Prerequisites and Selection. Additionally, international officers are selected to attend by their country of origin in coordination with the International Officer School. See Guide for Students Selected to Attend AIS . MAIS-001, the regular Academic Instructor Course, is four weeks long and currently consists of 155 instructional hours. Students develop a broader understanding of teaching as a profession.
Instructors stress the communication skills that are the fundamental tools of the teacher.
Emphasis is placed on content factors such as organization, support material, and types of speaking. The relationships between communicative ability and learning process are developed. Through practical exercises, each student demonstrates effective communicative ability and identifies significant relationships between communicative skills and the teaching-learning process. Each student selects the teaching methods appropriate for various learning objectives, organizes materials, prepares useful written plans, and teaches to reach the stated objective. Students use and see demonstrated instructional television, audiovisual aids, and other materials available in the learning center.