Smyrna times., 1959-12-10
Fire Instructors
Training Course
To Be Initiated
By State Groups


Instructors Training Course
sored by the Delaware
State Board for Vocational Edu
cation and the Delaware Volun-
teer Firemen's Association.
The class is being held at the
Dover High School on Satur-
days for 5 sessions and 6 hours
each session. The course will
be completed on December l9,
1859. At the successful COM
pletion of the course, these men
will be presented special GER
tificates as Fire Instructors and
they will be certificated to con-
duct classes in any of the S.
volunteer fire companies through
out the State. These men all
have had six years experience
in firefifhting, have high stand
ing as skilled firemen, and
have the endorsement of the
Educational Committee of the
Delaware Volunteer Firemen's
Association.
Bradley Enrolled
Those registered are: E. Reyn-
olds Bradley, Smyrna; Curtis
Ennis, Sr., Glendale; Louis B.
Evans, Ocean View; Robert Fav-
niger, Seaford; Harry E. Herr
ington, Thomas D. Passwaters,
Dolphus Wilkins, George Win
tin, Milford; George T. Keller,
Lawrence E. Mergenthaler, Wal
ter Mergenthaler, Harold F. Will
kins, Wilmington; William Lowe,
Lewes; Raymond Siebert, Mil
ton; George w. Smith, Newark;
James Wilgus, Selbyville; James
M. Rodimak, Frank Wolenter,
Henry Y. Luton, Marydel; A.
Colt Hughlett, Dover; Joseph
Wiley, Bridgeville; and Sylves-
ter Thomas, Little Creek.
The instructors are Mr.. Rob-
ert c. Byrus and Mr.. James c.
Robertson of the Fire Service
Extension, University of Mary
land, College Park, Maryland.
These men are highly qualified
and have charge of Fire Train
ing throughout the State of
Maryland.
The course consists of the
following:
lst session, ]. c. Robertson,
Instructor-The morning session
would be an orientation cover
ing the needs of fire service
training, the part the instructor
plays in the learning process,
hints on how to take notes.
Do People Learn?
The afternoon session would
be discussion on how people
learn, objectives of an instruc-
tor and physical factors con-
tributing to effective learning.
End session, R. c. Byrus, in
structor-The morning session
would be coverage of the four
step method of instruction with
discussions of advantages and
disadvantages of in S tr u citing
methods, such as, lectures, dem
onstrations, conferences, etc.
The afternoon session would
be continuation of considera-
tions in this important field.
3rd session, J. c. Robertson,
instructor-The morning session
would be devoted to preparing
lesson plans and selection of
subject matter according to fire
service needs.
The afternoon session would
be devoted to the use and de-
velopment of training aids for
fire service education, and eval-
uation of instructors effective
ness through use of written eX-
aminations.
4th session, R. c. Byrus, in
structor-This would be an eval-
uation of individual proficiency
as instructors following assign
ments made at the third ses-
sion for each student to pre-
pare a lesson plan from which
he will teach. Each student will
receive critical evaluation in
an attempt to improve his per-
sonal proficiency. The objective
will be to improve the class
rom tactics of the instructor.
1t will also provide a good op-
portunity to cover subject mat
ter contained in our training
manual.
Practice What Taught
5th session, ]. c. Robertson,
instructor-This will be a con-
tinuation of the procedure fol-
lowed in the fourth session.
Each student will be required
to prepare at least one lesson
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