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Advanced Skills for the Practical Trainer

TRAINING COURSE

Advanced Skills for the Practical Trainer

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COURSE TRAINERS

Carl Spies

Kerrin Badham

Details

To reach this stage as an adult educator isn't always easy, but success isn't just for the naturally gifted. It is possible for all of us who put effort into our personal growth and development, because we want the enormous satisfaction that comes from working with others to help them reach their potential as human beings.

 

 

 

Objectives for this workshop include:

  • Enhance your understanding of learning styles and how to accommodate all four learning styles in the classroom
  • Understand the key principles of effective communication in a workshop setting
  • Use a variety of training techniques to stimulate participation
  • Develop a plan and prepare for an effective training session
  • Understand the different levels of evaluation and when to use each
  • Understand how and when to add fun and humor to your training session
  • Identify advanced interventions for difficult situations
  • Practice the skills needed for a team presentation

 

Delivery Methods

Leading Training is focusing on providing virtual training courses for the foreseeable future and will only consider in-person and classroom training on request, with a required minimum group size of six delegates. We remain committed to offering training that is fast, focused and effective.

Delivery Method Duration Price (excl. VAT)
Classroom 3 Days R 8,250.00 Get a Quote
Live Virtual Training 3 Days R 6,750.00 Get a Quote

Discounts Available

Save up to 10% by booking and paying 10 business days before the course.

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Information may change without notice.

Audience

Trainers, facilitators, authors of training materials, anyone with some practical training or teaching experience who would like to perfect their skills.

Pre-Requisites

Participants should have a good understanding of basic training principles, including adult learning concepts, Kolb's learning cycle, training methods, and designing a learning sequence.

Course Outline / Curriculum

Course Overview

You will spend the first part of the day getting to know participants and discussing what will take place during the workshop. Students will also have an opportunity to identify their personal learning objectives.

 

Preparing to Learn

To begin, participants will explore what they want out of this workshop.

 

Understanding Learning

Next, participants will talk about the role of the facilitator and the top skills a trainer needs.

 

Competencies for Adult Educators

This session will give participants a profile of the gaps between where they are now and where they need to be in order to perform their role efficiently.


Accommodating Learning Preferences

Next, participants will review Kolb’s experiential learning cycle and how it fits in with different learning styles.

 

Increasing Your Expertise

This session will explore three basic ideas about adults in a learning context. Participants will also look at the workshop from a designer’s perspective.

 

Using Existing Materials

In this session, participants will learn about using customizable course material to give them a head start, copyright concerns, and how to over-plan to ensure success.

 

Managing the Stress of Training

During this session, participants will learn ways to manage their stress and that of trainees.

 

Planning a Workshop

Next, participants will receive a brief introduction to planning and preparing a workshop.

 

Visual Aids

This session will cover some basic kinds of visual aids and encourage participants to determine if, how, and when they want to use each type.

 

Your Role as an Effective Communicator

During this session, participants will learn how to communicate effectively as a facilitator or trainer.

 

Questioning as a Training Technique

This session will explain how good questioning skills can make anyone a better trainer.

 

Kirkpatrick’s Levels of Evaluation

Next, participants will explore the four levels of evaluation, including samples for each type. Then, participants will develop their own evaluation for their training session at the end of the workshop.

 

On-the-Job Support

During this session, participants will explore why on-the-job support is so important after training has taken place, and what they can do to encourage it.

 

Dealing with Difficult Situations

This session will give participants some tools for dealing with common training problems.

 

Training in Different Forums

Next, participants will explore some different forums for training, including virtual formats.

 

Team Teaching

Next, participants will talk about co-facilitation.

 

Training Preparation and Presentations

The bulk of the third day will be spent preparing, presenting, and evaluating team training sessions.

 

Workshop Wrap-Up

At the end of the course, students will have an opportunity to ask questions and fill out an action plan.

Schedule Dates and Booking

There are currently no scheduled dates.

Please note that this course needs a minimum of 6 delegates to schedule a course. You can choose to be added to the waiting list by clicking the button below, and we will contact you when we have enough delegates interested. Should we not get enough delegates, we will refund or credit your paid booking.

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Should you need this course urgently, the following options are available:

  1. Pay for 6 delegates (whether you have them or not) and we will schedule the course as soon as possible.
  2. If you have fewer delegates and cannot pay for 6, we can negotiate a shortened course where some of the time will be spent in blended learning - watching videos and doing tutorials and exercises with some contact time with the trainer. We would want to discuss what your core needs are so that we cover those aspects. You need to have paid for 3 delegates at least.
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