How to Field Instructor

HOW AND WHEN TO SET GOALS
When:

Verbally set one goal on Sunday and explaining that more goals will be set the next day.
The evening meeting on Monday is a good time for more in-depth goals, since new SLs will have gotten a better idea of what field study is like by this point.
Do a mid-week follow up along with mini daily check-ins.
Set daily goals through notes and offer feedback on their goal from the day before.

How:

Make sure their personal goal is their own and not something you make for them.
For returning SLs, check their file in the office — they’ve probably written goals in previous sessions.
The eval writing rubric is a good place to get goal ideas.
Try to make some tangible goals, or to break a general goal into tangible increments so they can have a sense of achievement. For instance, a goal of “keeping students engaged on field study” could break into “varying volume and voice tone,” “using the students’ names often,” “get the students moving,” and “be visibly enthusiastic about the topic.”
Keep a journal between FI and SL to help keep track of goals.
Make a ‘rock of confidence’ — they carry it in their pockets at all times, hold it for confidence or have the rock to hold their frustrations.
Write goals on puzzle pieces and use them as beads on their wood cookie.

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