Progress report 9/21/09

As you might have gleaned from previous post, I've been on a self-study track to obtain my Advanced Ground Instructor certificate.  It's been enthralling.  I've had a great excuse to buy pounds and pounds of books and to fill my head with volumes of information that I hope I'm retaining.

That's mainly for the second step, however.  First, I must take the Fundamentals Of Instruction (FOI) Exam.  I really only have two books to study for that test; the flight instructor manual and a Gleim test preparation book.  I wasn't exactly excited about studying for the FOI test, at least not as much as the knowledge test, so I took to the process slowly.  In just a few short pages, I found that it's very interesting.  Many questions I'd had about CFI's were answered and I picked up a good many tips and techniques of teaching.

After that, I have the small matter of an extremely hard Advanced Ground Instructor Knowledge exam. 100 questions, 2.5 hours and a whole plethora of aeronautical knowledge areas to cover.  I'll let you know how I'm doing on that a little later.  Right now, I'm thinking I'll take the FOI test Friday... all unforseen obstacles aside.