[HCRA] New Ham Class Information Gathering for Possible Instructors

[Peter Beauregard]

Greetings All,

The HCRA is proud of its great tradition of assisting hams interested in =
getting into the hobby.  Jim mentioned in the Zero Beat, President's =
Corner that the HCRA is going to sponsor a Technician Class course =
sometime in the beginning of the new year (2003).  I am pleased and =
excited to organize this course for the HCRA.  I look forward to working =
with any and all members who are interested in helping out in any way.  =
Members need to communicate with me to let me know how they are willing =
to help.  Bringing new hams into our community of hams can be exciting =
and rewarding.  The greatest reward (in my opinion) is the feeling of =
accomplishment at the end of the course seeing many new hams =
successfully challenge the license exam.  You could be part of this =
process.

Having one or two people teaching the entire course is one way to =
accomplish the task.  This usually puts undue stress on the individuals =
teaching the course.  I would like to try a different approach.  I once =
attended a basic boating class offered by the Aux. Coast Guard.  Each =
night that the class met, there were different people up in front of the =
group presenting a subject that those individuals felt comfortable with. =
 I believe that the variety of different instructors added nicely to the =
atmosphere of the classes because of the varied approach by each one.  =
Another thing that happened among the instructors is that each one was =
fresh and not tired by the long process in the many hours of instruction =
necessary to produce competent students by the end of the course.  =
Another thing that I saw happen is that people who were willing to give =
a small amount of time were more willing to participate compared to the =
usual process of difficulty in finding instructors.  Those same people =
were more willing to participate in other training courses because it =
wasn't a huge time commitment.  Instructors also got to teach the parts =
that interested them more.  I would like to see the HCRA do more than =
one presentation of this class.  With multiple instructors, this would =
be more likely to happen.

I am in the process of putting together a list of topics and the amount =
of time for instruction required for each topic.  I will publish the =
list and look for instructors for each topic.  I anticipate between two =
or three instructors per class meeting (if the meetings are two or three =
hours each).  My goal is to run the class over 8 weeks or less.  The =
details have not taken shape yet and I am working on it currently. =20

If you are interested in teaching in this course then please get an =
e-mail off to me ASAP.  A number of people have already indicated a =
willingness to teach.  So that I don't leave anybody out of the =
planning, send me an e-mail even if you have already indicated to me =
that you are interested in person.  This is an exciting undertaking and =
I hope to get many of our members involved.

73 de KI1I
Peter
HCRA Board
Technical Advisor




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