empower yourself

Training for Trainers: Empower Yourself

to Empower Others!Nancy Hanna, Educational Consultant Mary Sheka, Iowa Mentoring Partnership

EMPOWERMENT

DEFINE ITSHARE A TIME YOU WERE EMPOWERED OR A TIME YOU EMPOWERED SOMEONE ELSE

Who are you?

Questions of the Day

• What are the qualities that make a training facilitator GREAT?

• How do adults learn?

• What is a framework for creating effective learning opportunities?

AgendaOpener – groupCharacteristics of a GREAT trainerSelf-AssessmentAdult Learners/Read and discussA framework for trainingReal life scenariosNext Steps

What did it feel like when you were learning to ride a bike?

What makes a GREAT trainer?

4 areas of strength…

• Logistics• Presenting• Facilitating• Coaching

Self-Assess

ment

Adult Learners

• Self-Concept• Experience• Readiness to Learn• Orientation to Learning

Empower Yourself to Empower Others!

Training ScenariosRead the scenario in your groupDiscuss how you would handle it

Framework✓Welcome✓Objectives (Questions of the Day)✓Energizer (Group)✓Agenda✓Opener (Group)✓Main content✓Implementation✓Reflect/Evaluate

WHAT?

SO WHAT?NOW WHAT?

“People do things to get their needs met, not to make our lives difficult.”

“What we learn with pleasure, we never forget.” Alfred Mercier

“Learning is an experience, everything else is just information.”Albert Einstein