INSTRUCTOR RESPONSIBILITIES

While you are assigned as an instructor, you must abide by the directives and instructions within your chain of command. You also must exhibit and enforce proper military conduct and discipline at all times.

Whatever your task, approach your job with honesty, enthusiasm, and genuine dedication. As a Navy instructor, you fill one of the most critical positions in the training program. Your responsibilities include making the best of your own time and the students' time to develop those skills, knowledge, and attitudes essential to effective performance.

RESPONSIBILITY TO STUDENTS

Although your instructional and leadership role influences students in the formal training environment, be aware that many other influences also affect their performance (fig. 2-2). Students have many military duties and responsibilities that affect their lives. In addition, personal involvements with family members, friends, and other concerns affect their performance.

To the greatest extent possible, try to help students resolve conflicts resulting from these various influences. Your role as an instructor places you in a unique position to identify persons experiencing conflict. Since you interact with students on a frequent basis, notice changes in students’ performance or behavior; then take steps to help them. Your responsibility to your students is to teach effectively, set a good example for them to follow, and help them resolve conflicts that hinder their training.

RESPONSIBILITY FOR TRAINING SAFETY

Safety is an integral part of all elements of the Naval Education and Training Command (NAVEDTRACOM) mission.

NAVEDTRACOM has issued policy and procedures to eliminate or reduce the chances of mishaps or mishap-related injuries to students and instructors during training. This policy states that safety and supervisory procedures shall be maintained at a level that ensures safe training while providing the realism needed to fulfill fleet operational requirements within practical limits. These procedures are essential to an aggressive training program that prepares naval personnel
to perform professionally in normal as well as high-risk activities.

Never forget that as an instructor you area role model for your students. This is true in all aspects of training, especially training safety. You must demonstrate proper safety procedures in addition to teaching them. Be aware that your behavior often has greater impact on students than do your words. You have no greater responsibility as an instructor than that related to the safety of the personnel you train.

RESPONSIBILITY FOR SECURITY

• Many Navy courses contain materials that are classified for security purposes. In teaching classified information, you must be aware of several requirements:
  
• Never discuss any classified material not in the approved curriculum. Remember to disclose classified information only to properly cleared personnel with a need to know the information.
  
• Never present or discuss information that carries a higher security classification than that of the approved curriculum.
  
• Do not incorporate into your course materials any information that carries a higher security classification than that of the approved curriculum. That includes information incorporated into your lesson plan through personalization, student handouts, training materials, and test items.
  
• Make sure you can account for classified training materials or references used in the training environment at all times.
  
• Immediately report any situation you suspect may constitute a security violation.

Security of classified materials demands constant attention by everyone involved. As with safety, your behavior has a great impact upon your students. Never say or do anything that will downplay the importance of the security of classified materials.

RESPONSIBILITY FOR CURRICULUM

Since a relatively small number of instructors have curriculum development duties, your assignment to such duties is unlikely. However, you may become involved in curriculum revision and will almost certainly be involved with curriculum maintenance. Therefore, you need to understand the following terms and definitions associated with the maintenance of curriculum. The source of this information is the Navy School Management Manual, NAVEDTRA 135, and Military Standard 1379D.

• Curriculum. All training conducted within a school, outlined into specific topics, along with detailed training objectives.
  
• Surveillance. A process that provides ongoing evaluation of training or training materials to ensure continued effectiveness and currency of content to meet the training requirements.
  
• Interim Change. A minor change to correct editorial and typographical errors, teachability, safety, or urgent type commander-issued subjects.
  
• Change. A modification to training materials that DOES NOT affect course objectives, increase course length, or require additional resources.
  
• Technical Change. Any change to tactical (i.e., shipboard) or training-unique equipment or documentation originating in the Training Support Agency’s (normally a SYSCOM) parent material agency that affects curriculum. A technical change mayor may not affect individual lesson objectives, but DOES NOT affect course objectives, course length, or resources.
  
• Revision. A change to any course learning/terminal objective, an increase in course length, or any change that requires additional resources.

Curriculum maintenance is an ongoing effort to ensure the course curriculum is both current and accurate. Any deficiency noted as a result of surveillance requires a change to the curriculum or training.

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