Facilitator Guide - EngenderHealth

How to use the facilitator guideThe Schedule at the beginning of each day is intended to give at-a-glance information on theactivities for the day. It also lists all the materials that will be required to conduct theseactivities, so that the trainers can keep them ready at the beginning of the day. The recommendedtime for each activity is also mentioned this will help them to plan the day better.Trainer’s NotesThe Training Notes provided for each session lays out instructions for the facilitators on howto conduct the session. Each session begins by listing the objectives for that session. Thefacilitators should clearly spell out the objectives by requesting one of the participants tovolunteer and read them out to the whole group at the start of each session. At the end ofthe session after summarizing the key information for that session the facilitator shouldrefer back to the objectives and ensure that the objectives for that session have beenachieved. Many sessions have more than one activity in order to make the training processinteresting and interactive, a variety of methodologies-such as games, discussions and casestudies-have been used to convey the messages. The methodology used for a particularactivity is listed at the beginning of the activity, as is the estimated time and materialsthat will be required to conduct the various activities.3