| A train the trainer class usually helps those people who have already been given a training responsibility to be more successful, to enjoy the role more, and most importantly, to provide real and lasting learning to their students.
Training involves a large organizational investment in time and in effort. A train the trainer class can help your trainers to be more effective. This in turn has a high leveraged impact on the learning success of all of the students the then teach. If the skills of you trainers are improved by 20 %, it will improve the effectiveness of all training they deliver by at least 20%. This is a wonderful return on investment.
A typical train the trainer class will usually be between 1 to 5 days in length, but in most cases it can be designed according to a client’s needs. Instead of getting a “canned” program, a client can then get a workshop specifically designed to suit the needs of their company and trainers. At Training for Excellence, they take the key skills and knowledge that they know will make a difference, match that with the need of the client, and then create a workshop that will meet the specific needs of the client.
There is usually more than just the trainer the trainer class content, exercises and practice sessions. They have a broad range of related skills and knowledge that can be used to supplement and adjust the workshop to help fit the unique needs of every client. The experience and approach of Training for Excellence ensure that a client is not paying for a new training design, but rather for a customized product at a very reasonable investment.
Your typical train the trainer class will be customized according to the needs of the client, and some of the sample objectives are listed below. At the end of a train the trainer class workshop you will be able to:
- Create a useful, effective learning environment.
- Use the principles of adult learning to improve learning results.
- Write learner centered instructional objectives.
- Deliver training that meets the learning objectives.
- Make use of effective organization of material to improve the group’s learning.
- Prepare visual aids that are clear, effective and related to the topic.
- Use visual aids without distracting the class – in a professional way.
- Eliminate and handle classroom disasters.
- Effectively deal with difficult participant behaviors.
- Effectively prepare to deliver a training session.
- Lead a classroom discussion so it meets the desired outcomes from the participants and the intended learning objective.
- Teach others a skill, so they can replicate it correctly.
- Know how to write objectives and evaluate whether these objectives have been met at the end of a training session
- Recognize the importance of considering the participants and their training needs, including the different learning styles and adult learning principles
- Conduct a short group training session that incorporates these training concepts
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