Not every student that finishes orientation gets assigned an instructor immediately. Sometimes it can take days or weeks. It depends on how many instructors are available at that time. The staff encourages all students to take charge and look for an instructor on their own time. Otherwise, you can wait around for them to assign you one, whenever that may be. I have decided to be proactive. Looking forward to getting out there and learning.
New PSD looking for an instructor
Discussion in 'Prime' started by tdob, Oct 25, 2014.
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Also there may be newly trained instructors just finishing the Instructors training week that the new PSD student can hook up with, as the new Instructor has not been assigned a PSD student yet.
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As far as getting on the net looking for an instructor, I doubt he was encouraged to do that, could be wrong but I doubt it. As they, Prime, try to match up students to instructors that live in the same area. Also I know if I ever called my FM and said I wanted student XYZ as he was on the net looking for a instructor I would get told nope, as the FM's are looking for students that they need to fill in certain geographic locations for their boards.hal380 Thanks this. -
Yeah, I don't think the student was specifically told to go looking on the net, just to be proactive in finding an instructor. Also, I know that when I got my instructor, we weren't "assigned" to each other. He received a list of possible students and started calling them. He and I sat down, talked and basically interviewed each other to ensure we were an acceptable fit. He wasn't obligated to accept me and I wasn't obligated to go out with him. If one is proactive in seeking out an instructor, I think they would have a better chance of finding a good fit. I imagine the instructors are looking for good students just as much as the prospective students want a good instructor.
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I was encouraged to seek out instructors while waiting. No one said to go online specifically. I decided to try it because it couldn't hurt. I know it is unusual and the chances of finding an instructor this way are slim. But I have nothing to lose by trying. I imagine there are instructors who check this forum or people who know instructors might read this. I'm using any resource I can to get a good instructor. I appreciate your input guys!
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