Train the Trainer – From Design to Delivery

Courses Syllabus

Objectives

• Identify and develop skills required in successful trainers.
• List various adult learning principles and their implications on the delivery of training.
• Examine training methods and determine the most appropriate for their training workshops.
• Apply training models in the design and delivery of training programs.
• Write specific Instructional Learning Objectives (ILOs).
• Develop blueprints for training sessions.
• Plan and deliver a training session relevant to their areas of expertise.

Content

Characteristics of Successful Trainers

• What Makes a Good Trainer?
• Your Image
• Asking the Right Questions
• Building Rapport with Participants
• Your Listening Skills
• Facilitation Skills
• Dos and Don’ts of Successful Trainers
• Common Facilitation Techniques
• Your Role as a Facilitator
• The Assertive or the Aggressive Trainer?
• Types of Trainers

Adult Learning

• Assumptions and Characteristics of Adult Learners
• What We Know about Adult Learning
• Adult Motivation to Learn
• Senses, Filters and Memory
• Implications for the Trainer and the Learner

Training Methods, Activities and Exercises

• From Brainstormingto Case Studies
• Advantages and Disadvantages of Different Methods
• Guidelines for Choosing a Training Method
• Types of Interactive Activities
• General Guidelines on Developing Activities
• The Element of Creativity
• Examples of Icebreakers, Energizers and Review Activities

Developing the Learner’s Training Experience

• The Basic Information Needed to Begin Your Training Project
• What the Research Tells Us on Learning?
• Characteristics of an Effective Training Program
• Importance of Instructional Learning Objectives (ILOs)
• Researching Content

Designing Training Programs

• Basic Principles of Training Model
• Main Elements of Program Design
  • The ROPES Model
• A 5 Step Model for Creating Terrific Training Sessions
• The Creation of a Combined Model
• From ENGAGE Model to Designing the Learner Experience
• Preparing an Outline for a Training Session
• Blueprint for a Training Session

Presenting and Delivering Effective Training

• Training Facility Set-up
• Tools Available to Trainers
• Fundamentalsof Effective Speaking
• Control of Body Language
• Developing your Opening
• Tips for a Memorable Ending
• Ways to Get Attention and Maintain Interest: The Main Tabascos
• Coping with Problem Participants
• Delivery and Critique of Training Sessions