Train the Trainer

ABOUT THIS COURSE

This one day course is designed to help improve the effectiveness of your training delivery and enhance the trainees’ learning experience. Attendance on this course will enable current and prospective tutors to evidence training competence for inclusion in IEEM’s future professional development programmes. This will demonstrate to prospective students that you not only have the subject expertise but also the skills to teach.

The course will cover learning theory but will primarily focus on the practical application of facilitation techniques. We will show you how to design sessions to cater for differences in the way people prefer to learn, their interests, goals and readiness for course material. Common obstacles to learning will be discussed and how these can be overcome. Tips on how to engage and maintain learners’ interest and maximise information retention will also be a central theme for the day.

Giving effective and constructive feedback will be covered with an emphasis on how it can be used to motivate individuals. Lastly we will cover approaches to evaluating your training sessions to test its effectiveness and help to improve future events.

Delegates will have an opportunity to discuss their own course material and consider the options for delivery in a field or classroom situation. This will be followed by practice sessions with feedback from colleagues and tutors.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

Learn to:

-      Set clear, achievable and measurable learning objectives for a whole workshop and for individual sessions.

-    Plan and structure a practical skills training session including the specialist issues involved for field survey training.

-       Understand how adults learn, describe the Kolb learning cycle, define different learning styles and be able to design training sessions that engage all styles.

-       Distinguish training from giving a talk or presentation and evaluate the role of Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) and accelerated learning in delivering training.

-       Develop questioning skills and error correction techniques.

-       Develop differentiation and other teaching skills to cater for a range of abilities and interests within any group.

-       Devise small group activities to provide learner-centred tuition.

-       Adapt presentational techniques for use in the field including using training aids effectively.

-       Manage group dynamics with effective facilitation techniques.

-       Deal with difficult delegates.

-       Manage learner practise time.

-       Check that delegates have actually met their goals and deliver effective feedback.

-       Develop your professional skills as a tutor using reflective practice and locate resources to improve your teaching.

TRAINERS

Paul Losse MIEEM and Clare O'Reilly MIEEM (for Ptyxis Ecology)

DATES AND VENUES

3 May 2012 - London (NB Not 5 May as was initially advertised)

Further dates to be arranged.

Lunch will be provided.

COSTS:

IEEM members: £150
Non-IEEM members: £195

BOOKING

Courses are limited to a maximum of 12 delegates.

The 3 May course is now fully booked

CONFIRMATION OF BOOKINGS

Bookings will be confirmed by email.

CANCELLATION

In the event of cancellation, a 50% refund will be made if advised before 19 April 2012; no refunds after this date. All cancellations must be received in writing. Substitutions can be made at any time.

CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT (CPD)

Attendance on the course will provide 6 hours of CPD