High Impact Teaching: Instructor Skills for Classroom Instructors

This class presents essential proven skills that enable instructors to be more effective facilitators in the classroom. This highly interactive class explores how adults learn and the tools and techniques that facilitators use to maximize classroom learning. In the class each participant practices the tools and techniques covered in the course and receive videotaped feedback of this practice. This three-day course is for trainers who want to strengthen their skills as an instructor and improve the impact of the classes they teach.

How You Will Benefit:

• Enhance your understanding of learning styles and how to accommodate all learning styles in the classroom
• Use a variety of verbal and non-verbal communication methods to increase participation
• Ask better questions and provide feedback more effectively
• Use a variety of training techniques to increase the effectiveness of your classes
• Identify advanced interventions for difficult situations
• Receive professional feedback concerning your teaching style

Class Length: 3 days (approx. 8 hours each day)

Beverages and munchies provided; one hour mid-day lunch break.

What You Will Cover:

1. The Facilitator’s Role
2. Characteristics of a Successful Training Program
3. Training Styles and the Art of Facilitation
4. Adult Learning and Accommodating Learning Preferences
5. Common Errors in Training
6. Planning a Workshop
7. Setting an Effective Classroom Environment
8. Your Role as a Presenter and Communicator
9. Questioning and Feedback as Training Techniques
10. Visual Aids
11. Dealing with Difficult Situations
12. On the Job Support