FAA Fundamentals of Instructing (FOI)Planning Instructional Activity and Instructor ResponsibilitiesEasy
A ground instructor is developing course materials and needs a document that lays out, in order, every lesson from the first day of training to the final checkride, showing how the student will progress through each block of learning. Which document should the instructor create?
- AA course completion certificate
- BThe Airman Certification Standards
- CA lesson plan
- DA training syllabus
Show answer & explanationAnswer & explanation
Correct answer: D. A training syllabus
A training syllabus is a step-by-step, chronologically arranged outline of the entire course of training, showing the scope and sequence necessary to reach the course objectives. A lesson plan covers only one instructional period, the ACS defines performance standards, and a completion certificate merely documents that training occurred.
Why the other options are wrong
- A. A certificate documents completion; it does not organize training.
- B. The ACS defines standards of performance, not the course sequence.
- C. A lesson plan outlines a single lesson, not the whole course.
Training Syllabus
A step-by-step, organized outline of the complete course of training from beginning to end, showing the blocks of learning in sequence.
- Breaks the course into logical stages and lessons
- Ensures progression from simple to complex tasks
- Different from a lesson plan, which covers a single period of instruction
Memory trick: Syllabus = Staircase of the whole course; Lesson plan = one step at a time.