Lesson Plans - What's needed?

Dazzler

Dazzler

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Lesson Plans - What\'s needed?

Hi,

I am just starting out putting together Lesson Plans for the CFI certificate and would like to get some clarification:

1) Am I expected to create lesson plans for every Area Of Operation in the CFI PTS, including those that I will not be asked to perform a preflight lesson on during the oral exam (for example Area of Operation II - Technical Subject Areas)?
Or do I just need to create them for Areas of Operation VII - XIII ?

2) Do I need to create separate lesson plans for Private and Commercial maneuvers, even when the only difference are the completion standards (e.g. short field landing is 200 feet within touchdown point for Private, and 100 feet for Commercial, but everything else about the maneuver is the same)

3) Am I expected to devise my own Syllabus, or can I use a pre-published one, such as the Jeppesen syllabus?

Thanks !
 
Re: Lesson Plans - What\'s needed?

You need to ask your CFI what will be expected for your checkride. It can vary.

In my case, I wrote a total of maybe 4 lesson plans on my own, so that I knew how to put one together the way the FAA liked, work on the though process just in case I had to create one on the fly, and could figure out a format that I liked. Beyond that I used a bunch of ancient hand-me-downs from my CFI and other sources.

The syllabus was the standard Jepp private pilot syllabus.

The examiner during my checkride asked to see everything, expressed amazement about how many applicants "re-created the wheel" by writing all of their own (which could hardly be better than the ones professional instructors spend years tweaking and improving), and was =far= more interested in whether I understood them and could use them than whether I could write them.

But,, as I started with, this will vary and you need to know how much independent "creation" is necessary.
 
Re: Lesson Plans - What\'s needed?

I created a lesson plan along with thorough notes for every private/commercial "flight" maneuver. Sometimes I would combine the completion standards for both private/commercial into one lesson plan, because it saves paper and notebook space.

You don't need a lesson plan for the technical subject areas, I think that is excessive. Just have good notes and a thorough understanding of them.
 
Re: Lesson Plans - What\'s needed?

Sadly it depends on the examiner. Some want plans word for word out of the Flight Training Handbook (or Airplane Flying Handbook?). Some don't care. Best bet is try to get the gouge beforehand.

The actual PTS (or anything else) doesn't say you need lesson plans, you do need instructional knowledge on them.
 
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