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Instructor Orientation Presentation (Powerpoint) Train as an Instructor Aide Instructor Aide Training Provides a Valuable Opportunity to Gain Instructional Experience. If you know individuals, who are interested in becoming Red Cross instructors, but don't meet the age requirement or are simply looking for more experience before leading their own classes, train them as instructor aides! Working alongside a certified Red Cross instructor, Red Cross instructor aides learn the best techniques in providing health and safety training in a hands-on environment. It's the first step toward empowering people with the valuable skills they need to train others to save lives. Instructor aide candidates may be individuals who: Do not meet the age requirement or are too inexperienced to become instructors. Have expressed an interest in becoming instructors but want or need experience. Want to help with a course without actually being an instructor. Are precluded from completing an instructor course by lack of qualifying credentials (e.g., course prerequisites or state regulations). Instructor aide candidates can be trained by an instructor or an IT. Instructor aide training may be completed through a formal instructor aide course or through an apprenticeship program. Training your Instructor Aide 1. Verify skills or certification. Instructor aide candidates must have the basic-level certification or the skills and knowledge for the course for which they are being trained to help. 2. Discuss the following with your aide: Course objectives; both content objectives (what is needed to pass the written test) and, if applicable, the skills objectives (what is needed to pass the skills tests) Course materials and their use Course administration and scheduling Procedures for practice sessions or small group activities Responsibilities of the instructor and the instructor aide Additional information that the instructor aide candidate wants and/or needs to know to increase his or her comfort level with the course material and/or course delivery 3. Complete a Course Record (F6418R) to document the instructor aide training and certification (you can issue an instructor aide certificate.