5380 mins instructional time.

[Lshanno]

I'm about to deliver the combined A+ Core 1 and 2 (1201/1202) course.


According to the pacing guide, the course allocates 5,380 minutes of instructional time for the 5-day schedule, which works out to roughly 90 hours.


Has anyone delivered this course yet? I'm struggling to see how all the content can fit into the time allocated.

 

[Rick Butler]

So, I don't think you can push both Core 1 and Core 2 into one week and have an effective class. In all the time I've taught A+ (disclosure, I have not taught v12), I have never seen both sides taught properly in a week, even in a bootcamp scenario. Perhaps the only way I would suggest it would be for established professionals that are merely reviewing content. Even then, that's an overly ambitious pace.

Mathematically, 90 hours divided by 5 is going to be 18 hours per day if we're understanding it correctly. Perhaps the schedule is a 5d/wk schedule across two weeks, making it 9h/day, which may be more reasonable?

 

[Danai Nathan Chinyenye]

I'm about to deliver the combined A+ Core 1 and 2 (1201/1202) course.


According to the pacing guide, the course allocates 5,380 minutes of instructional time for the 5-day schedule, which works out to roughly 90 hours.


Has anyone delivered this course yet? I'm struggling to see how all the content can fit into the time allocated.

Core 1 for one week, and Core 2 is supposed to be for one week as well.

 

[Rick Butler]

Core 1 for one week, and Core 2 is supposed to be for one week as well.

That, to me, seems much more plausible, even though it put up 9 hours per day and aligns historically with how A+ is taught.

 

[Lshanno]

So, I don't think you can push both Core 1 and Core 2 into one week and have an effective class. In all the time I've taught A+ (disclosure, I have not taught v12), I have never seen both sides taught properly in a week, even in a bootcamp scenario. Perhaps the only way I would suggest it would be for established professionals that are merely reviewing content. Even then, that's an overly ambitious pace.

Mathematically, 90 hours divided by 5 is going to be 18 hours per day if we're understanding it correctly. Perhaps the schedule is a 5d/wk schedule across two weeks, making it 9h/day, which may be more reasonable?

Thanks Rick. Three days completed. Swapping out a large number of slides for labs. Two good courses and the feed back for the labs has been good but would definitely work better as a two week delivery.

 

[Lshanno]

Core 1 for one week, and Core 2 is supposed to be for one week as well.

It's a 5 day pacing for both courses combined.

 

[Rick Butler]

It's a 5 day pacing for both courses combined.

Good luck with that. I don't see how that works effectively.

 

[Danai Nathan Chinyenye]

It's a 5 day pacing for both courses combined.

Please try to convince the provider to stretch the program to at least 2 weeks. Packing everything into 5 days will only lead to rushing, and in the end delegates may complain. This way, everyone benefits from a smoother, more effective learning experience.