NRA
Training Counselor Workshops are designed to teach Training Counselor
candidates how to teach teaching skills to prospective
instructors in NRA Instructor Training Courses.
Since its
incorporation in 1871, the National Rifle Association has focused on firearm
training. Each year NRA trainers instruct several hundred thousand
people in the safe and proper use of firearms. A major objective of the
NRA has been the training of law-abiding Americans in the safe handling and
proper use of firearms. Today, one of the primary ways the NRA fulfills
this objective is through its Basic Firearm Training Program - the program
that teaches
This
basic training cannot take place without experienced, committed individuals who
identify, recruit, train, and develop instructors for the NRA - NRA Training
Counselors. They form a critical link between the NRA and its
certified instructors, exercising a vital leadership role within the NRA's
national training structure, in their local shooting communities, and among the
instructors they train.
NRA
Training Counselors play an important role in the trainer development process
by conducting NRA Instructor Training Courses. These courses are designed
to teach instructor candidates how to teach shooting skills to
beginning shooters in NRA Basic Firearm Training Courses.
Training
Counselor Workshops are conducted by NRA Training Department staff members and experienced
volunteers who have extensive backgrounds in instructor training.
Approval
to attend a Training Counselor Workshop is determined by the NRA Training
Counselor Coordinator. An NRA Certified Instructor must have a
minimum of two years active instructional experience, have conducted a minimum
of five certified classes, and trained a minimum of 25 students to be eligible
to attend.