TWRA Roles and Responsibilities 3 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: A co-instructor disagrees with how you are presenting a safety topic during class. What is the best course of action?
- Argue the point in front of students to establish authority
- Continue as planned and ignore the disagreement
- Discuss the disagreement privately after class and consult TWRA materials to reach consensus (Correct answer)
- Allow students to vote on whose approach is correct
Correct answer: Discuss the disagreement privately after class and consult TWRA materials to reach consensus
Co-instructor disagreements should be resolved professionally and privately, using TWRA-approved materials as the authoritative reference.
Question 2: Under TWRA guidelines, what is an instructor required to do before beginning each hunter education course?
- Purchase all supplies independently
- Register the course with TWRA and ensure all required materials and personnel are arranged (Correct answer)
- Invite local media to document the event
- Administer a pre-test to screen out underqualified students
Correct answer: Register the course with TWRA and ensure all required materials and personnel are arranged
Courses must be registered with TWRA in advance and properly organized to meet program standards before instruction begins.
Question 3: Which of the following is NOT a responsibility of a certified TWRA hunter education instructor?
- Teaching firearm safety rules
- Setting statewide hunting regulations (Correct answer)
- Demonstrating ethical hunting practices
- Submitting student completion records
Correct answer: Setting statewide hunting regulations
Setting hunting regulations is the responsibility of TWRA agency staff, not individual instructors.
Question 4: How should a TWRA hunter education instructor respond if a parent requests that their child receive special treatment or be exempted from the skills test?
- Grant the exemption to maintain a positive relationship with the community
- Politely explain that all students must meet the same standards per TWRA requirements (Correct answer)
- Allow an informal alternative evaluation
- Escalate immediately to law enforcement
Correct answer: Politely explain that all students must meet the same standards per TWRA requirements
All students must be held to the same TWRA-established standards regardless of outside pressure.
Question 5: What is the instructor's responsibility when it comes to documenting student attendance?
- Documentation is optional if the class is small
- Accurate attendance records must be kept and submitted to TWRA as required (Correct answer)
- Only the final exam scores need to be recorded
- Attendance is tracked only for field day activities
Correct answer: Accurate attendance records must be kept and submitted to TWRA as required
TWRA requires instructors to maintain accurate attendance documentation to verify that all course requirements have been satisfied.
Question 6: A TWRA hunter education instructor witnesses another volunteer instructor behave unsafely during a live-fire exercise. What should the instructor do?
- Do nothing to avoid damaging the relationship
- Immediately intervene to stop the unsafe behavior and report the incident to the course coordinator (Correct answer)
- Wait until after class to mention it informally
- Allow students to point out the unsafe behavior themselves
Correct answer: Immediately intervene to stop the unsafe behavior and report the incident to the course coordinator
Safety violations during live-fire activities require immediate intervention and must be reported through proper channels.
Question 7: What is the instructor's duty regarding the confidentiality of student records?
- Student records are public information and can be shared freely
- Records should be protected and shared only as required by TWRA policy or law (Correct answer)
- Instructors may post scores publicly to motivate students
- Confidentiality only applies to adult students
Correct answer: Records should be protected and shared only as required by TWRA policy or law
Student records are confidential and must be handled in accordance with TWRA policy and applicable privacy laws.
TWRA Roles and Responsibilities 3
A co-instructor disagrees with how you are presenting a safety topic during class.
What is the best course of action?