Train the Trainer - orientation

Train the trainer

Orientation

Your Train the Trainer Domains for performance

Our programme operates across eight performance domains. We have deliberately designed the programme with these performance areas in mind. You can assess your confidence level in each domain as the programme continues.

Domain descriptors

1. Personal resourcefulness
This includes your ability to adapt to and accommodate unforeseen circumstances in a training and development context and to remain positive and capable as you do so.

2. Assessing training environments
This includes your ability make judgments about the physical environment and understand how physical variables will influence your training.

3. Presentation techniques and skills
This includes your ability to communicate information effectively utilising the most appropriate medium. It also includes your ability to engage and direct the attention of individuals and groups as you communicate information.

4. Identifying training and development needs
This includes your ability to extrapolate and discern the training and development needs of a client organisation. It also includes the ability to make judgments about the training and development needs of individuals.

5. Planning development programmes
This includes your ability to plan appropriate and comprehensive development programmes to meet the agreed needs of clients.

6. Designing training activities
This includes your ability to design appropriate training activities as part of a wider development programmes.

7. Facilitating groups
This includes your ability to manage groups of different sizes and to effectively facilitate them as learning entities.

8. Coaching individuals
This includes your ability to use a range of interpersonal, questioning and elicitation strategies to coach individuals towards improved performance.

The presenting - developing continuum

As a professional developer you have to operate effectively in different development modes. These modes can be positioned on a continuum. The continuum begins with the presentation of information to a large number of people and ends with the coaching of an individual. Both points, and all in between, require different skill sets.

1. Presenting
A time defined input of information to a large and heterogeneous interest group. The focus of attention is on the presenter as a status individual.

2. Authenticating
A time defined input of information to an interest group. The focus of attention is on the integrity of the information.

3. Directing
A time defined input of information to an interest group. The focus of attention is on the information.

4. Leading
An experience wherein the 'leader' chooses the areas of interest on behalf of the group and directs them through a combination of experiences and information to a pre-determined end.

5. Training
Group needs are researched beforehand and the combination of experiences and information provided are directed to meeting those needs

6. Facilitating
Group needs are researched and agreed beforehand and the combination of experiences and information provided are determined by those needs. The emphasis is on process and group need.

7. Developing
Group needs are negotiated as part of an ongoing relationship. Subsequent development experiences are determined by this contract.

8. Mentoring
Client and mentor agree a performance focus, continually review the focus and exchange experiences towards the client's performance improvement. Non judgmental. The mentor usually has status.

9. Coaching
Client and coach agree a performance focus, continually review the focus and exchange experiences towards the client's performance improvement. The coach draws out performance improvements through structured reflection.

Dates for 2004 will be announced shortly. Please click here to be notified of the new dates or to join the course waiting list.

Numbers are strictly limited. Please contact the Alite office on 01628 810700, or email office@alite.co.uk, for further details or book now online.

Click on Summary to find the programme outlined in detail.

If you have already secured a place on the Alite Train the Trainer programme, click on Joining to find some suggested joining tasks for you to choose from prior to day one.

Read more about the consultants who work on this programme:
Alistair Smith | Nicky Anastasiou