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The Fire Investigator, Third Edition Curriculum builds upon the excellence of IFSTA instructional materials. IFSTA's primary goal remains to provide accurate up-to-date curricula that are customizable to meet the needs of instructors and their organizations. The Fire Investigator, Third Edition Curriculum is based on current research that provides for the most effective instructional design for adult training classrooms. This comprehensive package provides instructors with the tools needed to deliver a course with successful outcomes for today's students.
The curriculum covers all 14 chapters of the Fire Investigator, Third Edition manual and is designed for use in both traditional face-to-face and hybrid classroom environments.
Each lesson contains a detailed, simple-to-use instructor presentation outline in a format that allows instructors to customize the files to match their own teaching preferences or local procedures. Skill evaluation checklists and learning activities pertinent to the lessons are also provided. Customizable high-quality presentations also accompany each lesson to provide a useful visual aid for instruction.
The Instructor Toolbox is a folder of resources allowing instructors to enrich teaching methods and better meet the needs of individual learners. Toolboxes may include informative handouts, department checklists and forms, and example standard operating procedures, all of which are customizable and allow you to adapt them for your organization.
The following components are available for purchase on a USB flash drive and free for instructors on ResourceOne:
- Plan of Instruction and Syllabus templates
- Chapter Lesson Outlines and PowerPoint Presentations
- Skills Evaluation Checklists
- Chapter Assessments
- Instructor Toolbox
Compatible operating systems
- Windows XP or newer
- Mac OS X 10.6.8 or newer