Train The Trainer (T3)

Workshops - Train The Trainer (T3)

What is it?

A two-day, highly participative seminar that provides training basics to managers, supervisors and/or specialists whose job includes training other people.

Who should attend?

Anyone whose job requires helping others acquire new skills or improve product knowledge. It is especially aimed at those who have had no formal background in training, but have to do some training as part of their jobs.

What are the seminar objectives?

Upon completing the seminar, participants are able to:

Identify the critical features of effective training.
Describe key adult learning principles and apply them to a training session.
Apply a five-step model for structuring training sessions.
Describe and apply a variety of techniques for livening up training sessions.
Create examples of visual aids and integrate them into a training session.
Create and deliver training sessions that include sound adult learning and design principles as well as effective training techniques.

What training methods are used?

This two-day seminar emphasizes participation. Participants practice what is taught in the seminar and receive frequent feedback. Participants also have an opportunity to see how they train through the use of video. Feedback is provided in a positive and structured manner. Participants acquire new training skills through both the seminar content and the seminar leader models they observe.

Who are the seminar instructors?

The seminar leaders are experienced, professional trainers with strong academic backgrounds. All seminar leaders have run the Train The Trainer seminar many times with consistently positive results.

Instructors have many years of experience in training and development research, teaching and consulting with business and industry. They have written and produced a variety of instructional materials as well as numerous books and articles on instructional/training design. HSA instructors have won awards for their work in the field of instructional and performance technology.

What is the seminar's background?

This seminar was developed and tested over a four-year period in business and industry. More than two thousand managers, supervisors and specialists have participated in the seminar. Evaluation results and follow-up data are available as are client references. The Train The Trainer seminar is also available in French.