Train the Trainer - 1 Day Course
Overview
This Train-the-Trainer course offers an essential overview of the practical skills and underpinning knowledge required to become a great trainer, teacher or facilitator. Whether you are giving presentations, imparting guidance, coaching, mentoring or supporting staff this fast-track, one-day course will prepare you for the delivery of effective teaching and learning.
It details the essential elements required to support confidence in your role and ensure that a balance can be achieved between your teaching and your trainees’ learning!
Content
This practical one-day course introduces learners to the essential constituents of effective and well-organised lessons. By the end of the course, participants will have used a range of learning strategies to explore the skills of an effective trainer/teacher and be able to organise, evaluate and plan a lesson.
Course objectives
Following the course delegates will
- be familiar with common approaches to schemes of work, lesson plans, ‘lesson pack’, learner feedback/assessing learning, lesson review, course review and continuous improvement – and understand their roles/responsibilities in connection with these
- understand training/learning aims and training/learning objectives
- be able to develop a lesson plan and know how to review a session
- understand how adults learn and the barriers to adult learning
- identify different teaching methods that are likely to work in the context of training programmes - methods will vary according to programme e.g. Skills for Jobs, pre-recruitment customised training and other short employability workshops
- be familiar with different methods of assessing whether a learner has learned and be able to select appropriate methods
- understand common approaches to evaluation
Supporting Materials to be used
- PowerPoint slides
- Written worksheets and interactive exercises
- Guidance and further information
- Memory stick containing web addresses, resources, links
- Quiz!
Delegate Feedback
'Very well presented.'
Volunteer Co-ordinator, Luton Rights
'Excellent, I will recommend.'
Mediterranean Foods
'Useful to anyone delivering training sessions.'
Training Officer, ESG Group
'Confidence building & understanding teaching & training - aiding my journey towards becoming an expert in the profession.'
Training & development Administrator, Norfolk Educational Services
'Useful, helpful, learnt alot of new things - will feel more confident when planning my presentation.'
BCOP
Who Should Attend?
Anyone responsible (or soon to be responsible) for providing formal or in-formal training, teaching, learning, or facilitation. Staff who are preparing for accredited courses and working in the Private Sector, Registered Charities, Community & Voluntary Sector Organisations, Colleges, Universities, Arts Organisations, Faith Organisations, Non-Government Organisations, Local Authorities, Research Institutes, Sports Clubs, Council for Voluntary Services, Learning Partnerships, Business Links and Associations and Training Providers, Prime Contractors, Private Sector Sub-Contractors, PCTs, NRF and other Regeneration Partnerships.
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provide a high quality and cost effective staff development route.
This workshop is Price Band C
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Workshop Style
This training course is delivered in a workshop style. It is highly participative with a blend of presentation, group exercises and debate. A comprehensive delegate pack is included. .
Numbers
To ensure effective levels of delegate participation, involvement and interaction, delegate numbers are restricted. This workshop is suitable for groups of 2 to 20 delegates.
Certification
Formal CPD certificates are provided after the event in a form which is acceptable as CPD evidence to many professional bodies and institutions.
Facilitator
The facilitator for this workshop is a highly experienced trainer with in-depth subject knowledge.