I would never put an instructor with 15 - 25
students. We max at 10 students / instructor,
plus we give each instructor a knowledgeable
assistant.
I hired a girl last year as an assistant who was a
weak sailor, but I saw great potential. Trained
her, got her racing. This year she's probably my
best instructor; maybe because it's all still so
fresh for her, but she gets it across to even the
slowest kids.
S.

"DSK" wrote in message
...
: Pony Express wrote:
: Jim Muldoon (aka Donnybrook, a custom 72),
just
: released documentation on his 'Brendan in a
box'
: program. While the program is little
different
: that what we've been doing for all our kids,
it
: stresses the differences in learning styles.
: People learn differently and a good instructor
: will use different methods to teach so that
all
: will learn.
:
: Yes, this is important... although IMHO it's a
bit much to expect a
: teacher to adapt his teaching style to 15 or 25
different "learning
: styles" all at once... it's more realistic to
expect that he present the
: material in a way that is available to all, and
then go back and repeat
: in different ways for different students (of
course, some will not need
: extra attention).
:
: The best quality in a teacher IMHO is being able
to motivate students.
: To make learning fun, make the knowledge/skills
interesting, to teach
: how to apply what is learned to real life. A
person who cannot do this
: at all isn't a teacher, period. A person who is
great at it will be a
: great teacher even if their own skill/knowledge
in that area isn't so
: hot. I've known a number of very good sailors
who were unable to teach
: sailing.
:
: Fresh Breezes- Doug King
: