I have about 500 pages worth of lesson plans all said and done (including my notes). Researching/typing out/editing all of that would be a lot of time invested in the process even if it would help me know it better. I’d rather hit the “print now” button and skip right to the review and edit phase of lesson plans. That will save you many months of unnecessary work
02-20-2019, 04:35 PM
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Does anybody have any experience with the Pilot Nick lesson plans? Do they kind of follow the PTS like the examiner will likely conduct the checkride? Are they editible? Can you copy/paste from them into your own lesson plans? They are $189 which seems a bit steep.
Website says "Even though The Complete CFI Binder is an Electronic Product. We give you the ability to Print the ENTIRE Binder for use on your FAA Practical. Study using your electronic version, then print it when you're ready for the Practical. The product can only be printed on a Computer. "
Trying to figure out if its like a controlled copy or "image" file that I wouldn't be able to copy/paste/edit.
Website says "Even though The Complete CFI Binder is an Electronic Product. We give you the ability to Print the ENTIRE Binder for use on your FAA Practical. Study using your electronic version, then print it when you're ready for the Practical. The product can only be printed on a Computer. "
Trying to figure out if its like a controlled copy or "image" file that I wouldn't be able to copy/paste/edit.
02-20-2019, 07:10 PM
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Backseat Pilot lesson plans are a great base to start from. Go through each one and tailor them to your liking as well as to the plane & procedures you’ll be using and your local airport & airspace. They give them to you in a Word doc which is formatted very nicely too. My only complaint is that they can get a little too wordy on some points that can be made with a couple words rather than a paragraph. I also found a few errors as I went through them so I wouldn’t just rely strictly on using them as they come.
I basically just went through each lesson, edited them and then highlighted the main points in Word and then created a pdf to teach off of on my iPad. After picking through them and practicing each lesson at home a couple times, I hardly even looked at them during my checkride. YMMV.
I basically just went through each lesson, edited them and then highlighted the main points in Word and then created a pdf to teach off of on my iPad. After picking through them and practicing each lesson at home a couple times, I hardly even looked at them during my checkride. YMMV.
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