Training the trainer

Course summary

Increasingly, many of us are called upon to train colleagues or run training sessions for partner organisations. Perhaps you have a role in induction training, or maybe you are a manager who needs to upskill your team to face a new challenge. Maybe you are an IT professional who helps staff develop the skills to use a new system. Perhaps you would like to move into training as a career move.

Whether training is a big part of your role, or just a small aspect of your job, this two day course will help you design and deliver effective training programmes. You will gain confidence in how to present information effectively with variety and flair and acquire the skills to deal with the dynamics of group learning.

Highly practical, the course will introduce you to new techniques, enhance your communication skills and provide lots of opportunities to 'have a go'.




Course outline

The course is practical and fun, and solidly based in modern learning theory. Whether your training is mainly about helping people develop new skills, or acquire new knowledge or it is aimed at challenging their thinking, you will find the course gives you the confidence and skill to be an effective trainer.
Over the two days you will cover:

• understanding and motivating learners
  • recognising and overcoming barriers to learning
  • how to motivate and energise learners
  • developing training that is relevant and accessible
  • understanding your own learning style
  • designing training to suit different learning styles
  • understanding the dynamics of group learning
  • learning as an on-going process
• establishing aims and objectives for training
  • training needs assessment - developing training that meets the needs of the organisation and individual learners
  • identifying learning outcomes
• creating a safe, productive learning environment
• blended learning
  • what is 'blended learning'?
  • developing a blended learning programme including e.learning, action learning sets, coaching, shadowing, workshops, open space learning
• training techniques
  • icebreakers and energisers
  • effective group work
  • using different stimuli (eg case studies, role play, questions, metaphor, quizzes and checklists, mindmaps)
• planning a training programme
  • developing session plans
  • timing
• monitoring and evaluation
• facilitation skills
  • your personal presentation skills
  • listening
  • questionning
  • handling difficult situations
    

"Enjoyable, practical and suitable for a range of levels." EB EBMS
"Informative and insightful, I enjoyed it very much. I felt the trainer was great and I benefitted greatly from the session". SH, Employment Opportunities
"One of the best courses I have been on - energetic, interesting, motivating, really good tools." GC, Counsel and Care


Who is this course for?

The course is suitable for anyone who wishes to develop their training skills. You may run training sessions on behalf of you organisation, or be asked to share your knowledge in support of the professional development of colleagues at work.


What will this course help me do: learning outcomes?

After this course you will be able to design your own training session and be flexible and creative in the way you work with others. You will understand more about how people learn and the role of the trainer in facilitating and evaluating the learning process. You will have a wider range of delivery tools and techniques to call on, and know when and how to use them.