Classroom Command for
Law Enforcement Instructors

This is an advanced instructor development course, based on the Law Enforcement Instructor Certification Course.

Over the last several years a lot has changed in training public safety professionals. The old ways are not as effective and expectations for instructor performance have changed. Classroom Command introduces a new paradigm in training for public safety instructors that emphasizes the instructor as a leader, not just a disseminator of information. This course also takes common and popular corporate training practices and adapts them to the specific needs of public safety, such as online learning.

This course comes in two versions:

• A one week stand alone course
• Week two after the Instructional Design for Law Enforcement Instructors course

Day one: Introduction, Instructor characteristics, Classroom command

What an instructor should be and why classroom command is different from classroom management or control.

Day two: Three types of training, Figures of speech, Icebreakers 

The three types of training and how to use them to your advantage, war stories and other figures of speech, and how to conduct icebreakers.

Day three: Managing activities, Managing scenarios, Reinforcement

Managing activities in the classroom, managing scenarios and logistics, and techniques of reinforcing knowledge and skills.

Day four: Build a rubric and course practical

The class will build a rubric that they will then use to evaluate each other for practical assessments. Each participant will present a portion of the training developed from the week before.

Day 5: Continued course practical

Each participant will present a portion of the training developed from the week before.

Students should bring with them a laptop loaded with Microsoft Office or have access to computers during classroom hours to perform in-class work. This course is work intensive, so be prepared to bring the materials you would need to conduct each day.

Just like learning, our training support doesn’t end when everyone leaves on the final day. We provide continued support to our participants while they put into practice the skills and processes they learn in this course. This course was 30 years in the making – we don’t expect our participants to be ready in 40 hours.

Participants of Jacobs, et al, LLC, courses will receive continuing support for as long as they want/need it at no additional cost.* Participants are invited to set meetings with their instructor to discuss their training materials and programs after they receive their certificates of completion. Jacobs, et al, instructors remain permanent consultants as participants go through their career changing the standards of how law enforcement training is designed and developed.