Phase I – Powering Teaching Competencies Foundation for Success

Foundation for Success

• Create an intentional future
• Commit to strengthen relationships
• Be more persuasive

Training Development Process

1. Identify performance gaps
2. Assess participants
3. Gather and evaluate data

Strengthen Relationships

1. Commit to gain enthusiastic cooperation
2. Make our ideas clear
3. Crash through barriers

Delivery Considerations

1. Training concepts
2. Preparation and presentation
3. Participation

Follow-up Considerations

1. Time frame
2. Assignments and accountability
3. Measurement

Basic Principles of Adult Learning

1. Understanding purpose and objectives
2. Generate enthusiasm
3. Vary instructional methods

Trainer Core Competencies

1. Presenting and responding
2. Questioning and listening
3. Building relevance

Increase Enthusiasm

1. State our opinions
2. Develop flexibility
3. A vision for the future

Phase II – Power Presentation Skills

Create a Positive First Impression

• The first few moments are of critical importance. We learn to communicate with enhanced credibility, to develop rapport with the audience, project professionalism and competence.

Present Complex Information

• Develop flexibility in making complex material simple and understandable, communicate information in an interesting manner, relate to the audience at their level, follow a logical progression of ideas and develop emotional contact.

Communicate with Greater Impact

• Develop increased flexibility through the use of expressions; gestures and voice modulation, present written material in a captivating manner, overcome barriers that restrict our flexibility.

Motivating Others to Action

• Present in a result-oriented way, persuade an audience to take action, offer reliable, verifiable evidence, be motivational, clear and concise, communicate in a convincing manner

Respond to Pressure Situations

• Maintain professional composure under pressure, communicate clear, concise, positive messages, communicate competence and confidence.

Inspire People to Embrace Change

• Logically and emotionally appeal to the audience, use structure to gain the confidence of the audience, provide evidence to support recommendations, ask the audience to take action

 

.Phase III – Powering Leadership

The Creative and the Planning Process

• Understand how a successful trainer thinks, develop the habit of looking for ways to do things better, convert creative ideas to plans for implementation.

Obtain Profitable Action from Ourselves and Others

• Know where your efforts are going and how to measure results, communicate with clarity the desired performance, motivate others to use time effectively.

Effective Interaction with Colleagues

• Understand the human dynamics of effective delegation, recognise and utilise others’ skills, create a positive atmosphere when exercising control.

Decision Making and Communication

• Develop clarity of focus in thinking and communication, separate absolutes and desirables in the decision making process, listen and communicate for flow of ideas.

Motivation and Personal Leadership

• Put it all together to understand where motivation can be effectively applied, apply human relations principles to maximise understanding.

Performance Appraisal and Training

• Continue personal development for ourselves and others, identify areas of strength and improvement in others, identify training needs and develop performance plans.