Train the Trainer: From Design to Delivery

Adult Learning:

• Assumptions and Principles of Adult Learners.
• Characteristics of the Adult Learner.
• Implications for the Trainer and the Learner.

Personal Style and Instructional Strategies:

• Questionnaire/Instrument on Teaching/ Learning Styles.
• Linking Style with Instructional Strategies.

Designing Training Programs:

• Why Write Learning Objectives?
• Critiquing Poorly Written Objectives.
• Writing Instructional Learning Objectives (ILOs).
• Main Elements of Program Design.
• Preparing an Outline for a Training Session.
• Model for Program Design.
• Outline of a Training Session.
• Blueprint for a Training Session.

Choosing the Appropriate Training Method:

• From Brainstorming to Case Studies.
• Advantages and Disadvantages of Different Methods.
• How to Choose a Training Method.
• Linking Delivery Methods with Training Content and Adult Learning Principles.

Presenting and Delivering Effective Training:

• Fundamentals of Effective Speaking.
• Verbal and Non-Verbal Components of Communication.
• The Passive, Passive-Aggressive and Aggressive Trainer.
• Assertiveness Defined.
• The Assertive Trainer: Characteristics and Benefits.
• Ways to Get Attention and Maintain Interest.
• Elements of Effective Feedback.
• Delivery and Critique of Training Sessions.