Techniques and Tips when running training for teachers

You should be ... knowledgeable and coherent with instructions confident in your delivery organised on track professional; know the audience aware of participants’ current skill levels trustworthy, empathetic, humorous great with managing people interactive with your discussions

knowledgeable and coherent with instructions

confident in your delivery

organised

on track

professional; know the audience

aware of participants’ current skill levels

trustworthy, empathetic, humorous

great with managing people

interactive with your discussions

You should be ... clear in your communication; provide all information upfront a presenter who balances pitch and pace a guide for conversations and thinking an inviter of participant involvement by using appropriate language a user of meaningful examples and activities to demonstrate points

clear in your communication; provide all information upfront

a presenter who balances pitch and pace

a guide for conversations and thinking

an inviter of participant involvement by using appropriate language

a user of meaningful examples and activities to demonstrate points

You should be ... clear in your communication; provide all information upfront a presenter who balances pitch and pace a guide for conversations and thinking an inviter of participant involvement by using appropriate language a user of meaningful examples and activities to demonstrate points

clear in your communication; provide all information upfront

a presenter who balances pitch and pace

a guide for conversations and thinking

an inviter of participant involvement by using appropriate language

a user of meaningful examples and activities to demonstrate points

Face-to face sessions - management Be rigorous with time Create the right environment Create the right atmosphere Provide time to think and respond effectively Have clear and achievable objectives Ask early about participants’ expectations Be flexible, and have backup resources Employ different types of tasks during the day Allow sharing, reflection and question-and-answer time have an evaluation form and ensure it is filled in

Be rigorous with time

Create the right environment

Create the right atmosphere

Provide time to think and respond effectively

Have clear and achievable objectives

Ask early about participants’ expectations

Be flexible, and have backup resources

Employ different types of tasks during the day

Allow sharing, reflection and question-and-answer time

have an evaluation form and ensure it is filled in

Blended - management ensure quality equipment if participants can’t bring their own check internet access speed for numbers involved model the use of technology and tell participants why use a VLE that gives a clear course structure avoid downloadable files, ie. make PowerPoints online eg. use Slideshare and embed it, with option to download embed videos, but make sure you have enough bandwidth, or run them in your presentations chose appropriate tools in the VLE for task you set

ensure quality equipment if participants can’t bring their own

check internet access speed for numbers involved

model the use of technology and tell participants why

use a VLE that gives a clear course structure

avoid downloadable files, ie. make PowerPoints online eg. use Slideshare and embed it, with option to download

embed videos, but make sure you have enough bandwidth, or run them in your presentations

chose appropriate tools in the VLE for task you set

Blended - management use external tools only if participants do not need to log in, integrate them as much as possible encourage further discussion online after the event enable the course evaluation online

use external tools only if participants do not need to log in, integrate them as much as possible

encourage further discussion online after the event

enable the course evaluation online

Online - management much the same applies as with blended courses but ... consider whether ‘drop-in’ or ‘tutor-led’ drop-in: use tools that are asynchronous eg: forums, wikis tutor-led: consider tools that are synchonous eg: chat, live presentations by a speaker

much the same applies as with blended courses but ...

consider whether ‘drop-in’ or ‘tutor-led’

drop-in:

use tools that are asynchronous eg: forums, wikis

tutor-led:

consider tools that are synchonous eg: chat, live presentations by a speaker