Train the Trainer

A Bit About You

Name Role

& OrganisationAims/ Areas for

Development

Your Training

Topic, Learners, Experience

Working Together• Respect:

– talk 1 at a time – listen– non-judgemental

• Confidentiality• Don’t assume• No such thing as a silly

question• Safe place to share ideas and

experience• Time keeping• Mobile phones• Session is interactive – you

are the ones who will make it a success

• Have fun!

Carousel ExerciseConsider the following• Your own learning experiences and

training courses you have attended• Any training you have previously

delivered

In your groups, visit each of the pages and add your own thoughts and ideas.• What makes a successful start?• Ground Rules – Why? Guidelines.• Icebreakers – Why? Do’s and Don’ts

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Say the COLOUR of the wordGREEN

ORANGE

BLUE

RED

YELLOW

BLUE

YELLOW BLACK GREEN

PURPLE YELLOW ORANGE

RED GREEN PURPLE

Don’t forget the left and right grey matter

The ‘imaginative’brain function

The ‘logical’brain function

Supporting LearningHow do adults like to learn?

– Theories, Principles– Rules– Assumptions– Myths– Perceptions– Models– Psychologies– OWN EXPERIENCE

• First Impressions

• Visual Stimulation

• Analogies

• Anecdotes

• Stories

• Examples

• Repetition

• Symbols

• Pictures

• Quotes

What we remember

How we remember• Primacy

• Recency

• Association

• Outstanding

• Review

• Enthusiasm

Howard Gardner’s Multiple Intelligences

Kolb’s Learning Cycle

1. Having the experience

2. Observation &Reflection

4. Deliberate testing (trying it out)

3. Forming a rule or plan

Honey and Mumford’s Learning Styles

Experiencing Correcting immediately Taking part

Thinking before acting Reflecting on content Talking out with others

Concepts Models Theories

Thinking before acting Reflecting on content Talking out with others

THEORIST REFLECTOR ACTIVIST PRAGMATISTLearns best by

• Concepts• Models• Theories

• Thinking before acting

• Reflecting on content

• Talking out with others

• Experiencing• Correctingimmediately• Taking part

Testing in real worldChecking against defined purpose

Like • Analysis and logic;

• being stretched;• structure and

clarity

• Time to think, observe

• Take it all in first,

• Some solitude

• Doing & experiencing

• Games & Role Play

• practical

• Practical problem solving,

• relevance to “real world”

Dislike • Frivolity, • mindless fun,

wasting time, • not being able

to question. • lack of structure

• Being hurtled into activity

• No time to think,

• Crammed timetables

• Sitting around

• Working alone

• Theorising

• ‘Airy fairy,’• Theoretical • No reference to

past or future

Ref: Honey and Mumford Learning Styles

AUDIAL

VISUAL

KINAESTHETIC

The Training Cycle

Training Needs Analysis (for individual or organisation)

?Design the

Training

Carrying out the training

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The Training Cycle

Training Needs Analysis (for individual or organisation)

Setting the aims/ Writing

objectives/outcomes

Design theTraining

Carrying out the training

Evaluate theTraining

The 6 Universal Questions

“I have six honestserving men;

they taught me all I knew.

I call them What andWhere and When andHow and Why and Who.”

Rudyard Kipling

“If you don’t know where you are going you are almost certainly bound to

end up somewhere else.”C S Lewis

Will the really SMART learning outcome

please stand up!

Will effectively chair meeting

Will identify four stages of group development

Will understand the importance of effective meetings

Training Practice• Each person will

deliver short training session

• In between each we will give feedback

• Using the sandwich model (see handout)

• Be prepared:– Yourself– Your training session– Your materials– Your introduction to

set the context:• Audience• Time within training

day etc

LUNCH

Pros and Cons• In teams:

– Each team will have a set of various training methods

– Your task is to create a display in the next 10 minutes which explainsthe Pros and Cons of each Training Method

– You can be as creative as you like in deciding which way you want to display your thoughts

‘By failing to prepare, you are

preparing to fail.’

Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) American statesman, scientist and philosopher.

Preparing the Session

Simple StructureOutcome What they’ll be able to

doActivity How we will achieve the

objectiveParameters Time available, numbers

of people, resources needed

Key Message What they need to remember

Planning Using Mind Maps

Planning A Course

• Using a Mindmap, the trainers template or the 6 Universal Questions –plan your 10 minute session for tomorrow

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What do you think are the essential skills and qualities of an effective trainer?

Skills and Qualities

The Big Fat Training QuizWelcome Back!!

Preparing Materials

Using the outcomebelow, create a onehour training sessionfor a group like us Group Work

“By the end of the session learners will be able to identify some of the do’s and don’ts of giving presentations”

Giving Feedback• About behaviour not

character• What they are doing right• What they could do more

of• Specific• Immediate• To be a positive

experience

• COMMEND• RECOMMEND• COMMEND

Luck is when preparation meets

opportunity

Seneca

You can teach a student a lesson for a day; but if you can teach him to learn by creating curiosity, he will

continue the learning process as long as he

lives.Clay P. Bedford

When the student isready, the master

appears.Buddhist Proverb

Each day learn something new, and

just as important, relearn something old.

Robert Brault

You don't understand anything until you learn it more than

one way. Marvin Minsky

A teacher's purpose is not to create students in his own image, but to develop students who can create their

own image.Author Unknown

“Its funny but the more I practice the luckier I get”

GARY PLAYER

“Training that brings about no change is as

effective as a parachute that opens on the

first bounce”

ANON

“Spoon feeding, in the long run, teaches us nothing

but the shape of the spoon”EM FORSTER

Tell me and I will forget, show me and

I will remember, involve me and I will

understand.Chinese Proverb

A teacher is one who makes himself progressively unnecessary.

Thomas Carruthers

Final thought…“Vision without

Action is just dreaming.

Action without Vision just passes the

time.

Vision – plus Action –can change the

world”

Joel Barker

Next Steps

DSC In House Get the whole team trained. We’ll come to you

DSC Coaching Get some 1-1 coaching and explore current barriers and potential strategies for improvementContact Cathy Shimmin at cshimmin@dsc.org.uk

07967 027304 www.dsc.org.uk