Who Are the Instructors?
Instruction for the programs is provided by professional instructors from the Institute of Reading Development. Instructors come from a variety of backgrounds and academic disciplines, and are not required to hold teaching certificates. What all of the instructors have in common is a high level of teaching skill, combined with a dedication to bringing out the best in all of their students. Institute of Reading Development instructors consistently receive positive evaluations from both students and parents.
I’m Stan Sroga. Together with my wife, Kathy, we’ll be instructing you. I have an ASA Instructor Certificate, a USCG Captains license and 20 years of cruising experience. I also have over 15 years of experience as a technical instructor. Kathy and I have over 20 years of cruising experience. This includes 2 years as live-aboards and 18 years with at least forty days per year cruising. Waters include the Great Lakes, inland rivers and waterways, the US east coast from Canadian waters to the Chesapeake and the Caribbean from Florida to the Virgin Islands. As a hobby, I have spent 8 years rebuilding both wooden and fiberglass sailboats in the 29- to 46-foot range. Vespera, our 46-foot Jeanneau, is a project boat that will be featured in Good Old Boat Magazine and also written up in Ocean Navigator magazine.
Our instructors are all experts in teaching Arabic as a foreign language. They hail from some of the most prestigious Universities in Morocco and all hold advanced degrees specializing in the Arabic language, Law, or Applied Linguistics and foreign language acquisition. They all are native Arabic speakers and many are also fluent in English and French.
Related Questions
- One of our instructors is not in the UA payroll system and therefore does not appear in the drop-down list in Roster Assignment. How can I get this instructor assigned as the instructor of record?
- Can instructors use OIIR labs even if their software is available in OIT labs?
- How qualified are the MN Genbu-kai instructors?
