STAFF TRAINING

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STAFF TRAINING

• DEVELOPING EMPLOYEES
• FOR THE WORK PLACE

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How To Promote Learning

• 10 Principles
• Informal non-threatening learning environments
• Motivation to Learn
• Learning Styles
• Previous Knowledge and Experience
• Control over learning content and activities
• Participation
• Provision of time for learning
• Opportunities to practice or apply learning
• Focus on dealing with problems
• Guidance

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Principle 1

• Informal non-threatening learning environments
• In order to enhance the learning environment, you
  should focus on the relationship level before the
  task level.
• The participants need to know what activities
  they will be involved with throughout the
  training.
• Help the participants identify with the group.

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Principle 2

• Motivation to Learn
• Why People Are Motivated
• A change in their lives or their jobs.
• A desire for job advancement.
• A love of learning and the desire to do
  something new.

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Principle 3Individual Learning Styles

• Left Hemisphere
• Speech
• Calculations
• Reading
• Writing
• Naming
• Ordering
• Motor Sequencing
• Evaluation
• Logic

• Right Hemisphere
• Artistic Activity
• Emotions
• Music Ability/Rhythm
• Comprehension
• Facial Expressions
• Intuition
• Creativity
• Images/Colors
• Spatial Ability

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Principle 4

• Previous Knowledge and Experience
• Adults have more to contribute to each others
  learning
• Adults have a richer foundation of knowledge and
  experience to which they relate new information.
• Adults have acquired a larger number of fixed
  habits and tend to be less open-minded.

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Principle 5

• Control over Learning Content and Activities
• How to Assess the Trainees Knowledge
• Questionnaires and Pre-Tests
• Characteristics needed to achieve ideal
  performance
• Good Supervisor
• Good Speaker
• Good Trainer
• Trainees can measure the gap between ideal
  performance and their own characteristics.

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Principle 6

• Participation
• Oral Questioning, Discussions, Presentations,
  etc
• Written Quizzes, Worksheets, Flip Charts, etc
• Group Activities Discussions, Group Projects,
  Role Play, etc
• Physical Activity Demonstrations, Practice,
  Production of Materials, etc

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Principle 7

• Provision of time for learning
• Promote learning by providing short breaks
• Cross references should be easily recognizable
• Good organizational skills will increase
  retention.

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Principle 8

• Opportunities to Practice
• Retain training and transfer to real life.
• Apply and practice in training to develop
  relationships.
• Openness to new practice techniques.

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Principle 9

• Focus on Dealing with Problems
• Training courses should deal with specific
  problems related to the topic rather than the
  whole subject.
• Deal with the problems that the participants have
  when entering the training session.
• Focus on real-life adjustment and survival
  concerns of the participants rather than the
  companys history.

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Principle 10

• Guidance and Measures of Performance
• Have clear and measurable objectives.
• Have the trainees evaluate themselves.
• Reinforce appropriate behavior when it is
  displayed.
• who maintain that most human learning is far
  too complex to be described by observable,
  measurable, terminal behaviors. They suggest
  that objectives might more appropriately specify
  directions of growth, such as to develop
  increasing self-confidence or to develop
  broader and deeper knowledge of
• Carl Rodgers and Abraham Maslow

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Staff Needs

• Provide necessary information on participants.
• Identify employee difficulties and performance
  problems
• Increase employee involvement.
• Provide a means of measuring employee training
  effectiveness.
• Show Us Dont Tell Us
• K.I.S.S (Keep it short and simple)

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Course Development

• Brainstorming
• Assign responsibilities
• Set deadlines
• Clarify objectives

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How to Conduct the Training Course

• Prepare for the course
• Prepare the participants
• Prepare yourself
• Prepare training area
• Multimedia technology

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Follow-up and Evaluation

• Purposes of Evaluation
• Improvement of training programs
• Assessment of the value of training to
  participants and their organization

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References

• Improving Training Effectiveness In Work
  Organizations
• J. Kevin Ford
• Total Job Training
• Paul M. Stokes
• How to develop and Present Staff Training
  Courses
• Peter R. Scheal
• Naked Management- Bare Essentials to Motivating
  the X-Generation at Work
• Marc Muchnick, Ph.D.

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Staff Training Presented By

• Andrew Better Late than Never Huebner
• Eric Wing Ding Siegel
• Jill Wiz Kid Hruz