Train the Trainer Certificate Program

The training profession experiences constant and rapid change. New instructional approaches. New research about how adults acquire knowledge and skills. Different needs from participants; different demands from organizations. Our specialized trainer development programs provide you with the essential platform expertise and confidence required for professional success. This transformative seminar brings current best practices and emerging techniques directly to your fingertips. Whether you bring years of training experience or you are stepping in front of an audience for the first time, this comprehensive trainer development workshop will teach you how to become a true facilitator of learning experiences rather than simply delivering content. You will develop the confidence to lead effectively, engage participants from the very start, and receive recognition for your training excellence.

Certificate Programs provide additional learning supports after the seminar concludes:

• Self-paced online modules to reinforce and strengthen critical competencies
• Professional resources for practicing and maintaining newly acquired skills
• Practical guidance articles with useful recommendations and strategies

Program Participants:

This seminar is well-suited for individuals who are beginning their training careers, subject matter experts who need to teach others but lack training background, and experienced trainers seeking fresh and more powerful approaches to facilitate adult learning.

Program Content and Topics:

Understanding How Adults Learn

• Applying team-building strategies, on-the-job learning evaluation and active learning engagement starting from day one of your program

Needs Assessment and Analysis

• Determining which organizational problems can be addressed through training versus other interventions
• Creating effective assessment questions and evaluation tools

Defining Clear Learning Objectives

• Focusing on tangible outcomes and measurable results in place of topic coverage
• Writing clear and measurable learning objectives
• Classifying objectives as affective (attitudes), behavioral (skills) or cognitive (knowledge)

Designing Active Learning Experiences

• Selecting instructional methods and formats that support your objectives
• Developing a comprehensive action plan using behavioral style preferences

Presenting and Facilitating Effectively

• Preparing to deliver a targeted 10 to 15 minute training segment
• Engaging learners through a wide array of instructional and learning approaches

Creating Powerful Opening Activities

• Drawing on past experience with different opening strategies
• Creating an original opening exercise for your content

Delivering Brain-Friendly Content

• Recognizing distinctions between brain-friendly instruction and traditional lecture
• Designing and delivering lectures that align with brain-based learning principles

Alternatives to Traditional Lecture

• Teaching content using peer teaching and collaborative methods
• Selecting and using a range of instructional tools and resources

Using Experiential and Immersive Learning

• Determining when and how experiential learning addresses specific training challenges
• Implementing guided imagery, role play, interactive games and realistic simulations
• Supporting immediate application and practice of newly learned content

Extending Learning Beyond the Classroom

• Describing blended approaches and supportive mechanisms and tools
• Planning when to introduce tools and activities before training, during training or after training for workplace application

Assessing Learning and Training Effectiveness

• Implementing Kirkpatrick's evaluation model and applying examples to determine assessment levels
• Developing evaluation questions that measure learning

Facilitating and Delivering Live Training

• Conducting and facilitating a real 10 to 15 minute training demonstration
• Receiving constructive feedback on your delivery

Closing Training Sessions Effectively

• Practicing and implementing various closing strategies and activities