Advanced T for T: Curriculum Developing, Designing and Integrating Exercises into Training

Level: Advanced Practice – Trainer Development

Credits: 6

Intended Audience: New and experienced staff who train others and are interested in developing skills in designing and writing curriculum and designing exercises to integrate into curriculum and training

Intended Objectives:

• To identify and demonstrate the difference between a training outline development and curriculum development
• To identify the steps in developing curriculum
• To demonstrate a design of a training exercise into training
• To identify factors for changing exercises according to participant needs within the training environment

Topics Include:

• Understanding the difference between training outlines and curriculum
• Presentation of the steps to developing curriculum
• Beginning discussion of the difference of designing curriculum for live training versus distance learning
• Utilize a strategy for designing exercises
• Discuss and demonstrate how to change a given exercise based on participant reactions within a training setting.

CWDS Trainer Competencies Addressed:

• Demonstrates ability to organize instructional material in sequencing, integration of theory and practice, pacing of material and depth of material in relation to the audience.
• Demonstrates the ability to use trainee feedback and evaluation data to revise training curriculum.
• Demonstrates understanding of adult learning theory in designing curriculum.
• Demonstrates ability to assess audience’s knowledge base and adjust delivery of training to better meet audience’s needs
• Demonstrates the ability to pace material to adapt to audience level of ability to incorporate the material.