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Whether starting your training journey as a seasoned veteran or somewhere in between, you know that energizing, engaging, and empowering learners are critical aspects of your role as a trainer. When these areas are not paid attention to, it often doesn’t inspire transfer of learning and behavior change. By attending the Trainers Institute, you will participate in sessions designed to equip your toolkit with new tools to meet this challenge. At the end of the Institute, you will walk away feeling better equipped to energize, engage, and empower learners.
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📌 Registration available from February 12th – April 10th, 2024
💻 Group registration is available.
💳 Mastercard and Visa accepted
The 2024 Trainers Institute will continue to emphasize the importance of self-care. Institute registrants will receive a Participant Engagement Guide to encourage you to invest in yourself.
Session Levels
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Session levels are an easy way for participants to find the right session.
Session Descriptions: May 6 – 10
Monday, May 6: 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM EST
A Journey Through Learning Experience Design
Cara North
Session Level: Initial
Training hours: 1.5
Have you ever taken a training and felt like none of the content applied to you? Or how about completing an online course, and most of the time was spent on the “why” of the training but not enough on the content? Learning experience design (LXD) is the combination of content and context. In this session, participants will delve deep into specific strategies and tools that transform learning experiences. This session will provide concrete, actionable insights into how you can apply LXD to your next learning experience.
Learning Outcomes-Participants will be able to:
💡 Apply learning experience design principles to designing learner-centered experiences.
💡 Determine content versus context to craft balanced learning experiences.
Cara North
Cara North is the Manager of Learning and Performance at Medical Mutual. With an advanced degree in the field, she has made significant contributions to adult education, particularly in designing engaging and effective learning environments. Cara is best known for her book, “Learning Experience Design Essentials,” which has become a key resource for educators and trainers seeking to innovate their teaching methods.
Tuesday, May 7: 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM EST
Design for Engagement and Learning
Brian Washburn
Session Level: Intermediate
Training hours: 2.0
In this session, you will learn training design and delivery strategies that support engagement during training and effective transfer of learning to the workplace. Using the Training Activity Cookbook, you will have a hands-on opportunity to plan engagement strategies that work for your unique needs. You will leave with new and impactful tools you can immediately use. You will also receive a free download of the Cookbook, which gives 63 activities to help with engagement the next time you need to design a learning experience.
Learning Outcomes-Participants will be able to:
💡 Differentiate between “engaging” and “effective” training design.
💡 Use a 4-step training model to design effective training.
💡 Use a “training activity cookbook” to design a training plan that can be used immediately.
Brian Washburn
Brian Washburn holds an MA in Organizational Development and is an author, a sought-after speaker, and an experienced instructional designer who has been working in the field of learning and development for more than two decades. Brian has worked with training professionals in small non-profit organizations, large Fortune 500 organizations, and institutions of higher education, to improve their skills in both training design and delivery. His standing within the greater learning and development community has afforded Brian unique opportunities to exchange ideas with some of the most well-known and innovative practitioners in the field.
Tuesday, May 7: 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM EST
Owning the Training that You Deliver
Brian Washburn
Session Level: Initial
Training hours: 2.0
Sometimes you may need to present training content that has been developed for you. In this session, you will explore adult learning strategies to make the training your own to help your learners stay engaged and use what they have learned, while still presenting content to fidelity. You will also explore a rubric to help identify your strengths and opportunities for improvement.
Learning Outcomes-Participants will be able to:
💡 Perform a self-assessment to identify strengths and areas for improvement in training delivery.
💡 Explore components of effective storytelling and develop a story that will be compelling for an upcoming training session.
💡 Identify specific action steps that can be taken to improve training delivery.
Brian Washburn
Brian Washburn holds an MA in Organizational Development and is an author, a sought-after speaker, and an experienced instructional designer who has been working in the field of learning and development for more than two decades. Brian has worked with training professionals in small non-profit organizations, large Fortune 500 organizations, and institutions of higher education, to improve their skills in both training design and delivery. His standing within the greater learning and development community has afforded Brian unique opportunities to exchange ideas with some of the most well-known and innovative practitioners in the field.
Wednesday, May 8: 10:00 AM- 11:30 AM EST
Cultivating Opportunity: The Power of Courage and Connection
Dr. Damien Sweeney
Session Level: Initial
Training hours: 1.5
Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging (DEIB) is an integral part of planning training. In this interactive session, you will learn concepts that will enable you to plan culturally sustaining training and ways to enhance opportunity and access for historically underrepresented learners. You will also develop skills and link to resources to assist you in having courageous conversations and in making powerful connections.
“Nothing about us, without us, is for us.”
Learning Outcomes-Participants will be able to:
💡 Define diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging and discuss ways educators can make these concepts meaningful priorities in training.
💡 Learn strategies to support traditionally underrepresented learners.
💡 Recognize strategies to become data-driven educators who leverage data with action to create more equitable communities.
Dr. Damien Sweeney
Dr. Damien Sweeney serves as the Director of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging at the Kentucky Department of Education. Sweeney is also an adjunct professor at Spalding University. With a passion for change agency and social justice, Dr. Sweeney has served as a special education teacher, English teacher and high school counselor in Jefferson County Public Schools (Louisville, KY). Sweeney holds a Master’s in Teaching Special Education and Secondary English from Bellarmine University along with a Master’s in Education for School Counseling and a Doctorate in Educational Leadership from the University of Louisville. Dr. Sweeney’s wife is Dr. Abigail Sweeney and they have three boys: Smith, Shawn and Parker.
Thursday, May 9: 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM EST
Teaching Neurodiverse Learners
Dr. Jennifer Pusateri
Session Level: Initial
Training hours: 1.0
The goals of this session are three-fold: (1) to clarify what the terms “neurodiverse” and “neurodivergent” mean, (2) to explore the kinds of barriers that neurodivergent people frequently encounter in learning situations, and (3) to share practical strategies that will help trainers proactively design workshops and presentations that remove learning barriers for neurodivergent AND non-neurodivergent learners.
Learning Outcomes-Participants will be able to:
💡 Explain what the terms “neurodiverse” and “neurodivergent” mean, and who these terms typically describe.
💡 Explore the more common barriers that neurodivergent people frequently encounter in learning situations.
💡 Identify practical strategies that will help them proactively design workshops and presentations that remove learning barriers for neurodivergent AND non-neurodivergent learners.
Dr. Jennifer Pusateri
Jennifer Pusateri Ph.D. currently works at the University of Kentucky (UK) as the Senior Universal Design Consultant for the Center for the Enhancement of Learning and Teaching (CELT). Prior to coming to UK, Dr. Pusateri was a UDL and Differentiation Specialist for the Kentucky Department of Education (KDE). When she was in the K-12 classroom, Jennifer taught at a nationally recognized school for students with specific learning disabilities (SLD) in Louisville, Kentucky.
Thursday, May 9: 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM EST
60 Tools in 60 Minutes
Julie Halitzka
Session Level: Initial
Training hours: 1.0
Think about this like a technology wine tasting. Get a quick taste of various tools to create and enhance your educational materials and make running your training business easier, including presentation, image, video, audio, interactivity, and productivity tools. Participants will receive an annotated list of all the tools and how to locate them. No matter the type of training you offer, there will be something for everyone.
Learning Outcomes-Participants will be able to:
💡 Identify at least three new tools to help you create training materials.
💡 Identify at least three new productivity tools to help you run your training business.
Julie Halitzka
Julie Halitzka is the Jefferson Training Coach with Child Care Aware of Kentucky. She is a Level 5 Credentialed Trainer and has completed her MS in Early Childhood Studies specializing in Administration, Management, and Leadership at Walden University. Julie runs the credentialed Trainer Facebook and Instagram Accounts and disseminates weekly Toolbox Tuesday posts. She has spent time as a full-time web developer, provided higher education classroom A/V Tech support, and helps live stream in-person events weekly.
Friday, May 10: 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM EST
Step Up Your Celebrating Game
Kim Zerby
Session Level: Intermediate
Training hours: 1.0
Friendly competition, games with points, and rounds of applause for winning teams are all great for building camaraderie. Sticker dots and tally marks put the power to reward in each participant’s hand. Take time to learn and use names and acknowledge everyone’s unique contribution. Celebrating doesn’t need to cost a cent. But it pays dividends in engagement and evaluation scores. And people will walk past the training room wondering, “What’s going on in there? Sounds FUN!”
Learning Outcomes-Participants will be able to:
💡 Explore low- and no-cost ways to celebrate throughout training.
💡 Discuss how elements of celebration impact learners.
💡 List activities and approaches you can implement immediately to enhance your training.
Kim Zerby
A licensed teacher for a decade before becoming a training consultant, Kim has a wealth of experience practicing educational methodologies to design and deliver successful training. Kim understands learning modalities and incorporates them in the Instructor-Led, Participant-Center model for classroom and virtual training. Kim’s ability to combine business acumen with the knowledge and skills to increase performance makes her a trusted partner in training. She brings a high-energy, creative approach to programs in a way that motivates participants to leverage new skills.
Ways to Connect Throughout the Year!
Join the Training Coaches in a private Facebook group specifically designed for Kentucky’s Credentialed Trainers to connect. It’s a great place to find training tips, tools, resources, and updates from the Division of Child Care and to share with each other.
Visit www.facebook.com/groups/1884401974955801 or connect using the button below.
Trainer Connections are a series of ongoing events planned for Trainers, by Trainers, and held throughout Kentucky. There are opportunities for Trainers to get together, share resources, and ideas, and network. Trainer Connections may be hosted online or in-person in various regions based on the needs of each community of Trainers. Unable to make it? All sessions are archived.
Visit http://www.hdilearning.org/product/fet-trainer-connections-online-community/ and add FET: Trainer Connection Online Community to your cart. Check it out, explore the archives, and learn
For more information contact your local Training Coach.