Advanced Training of Trainers - Pathfinder International

UNIT 1/OBJECTIVE #4
Specific Objective #4: Provide suggestions for effective participation in the
Advanced Training of Trainers course.
CONTENT: METhOdOlOgy:
Suggestions for Effective
Participation
DO
N Ask a question when you have one.
N Feel free to share an illustration.
N Request an example if a point is not
clear.
N Search for ways in which you can
apply a general principle or idea to
your work.
N Try to evaluate how you are already
performing a skill based on new
techniques you are learning.
N Think of ways you can pass on ideas
to your subordinates and coworkers.
N Be skeptical—don’t automatically
accept everything you hear.
N Feel free to ask for clarification.
N Respect the ideas of other Px.
DON’T
N Try to develop an extreme problem
just to prove the trainer doesn’t have
all the answers. (The trainer doesn’t.)
N Close your mind by saying, “This is
all fine in theory, but...”
N Assume that all topics covered will
be equally relevant to your needs.
N Take extensive notes; the handouts
will satisfy most of your needs.
Trainer Presentation (10 min.):
The trainer should:
N Ask Px for suggestions for effective
participation.
N Give Px additional suggestions.
N Ask a Px to record the suggestions of
the Px.
(See Px Handout 1.4: Suggestions for
Effective Participation.)
6 AdvAnced TrAining of TrAiners
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