Inspiring Leadership in Immigrant Communities - ILRC

Inspiring Leadership in Immigrant CommunitiesJanuary 2003Detailed outlines of the presentations are included. We do understand that most trainers willadapt these outlines to their own presentation style. However, trainers should include the majorissues raised in the outline.The First Step• Review the curriculum early. Look over the curriculum several weeks beforepresenting it, because there may be requirements that take some lead time.• Decide how much time is available for the training and choose which parts of thetraining you plan to use if you don’t plan on doing all of them. When planning, pleasemake sure to include 10-15 minutes of evaluation time at the end of each day!Additionally, please plan on allowing at least 15 minutes of break time for each halfday of training.• Make a schedule so you can plan when each unit in the training will be presented.Make sure to take into consideration which units build upon other units.• Check to make certain that you have enough co-trainers for each training unit. Thesize of the group of leaders will determine how many co-trainers are needed. Theseunits may be done with fewer than the suggested number of co-trainers, but if eachleader is to practice, the training will take longer, or fewer people will be able topractice the various skills covered. Some units will require fewer co-trainers.The Second Step• Meet with the co-trainers to plan what parts each trainer will do.• Carefully practice all presentations.• Practice the group exercises, preferably with other trainers.The Final Step• Some time before the training, check to be sure that you have all the materials that arelisted as necessary in the trainer’s notes for the training unit. Every unit requiresbutcher paper or easel pad. Make sure that you have copies of materials that leadersmay need, any props needed for role-plays and any other equipment required.• Arrive early for the training to make sure the room is set up appropriately for yourtraining day.• Make sure you know the homework assignment that was assigned during the lastsession and the one you have to assign at the end of each session.Leaders Are Not Lawyers§ 1.10 Important Reminders to the LeadersIf the training that your organization chooses includes substantive legal knowledge, then it isvery important that trainers remind the leaders that they will not become experts in the law, butrather will gain a general knowledge of some areas of law and other issues important to the1-11