Hi huni,
All I teach is one to one and they are the best classes ever.
But I would suggest first things first, you want to teach and your product provider wants you to teach for them. So both of you get together and structure a class. They may have a few suggestions and can help you out, dont be frightend to look as if you don't know what you are doing, if they want you to succeed, they will help you no end.
Obviously they want their product to be shown in the best light and you want to shine as a teacher.
A few pointers:
Set up lesson plans so you know where to start from. Remember the training you received, what was fab and what was lacking? This way you can make sure that your lessons are fab and not lacking anything.
A lesson plan for new Technicians will be different for a lesson plan for a Technician that wants to advance their skills, so structure your classes accordingly.
Make sure that you have all you will need and a bit extra for student needs. If you are providing them with a kit, then you know that they will at least have all the basic tools for learning. If it is advanced training then they should have at least their own basic kit and may only need a few requested extras. Also if there is a manual for students to refer back to, who will write this? Notes are a students lifeline and will help immensely after your class has finished.
Teaching is so rewarding, but getting it from the I want to do this, to the I am doing this stage a hard slog.
My advise is start at the beginning and work your way through each stage until it is all there and ready for you to teach. It took me nearly a year to structure my class on paper, every time I thought I had done it, I thought of something else and what started off as a 2 sheet course note ended up a 30 page course support paper, and i did realy keep it short and included a must read book list to boot.
Good luck Huni and I hope you have as much fun as I do xxxx
