Instructional Skills for Supervisors
This course will help managers, supervisors, or lead-hands build skills to become more effective adult educators. It will also assist seasoned trainers in advancing their skills and showing them how to enhance courses, crew talks and on-the-job training.
Both new and experienced instructors can benefit from a thorough overview of current training methods and techniques in adult learning.
Goals and Objectives
- Recognize the importance of considering the participants’ training needs, including different learning styles, principles, theories and instructional methodologies
- Know how to write learning objectives and evaluate whether these objectives have been met
- Develop an effective training style, using appropriate training aids and techniques
- Conduct a short group training session that incorporates these training concepts
Topics
- What makes a successful trainer?
- Extroverts and introverts
- Basic principles of adult learning
- Adult learning styles
- Training process
- Choosing training methods and applying the learning cycle
- Setting the climate
- Delivery fundamentals
- On-the-job training
- Dealing with difficult trainees