Life Saving Education is interested in instructors who can combine subject-matter knowledge with clear, professional teaching. This page is for qualified professionals who want to be considered for future LSE teaching opportunities in emergency medical, fire service, healthcare, and workplace-safety programs.
What We Look for in an Instructor
LSE’s current instructor model emphasizes real-world experience, teaching ability, and course-specific authorization. Our instructor standard begins with paramedic-level clinical experience and teaching experience, while many instructors also bring backgrounds in firefighting, nursing, military medicine, tactical medicine, technical rescue, hazardous materials, occupational safety, or related disciplines.
Specific courses may require additional instructor credentials, provider status, authorization, experience, or program affiliation. Meeting a general experience threshold does not automatically qualify someone to teach every LSE course.
Instructor Expectations
- Teach accurately. Instructors are expected to follow the applicable course standards, curriculum, and regulatory or credentialing requirements.
- Make training practical. Students should understand how a skill or safety principle applies outside the classroom.
- Communicate clearly. Strong instructors can explain complex subjects to both new and experienced learners without unnecessary jargon.
- Use hands-on feedback. Skills training requires observation, coaching, correction, and realistic practice.
- Maintain professional standards. Reliability, preparation, documentation, student respect, and appropriate instructor boundaries are part of the job.
- Know the limits of the course. Instructors should be able to distinguish training guidance from employer responsibilities, medical direction, regulatory interpretation, and other decisions that belong outside the classroom.
Programs That May Need Instructors
Needs vary by region and schedule. Potential teaching areas may include:
- American Heart Association BLS, ACLS, PALS, Heartsaver CPR/AED, and first aid
- OSHA Outreach programs
- HAZWOPER and hazardous-materials safety
- Confined-space training
- EMS and healthcare simulation
- Bleeding-control and emergency-readiness education
- Instructor development and customized group programs
Being interested in a program does not replace the instructor credentials or authorization required for that specific course.
What to Send Us
If you would like to be considered, contact Life Saving Education with enough information for us to understand your background:
- Your current professional role and relevant field experience
- Teaching or instructor experience
- Current instructor credentials and authorizations
- Courses or subject areas you are qualified to teach
- Home region and areas where you are willing to travel
- Typical availability, including weekdays, evenings, or weekends
- Any specialized rescue, safety, clinical, military, or technical experience relevant to LSE programs
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The LSE Teaching Philosophy
Life Saving Education does not want instructors who simply read slides. Our goal is to create training that is accurate, efficient, respectful of the learner’s experience, and useful when the student actually has to perform. That means instructors need both technical competence and the judgment to know when a real-world example helps, when the curriculum must remain tightly standardized, and when a question requires referral to another authority.
Learn more about the team and instructional standards on our Instructors page.
Interested in Teaching With LSE?
Send a concise summary of your experience, instructor credentials, location, and the programs you are qualified to teach.