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Teaching Adultsto Teach Childrenabout Food Safety
Food Safety Professional Development forEarly Childhood Educators
Teaching Adultsto Teach Childrenabout Food Safety
• Goals– Introduce ideas to help you effectively
communicate with others– Introduce you to some tips for dealing
with culturally diverse audiences– Introduce several ways of promoting
parental involvement– Introduce some things that could make
your presentation/workshop completely ineffective
– Give tips for effective workshops and presentations
How do adults learn?Three Powerful Principles of Adult Learning
• Adults bring a lot of experience with them to workshops, and therefore have something to contribute and something to lose.
• Adults want workshops that focus on real-life here and now problems and tasks, rather than on academic situations.
• Adults are accustomed to being active and self-directed.
Something to Learn and Something to Contribute
• Every person learns at their own pace and in their own way.
• Adults have a lot invested in their experience.
• If adults are expected to change, it must be of their own volition. Workshop leaders cannot FORCE change.
Real-life, “Here and Now” Situations
• Adults see learning as a means to an end, rather than as an end in itself.
• Learning is voluntary. It must have personal meaning and it must be of direct and immediate value, or adults just won’t be interested.
Active & Self-Directed Learning
• The best learning is based on experience.
• Aim for a cooperative and collaborative process that supports participants sharing their experiences.
Matching Adult Teaching Strategies with Your Audience
(Know Your Audience)
• Who are they?• Why should they listen to you?• Can they relate to you?• Are you adequately
addressing cultural differences?
Analyzing Your Audience
• Demographic information• Audience attitudes, values,
and beliefs• What do they know and when
did they know it?
Can your audience relate to you?
• Create common ground• Localize and customize your
remarks• Push their hot buttons
Speaking to Cross-Cultural Audiences
• Do not fall for stereotypes• Do not assume your humor
will work• Do project humility• Do not greet the audience in
their language if you do not speak it
Creating Rapport• Acknowledge what the
audience is feeling• Share something that helps the
audience know you• Do not whine about your
problems• Identify and address audience
audience subgroups• Identify influential audience
members• Express your feelings• Focus on their needs, not yours
Emphasizing the ImportanceOf Food Safety Content
• Why should I listen to you?• How does this relate to me?• What is my benefit from
listening?• How does this apply to my
current circumstances?
Identifying Developmentally Appropriate Information & Children’s Knowledge Base
What do they know and how can we build on that?
Communication Process
• Verbal and nonverbal messages
• Reactions to role• Emotional responses• Personal factors
Communication Leads to Involvement
(Six Levels)
• Parenting• Communicating• Volunteering• Learning at home• Decision making• Collaborating with
community
Family-Friendly Schools
• Welcome parents visually and emotionally
• Accommodate diverse family situations
• Make it easy to get involved• Demonstrate that parental
opinions and involvement are important
• Create spaces for parents• Provide assistance and
resources
Effective Communication Methods
• Telephone calls• Written communications• Communicating through
technology• Visual communication• Home visits• Parent meetings• Parent-teacher conferences
Factors Influencing Quality Involvement
• Written policies• Administrative support• Training• Partnership approach• Networking• Evaluation
Benefits for Children
• Security• Self-worth• Guide and nurture a child’s
development knowledgeably• Gain academic skills and
verbal intelligence
Benefits for Teachers
• Increased knowledge (get history of children)
• Self confidence• Parental resource to
supplement and reinforce their efforts in providing an enlarge world of learning
Barrier Caused by Human Nature
• Fear of criticism• Fear hidden behind a
“professional” mask• Parent reactions• Fear of failure• Fear of difference
External Barriers• Time• “Busy-ness”• Old ideas of parent
involvement• Administrative policies• Personal problems
The barriers can be broken by “a bit more relaxation, a bit more empathy, a bit more recognition of the many
complex factor that shape life for all of us”
Tips for Effective Workshops(Eight Steps to Effective Training Events)
Step 1. Define purpose of the training and target audience
Step 2. Determine participants’ needs
Step 3. Define training goals and objectives
Step 4. Outline training content
Tips for Effective Workshops(Eight Steps to Effective Training Events)
Step 5. Develop instructional activities
Step 6. Prepare the written training design
Step 7. Prepare participant evaluation form(s)
Step 8. Determine follow-up activities for the event
Critical RequirementsFor In-Service Training
• New skills and knowledge must be presented to improve the employee’s usefulness in their assigned job
• Training activities must develop employee understanding of their assigned job and the responsibilities incumbent upon them
• Information must be available and skills must be present to enable the employee to review, update, and upgrade their knowledge necessary for his assigned job
Critical RequirementsFor In-Service Training
• Training activities are immediately applicable to the job assignment
• Training is provided for promotion to greater responsibility
• Training and activities provide an opportunity to broaden general work knowledge