Instructional Skills

Do you want to improve your instructional and teaching skills?

If you are involved in -

• helping people to learn and develop
• giving instructions (for example, in management or supervision)
• coaching
• teaching
• training

Then this is the course for you.

Improve the way that you instruct others to get the best out of them.

This course is similar to a training the trainer course, but offers so much more! The focus is not just on teaching, but on instruction in a wide range of workplaces.

Lesson Structure

There are 11 lessons in this course:

1. Introduction to Training
   • Communication channels
   • Skills for an effective communicator
   • Responsibilities of a trainer to achieve effective communication
   • Main approaches to helping learning; psychodynamic, phenomenological, behavioural, cognitive-behavioural and transactional analysis
   • Understanding communication barriers
   • Trainer responsibilities beyond communication
   • Leadership concepts
   • Public speaking skills
   • Causes of confusion
   • Writing a speach to communicate a learning point
2. Understanding Learning
   • What is learning
   • How learning is influenced by the teacher, student and materials
   • Learning terminology
   • Teaching strategies
   • Common teaching modes
   • Class size
   • Teaching models
   • Questioning
   • Recognising the learners needs
   • Adult learners
   • children/adolescent learners
3. Determining Training Requirements in The Workplace
   • Assessing Needs
   • How to gather information
   • How to use the information you gather
4. Commencing Training
   • Arranging resources
   • Administration
   • Planning
   • Training program support
5. Developing a Lesson Plan
   • Lesson aims
   • Structure of a lesson plan
   • Contingency planning
   • Writing a lesson plan
6. Assessment and Evaluation of Training Programs
   • Assessment
   • Tests and examinations
   • Assignments
   • Evaluation of training programs
   • Evaluation checklist
7. Training Aids
   • Overview
   • Using audio visual equiment
   • Visual materials; illustrations, whiteboard, charts etc
   • Audio materials
   • Handouts
8. One-To-One Training
   • Leadership communication
   • Tutorial sessions
   • Conversation development
   • Motivation for learning
   • Self esteem
   • Reinforcement
   • Trainer relationship building
   • Body language
9. Motivation Skills and Techniques
   • What is motivation
   • Motivational theories
   • Improving motivation
   • Competency
10. Promoting Training
    • Overview
    • Persuasion
    • Influencuing opponents
    • Influencing neutrals
    • Handling criticism
    • Logical persuasion
11. Assessor Training
    • Recognition of Prior learning
    • Evidence
    • Assessor training
    • Research skills
    • Interviewing skills
    • Asking effective questions

Aims

• Analyse the communication effectiveness within a training environment.
• Explain characteristics which influence the effectiveness of education, including aspects of both learning and teaching.
• Define training requirements for a specified workplace.
• Prepare for commencement of a training session.
• Develop a lesson plan for training a small group (less than twelve).
• Develop skills in the assessment and evaluation of training programs.
• Demonstrate the use of audio-visual equipment for lesson presentation.
• Demonstrate the instruction of a learner in a one-to-one situations.
• Determine the use of simple motivational skills in a training environment.
• Promote training and monitor the result of promotion.
• Prepare trainees to meet the requirements of the competency standards for assessors.

What are the Characteristics of a Good Trainer?

•  the ability to convince students he/she wants to help them learn
•  enthusiasm for learning/desire to teach
•  ability to organise information to be taught
•  patience to wait for the learner to learn
•  needs to have a working knowledge of the subject being taught
•  empathy - to know how the student feels
•  tolerance - ability to develop good personal relationships
•  rationality - for problem solving and decision making
•  commitment - to give best when teaching
•  independence - initiative.

You can enrol on the course now, but if you have any questions about the content of the course or studying with ACS, then please get in touch with us today - use our FREE COURSE COUNSELLING SERVICE to get in touch with our expert tutors. They will be pleased to help you!