Curriculum: Identifying Participants to Lead Interactive Training Units

 

Goals: The goal of this activity is to develop and improve teaching skills participants must experience leading interactive training activities. Participants will receive support from training facilitators to present units on specific elements of the health and safety program. Participant unit leaders will ask for feedback regarding their performance and receive positive and constructive feedback from all participants and facilitiators.

Objectives: Participants will:

  • choose a unit to lead with a participant partner.
  • prepare for the unit with support of the facilitators.
  • conduct the small group activity.
  • ask for and recevie feedback on the activity.

Time: 30 Minutes

Materials needed: Curriculum binder, unit outline and feedback forms, flip chart and markers.

How to conduct the activity: (Note: Underlined portions are instructions to participants.)

A list of unit topics will be posted. The facilitator will state that the remainder of the training will be lead by the participants with support of the training facilitators. Based on the needs and interests of the participants, the facilitators will ask participants to volunteer to lead the following units: Violence prevention, Ergonomics, Driving Hazards, Record keeping and Chemical/Physical Hazards. When this is complete the facilitator will then schedule the units based on the ranking of hazards in the first activity. Another way to begin scheduling the units is to start with the Record keeping activity; this activity may naturally lead to discussions and prioritizing other unit topics.

The facilitator will then read and review the training outline for each unit to give the unit leaders steps to follow as they lead the activity.

Feedback from each activity will be provided at the end of each unit. Participants and facilitators will use the form attached to record notes at the end of each unit. After each unit is complete the facilitator will ask participants to complete the unit feedback form. The facilitator will begin the feedback session asking the unit leaders to share their impressions of leading the unit and ask if the unit leaders have any specific questions for the group. The facilitator will then ask participants to share feedback, emphasizing the positive.

At the close of the second day of training the facilitator may want to review the different training methods and media that were utilized in the train-the-trainer course. The facilitators may also want to ask participants to share their favorite activities and approaches to summary the course and to provide participants ideas for networking and further research.

Illinois Department of Commerce & Community Affairs
Illinois Department of Commerce and Community Affairs

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