1. The Agile Instructor; Safe Judgement and Decision Making
Dr Loel Collins
Institute of Coaching and Performance
University of Central Lancashire

2. ACF Manual (2005, p 1-1, para 1.001):
The ACF aim is to inspire young people to achieve success in life with a spirit of service to the Queen, their country and their local community, and to develop in them the qualities of good citizens.
This is achieved by:
‘Providing progressive cadet training, often of a challenging and exciting nature to foster confidence, self-reliance, initiative, loyalty and a sense of service to other people’.
‘Encouraging the development of personal powers of practical leadership and the ability to work successfully as a member of a team.

3. AT is defined as.
‘Challenging outdoor training for service personnel in specified adventurous activities that incorporates controlled exposure to risk, in order to develop: leadership; teamwork; physical fitness; moral and physical courage; as well as other personal attributes and skills that are vital to the delivery of Operational Capability’.
(Army General Administrative Instruction (AGAI) Volume 1 Chapter 11 (2015, para )

4. Performance Development
Personal ‘field’ ability
Performance Development
Personal Development
Experience Development
Judgement and decision making capacity

5. Hyper Dynamic
Environment
Person
Task
Infinite
Varied
HD x Infinite = Varied

6. Performance Development
Personal Development
Experience Development

7. Risk
Benefit
Instructor

8. Judgement and Decision making some key concepts!

9. FAST SLOW Classic Decision Making Naturalistic Decision Making Logical
Linear
Rational
Information
Optimum
SLOW
Uncertainty
Poor Information
Best Fit
Recognition
Rules of Thumb
Time
FAST
Context and its situational demands
Decision is s synergy of CDM and NDM, dep’t on context
Cognitive load
Reflection on experience
Metacognition understanding and auditing of cognitive process Auditing can be via a diff DM or a change in assumptions or perspective

10. Uncertainty
Naturalistic
Classic
Context
Certainty

11. Good at one thing in one way
Confusion
Good at one thing in one way
Options
Options, experience reflection
4 questions, Describe, options, why, what if, PBL?
Decision focused feedback, reflection, retain complexity, complexity development, concept coupling, case proficiency, Tuff case compression
Learning is NOT linear
Experience

12. Does the instructor need more options
Does the instructor need more options? Does the instructor need more experience? Does the instructor need greater understanding? Does the instructor need Decision making skills?

13. Five Field Review Questions
What did you do?
How many other ways could you have done this?
Describe them?
What factors would have made you choose one of these?
What would you do if…….?

14. Situations that Require Decision Making
Decision Making Focused Feedback
It’s what you do with it makes it positive
Concept Coupling
Other experiences ( own, others and instructors)
‘Tuff’ Case compression
Case proficiency
Retain complexity
Reflection
Facilitated
Self

15. What did you do?
Stimulate recall
Depth of understanding of activity
Detail of description
A need for greater understanding

16. How many other ways could you have done this
How many other ways could you have done this? Number and range of options to choose from…

17. Describe them?
Depth of understanding
Nuances, detail, nature
Differences in descriptions
Order of options
Repetition of Q1.

18. What factors would have made you choose one of these?
Capacity to think
Detail of thinking
Understanding of choice
Situational awareness and demands

19. What would you do if…….? A realistic option that is process related
Extend the consideration
A situation they haven't considered based on authentic experience
Avoid, abduction by Aliens, earthquakes and tidal waves.

20. The Take Homes The instructors role is complex
Development of thinking skills alongside technical skills
Adaptable Expertise
Reflective Practitioners

21. Any Questions?