Albe Bassett
Albert (Albe) Bassett is the Fire Chief with the New Canaan (CT)Fire Department. He has 29 years of fire service experience. Before becoming Fire Chief, he was the Assistant Chief of Administration with the Norwalk Fire Department. Previously, he was a department training officer and a shift commander. Chief Bassett is an NFPA 472 Hazardous Materials Technician and is currently one of the team leaders for the Fairfield County Hazardous Incident Response Team. He is a certified rescue technician and a member of the Connecticut USAR team. Chief Bassett is an adjunct instructor with Naugatuck Valley Community College and the Connecticut Fire Academy. He is a member of the NFPA Hazmat Standards Committee. Chief Bassett is certified as Fire Service Instructor 3 and holds a B.S. degree in Fire Technology and Administration, an MBA from the University of New Haven, and a Masters in I/O Psychology from Walden University. He is currently a Ph.D. candidate at Walden University.
Presentations:
Instructor Rehab! Building Your Hazmat Training Program from the Learning Objectives to the Training Grounds.
Have you ever found yourself saying, “It seems our firefighters are not getting this training,” or “We just covered this training,” or “They are not grasping the skills”? Your training program may suffer from not setting clear, written learning objectives. It may need a “Rehab.” Designed for all experience and skill levels, building off our successful 4-hr Scenario-based Training presentations. This program will “rehab” the fire service instructor on the fundamental instructional concept of properly constructed learning objectives and how they lead to the development of practical lesson plans and evaluations. Successful learning outcomes are foundational in a successful training program. Understanding this concept is vital to developing a learner-centered, performance-based training program that will transform your learners. We will discuss adult learning theories and their application to creating effective instruction. You will learn to identify correctly written learning objectives based on the learning outcomes within Bloom’s cognitive learning domain. And because we all learn through active mental engagement, the class will develop their learning outcomes through practical applications and see how a scenario-based training evolution can be created. This program is necessary for those seeking the vision, ideas, and tools to build a continuously adaptive training program. This training program will maintain the students’ enthusiasm and develop their skills.
Instructor "Rehab": Enhancing Firefighter Instruction Through Effective Learning Objectives.
Fire service training is critical for ensuring the competence, confidence, and safety of firefighters. However, many instructors encounter common frustrations such as, “It seems our firefighters are not getting this training,” or “We just covered this training,” or “They are not grasping the skills.” These issues often stem from a fundamental weakness in instructional design: the absence of clear, well-structured learning objectives. Without these objectives, even the most well-intended training efforts can fail to yield the desired results. This whitepaper outlines the importance of adequately constructed learning objectives, their impact on lesson plans and evaluations, and how they form the cornerstone of an effective, performance-based training program.