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Student Question Answer Mentoring Session (Online Webinar)
Date/Time:	Fri 1/9/2026 at 3:00 PM
Location:	VIP Events - Fast CPR 1188 Bishop Street Suite 1110 - Classroom 1
Class Price:	$20.00

Start your lifesaving journey with clarity and confidence.

New Student Orientation Question/Answer and Mentoring Session helps Hawaii professionals and students understand local certification requirements, understand how the distribution works and how the advertising companies and internet pushes the classes, navigate the maze of providers, understand what one is buying when it comes to compliance and work required training and choose the right course for their role. Participants receive a $20 credit toward a future class.

New to the islands? Culture shock? 

Understanding Hawaii’s job market, understanding the various work cultures in Hawaii and aligning with what employers truly value is the key to your success.  Tips on getting work done, productivity in groups and career management in Hawaii that improves lives and reduces wasted time.

We’ll cover Hawaii-specific workplace standards, how each industry has a different requirement or multiple requirements, renewal timelines, and how Fast CPR™ classes accommodate busy professionals with focused, efficient, hands-on training.

New Student Orientation — Key Points

• Welcome & Aloha Introduction

  • Overview of Fast CPR’s mission, values, and community impact

  • What is it like being involved in the actual teaching part of the industry over three decades and how we can help you 

  • What exactly went through our minds every single time our loved ones needed to receive CPR from someone and why

  • Some general ideas on classroom statistics and demographics

  • Why we teach fun classes

  • Quick look under the hood -Typical class at Fast CPR and how we make it look simple for the participant

• Expectations & Professional Conduct

  • Punctuality — classes start exactly on time

  • Active participation — learning by doing, not just watching 

  • Teamwork and mutual respect — every student supports the group’s learning pace

• Understanding the Education & Training Distribution

  • How Fast CPR provides training through community programs, employer partnerships, and professional-level courses

  • The difference between required compliance training and voluntary community programs

  • How each type of course contributes to the overall community safety mission

  • How we work with curriculum providers and educational product distributors
    
    
  • How our efforts to bring training to public, our labor, our resources, our life's work and your punctuality, participation and teamwork accomplishes the mission

• Understanding eLearning/Skills Testing and Classroom Instruction

  • Explanation of blended learning: completing eLearning modules before hands-on sessions

  • Classroom Course Expectations — teamwork, physical skills practice, and immediate feedback from instructors

  • How eLearning and classroom learning complement each other

  • How to decide which learning route to take
    
    
  • Blended learning or Full Classroom course. 
    
    
  • Why individual habbits, individual work ethic, one's ability to manage their own time and their own schedule are the most important component in the choice and not the product or the service

• Understanding the Schedule

  • Check-in time and classroom access rules

  • Basic situational awareness, and rescheduling processes.  Classroom case studies and real life examples.

  • Basic tips on managing professional training appointments

• Compliance & Certification

  • Course requirements for AHA or equivalent certifications

  • eCard issuance timelines and verification

  • How to maintain your certification and renewal reminders

• Kamaʻāina & Professional Values

  • How kamaʻāina values relate to reliability and responsibility

  • Understanding local professional expectations vs. “myths” (e.g., “island time,” “Aloha Friday,” "Normal Late.")

  • Understanding how and why these "myths" are perpetuated on the Islands where many people work four jobs and why time is the most crucial resource for very large part of the population.

• Classroom Etiquette

  • No phone use, texting, or outside distractions during training

  • Amazing true stories about texting and working we heard during a support calls, that we can not un-hear

  • Respecting others’ time and focus

• Safety & Emergency Preparedness

  • Facility safety procedures

• Feedback & Continuous Learning

  • How to provide feedback and suggestions

  • Opportunities to volunteer or join our learning ‘Ohana where each participant becomes our 'Ohana

  • 'Ohana (Family) etiquette
  • How a CPR class is a perfect example of a Functional Ohana (Functional Family), if run right and all the family members cooperate.
  • The original idea behind a Luau
  • Conclusion from decades of first hand classroom case studies of how that 'Ohana (Family) concept works in Hawaii
  • Award systems and recognitions for our supporters
  • What it means to us when someone cares to show up for others

• Closing

  • Mahalo for your punctuality, professionalism, and teamwork

  • “We paddle together” — your success contributes to community safety

Our approach reflects the standards employers value most: reliability, respect for others’ time, and readiness to act when it matters.  Join a learning culture built on commitment, punctuality, teamwork, and active participation—with aloha and respect for everyone’s time. 

Our orientation helps you prepare for success, understand the training market, understand expectations, and become part of a learning culture built on aloha, respect, and accountability to fellow participants.

Investment: $20 (credited toward your next class)
Session Length: 30-minutes
Format: ZOOM