PROFILE


Today, every trainer coming through


ASLS (more than 2,000 every year) is selected by their unit as a potential


role model trainer and they must complete a two-week Defence Train The Trainer (DTTT) course. Most further education teachers and trainers would recognise the education and training content covering lesson preparation and planning, classroom management, differentiation, specific learning difficulties and more. But there are also significant elements of leadership,


role modelling and coaching, with elements of cognitive neuroscience and adolescent brain development. Context is key for Army trainers. To ensure that


Army trainers are properly equipped to deliver the best possible training experience for recruits and trainees, they need to understand how to create the most effective learning environment and how to manage stress (both their own and that of recruits and trainees). This has led to the inclusion of Mental Resilience


Training (MRT) and performance psychology in the recruit training syllabus. MRT interventions, underpinned by coaching methods, help people to rationalise any anxiety, and understand where they may be experiencing the most difficulty and how to address that.


MAJOR JIM CROMPTON Major Jim Crompton, a Fellow of SET, was appointed as chair of the SET Management Board (SMB) in 2019, alongside the board’s first ever vice chair, Dr Barbara Van der Eecken. The SMB is SET’s primary governance body which helps shape policy and strategy for the body. His appointment builds on an extensive career in Army training and he is currently second in command of the Army Recruiting and Initial Training Command Staff Leadership School (ASLS), based at Pirbright, Surrey. Jim credits his membership of SET with opening


his eyes to developments across the FE sector and “providing me with wonderful opportunities to learn from others”. His first degree is in French and Spanish and


Translation & Interpreting Studies, from Salford University. Jim then taught maths, English, politics, and international affairs to soldiers in the north of England and Scotland. He gained his PGCE in Post Compulsory Education and Training from the University of Wales in 2004. Jim has also worked with further education colleges and independent training providers around the UK to deliver Functional Skills, apprenticeships, and ESOL delivery, and to assist in preparations for OFSTED inspections.


He has a black belt in judo, chaired the UK Armed


Forces Judo Association between 2015 and 2019, and continues to hold the post of secretary to the association. Jim is also a Level 2 judo coach and examiner.


Outside of work, Jim has performed in musical theatre (he spent a fair amount of time as a child performing on stage), and he sings and plays guitar at open mic nights near his home.


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