Essentials #1:
Understanding Adult Learners
Essentials #1 is a two-hour virtual training. In this interactive session, participants explore the key characteristics of adults as learners in order to design and deliver effective and engaging training.
Essentials #2:
Techniques for Effective and Engaging Early Childhood Training
In Essentials #2, participants experience a variety of effective and engaging instructional techniques in order to replicate the strategies in future trainings that they design. Ideas for openers, closers, content connectors, memory refreshers, and energy rechargers are provided and participants examine how these strategies foster learning. Essentials #2 is a half-day in-person training.
Essentials #3a:
Designing Effective and Engaging Early Childhood Training: Part One
In Essentials #3a, participants learn a systematic process for designing
training using planning steps, a planning tool, and a template. Strategies for delivering instruction including opportunities for trainee participation, reflection, and application will be shared. Essentials #3a is a half-day in-person training and may be offered in combination with Essentials #2.
Essentials #3b:
Designing Effective and Engaging Early Childhood Training: Part Two
Essentials #3b builds upon the skills learned in #3a: Designing Effective and Engaging Early Childhood Training: Part One. Applying the process just learned, participants design one portion of a training on a topic of their choice. During the #3b virtual session, they walk through their training design and receive coaching and feedback from the instructor and peers.
Essentials #4:
Delivering Effective and Engaging Early Childhood Training
Essentials #4 addresses instructional delivery techniques. Topics include room arrangement; group size; time allocation; structuring small group activities; PowerPoint, flip charts and handouts; and strategies to prevent and respond to challenging participants, technology failure, and other unanticipated training events. Organizational tools including lists for presenter preparation, training materials, and set-up tasks are provided. Essentials #4 is a full-day in-person training.
Essentials #5:
Effective and Engaging Techniques for Virtual Training
Essentials #5 is a virtual training-of-trainers for professional development providers who deliver training virtually! Techniques for effective, efficient, and engaging e-learning are modeled. Participants explore organizational and presentation strategies; virtual openers, closers, refreshers, and rechargers; and tool usage. Essentials #5 is offered in two 2-hour sessions.
PowerPoint Essentials
PowerPoint Essentials is a 2.25-hour virtual training that explores recommended practices for slide design and delivery. Basic design principles as well as templates, fonts, images, and bullet points will be addressed as well as strategies for effective delivery of presentations using PowerPoint. The content is applicable for Google Slides and Canva users as well.