Reading material for Lesson 1.2 Roles and Responsibilities of an Instructor

3. Responsibilities of an Instructor

The various responsibilities towards teaching-learning processes are as follows:
•Responsibilities towards the learners/trainees
•Responsibilities towards the administration
•Responsibilities towards the industries
•Responsibilities towards the society and nation
•Responsibilities towards the himself/herself
•Responsibilities towards the profession
•Responsibilities towards the parents

Responsibility towards the learners trainees:Trainees comes to the institute for training and his aim is to become a competent craftsman. In order to fulfill the aim of trainees the trainer.
•must guide and instruct them properly and complete the training programme as per the schedule.
•evaluate the trainees performance and bring the trainee who are below average level to the standard required.
•develop attitudes and safe working habits of trainees to use the raw materials economically which are given for learning purpose.
•must cultivate good habits like workshop safety,punctuality, time management, etc.

Responsibility towards the Administration:As an Instructor he is the link between the trainees and Administration, he should be•loyal and sincere towards the administration.
•interpreter and communicator of working policies to the trainees and support to the administration.
•instructor should not waste the material at his disposal.
•maintain discipline and also report the happening of any incident to the administration.

Responsibility towards the Industries:As the industrial establishments are the beneficiaries, the instructor should:
•suggest changes in training programme for the day today development•keep himself updated about the latest technology,equipments, materials in the industries.
•keep liaison with industries by field visits and placements, etc.

Responsibility towards the society and nation:Teaching is more than providing skills and knowledge in a particular trade. Such training should also be to develop the society and the benefit of the nation as a whole. For this the instructor can influence the learners as follows:
•Develop a sense of responsibility towards the society.
•Make them realize that when they get something from the society they also have to contribute to the society.
•Building a society is ultimately building a nation. The trainees should develop this sense of building a nation.

Responsibility towards herself/himself:The Instructor’s job is a noble one and thrusts him/her with a lot of responsibilities in the course of performing the job.
•He should be sincere and honest towards the profession.
•Take maximum efforts to develop his personality.
•Cultivate pleasant manners.
•Maintain the dignity of the profession.
•Keeping good health and update the knowledge
•Take interest in teaching.

Responsibility towards the profession:The Instructor has to constantly update his knowledge and skill to improve the process of teaching and learning.Improving the process of teaching-learning would mean the following innovative strategies and technics that would cause significant improvement in the training programmes.

He can do this by:
•adopting positive attitude towards innovative methods.
•understanding the basics and application of outcome of research findings,•following better and tested new strategies and technics,
•utilization of self study materials for self improvement,and
•identification of various principles and factors that aid productive learning and developing course materials and use them carefully

Responsibility towards the Parents:
As an Instructor he should liaison with trainees is also the link between the parents and trainees. Therefore, he should
•keep them informed about the progress and shortcomings of the trainees.
•guide the parents in deciding the future career of the trainees.

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