Instructor Development

Instructor Development will provide line law  enforcement officers and current instructors with a  fundamental understanding of teaching adults,  professional presentations, and class  facilitation. Additionally, the three-day course will  afford students the opportunity to develop teaching  skills required to present any topic of instruction to  law enforcement professionals within their agencies  or departments. Specific focus will be placed on  practical learning and application opportunities.  

Topics will include: 

• Lesson Planning and Course Concepts 
• Presentation Styles & Communication  Components 
• Adult Learning Styles • Classroom Set-up & Fundamentals 
• Do’s & Do Nots of Adult Learning 
• Teaching and Training Via Media  Resources & Hybrid
• Four Instruction Practical Exercises

Activities Worksheets provided through Student  Workbook Download and Printing. Students must  print workbooks and bring/provide laptops with  presentation software

What students are saying about the course:

•  “Made me rethink what I’ve been  doing as an instructor.” 
•  “Amazing instructor with vast  knowledge in the course.” 
•  “Great instructor.”

ABOUT GSPCC

Granite State Police Career Counseling (GSPCC) provides progressive and comprehensive law enforcement training through collaborative learning. GSPCC's instructors are seasoned classroom professionals with law enforcement backgrounds who are formally educated in their respective teaching and training fields.

About the Instructor:

Officer Phillip White, MS, MA (RET.) served for 26  years with the San Jose, CA Police Department.  From 2017-2023, he was the department’s CA  POST certified FTO Program Coordinator and  course instructor. He possesses the CA POST AICC  instruction certification and has thousands of  hours of classroom and field teaching and training  experience. He served as an FTO for four years and  in various special assignments outside of the Patrol  Division. He retired in January 2023 after 31 total  years of law enforcement experience. He now  resides in Portsmouth, NH.

Cost: $325 per student