Slides from my session presentation at the NCaeyc (North Carolina Association for the Education of Young Children) Conference in Raleigh, NC on September 16, 2016.

1. ACTIVE LEARNING MIXOLOGY:
A DIVERGENT TRAINER’S GUIDE TO
WORKING A ROOM

2. Is this you?

3. Are you a trainer?

4. “I love the
simplicity of
training early
childhood
educators.”

5. “I love the
simplicity of
training early
childhood
educators.”

6. THINK AND WRITE
Fill in the blank

7. WHAT IS A
DIVERGENT TRAINER?

8. THINK AND WRITE
Take a guess. What do you think?

9. CHOOSE YOUR LEARNING OUTCOME
Beginning
In this
session, I
would like to
learn
 Name and explain the four
components of the
accelerated learning trainer’s
map
 Write a short lesson plan
using the trainer’s map as a
template
 List 8 accelerated learning
strategies for adult learners

10. TAKE YOUR
HANDOUT
AND
FIND A PARTNER
(

11. PAIR SHARE
(• Each person talk for 60 seconds each
• Share with your partner what you
wrote in the “Think &Write” activities
• After each person has shared, both
people turn and face the screen

12. Trained parents as a Positive Discipline Trainerfor 16
years
Trained Child Care Providers for 12 years
MasterCertified Trainerfor the South Carolina Child
CareTraining System
Certified “Training from the Back of the Room” Trainer
–acceleratedlearning principles for adult learners
Spent the past 2 years working as a Training
Coordinator for the Center for Child CareCareer
Development in South Carolina

13. FOLD YOUR PAPER TWICE, THEN UNFOLD IT.
YOU HAVE 4 SQUARES.
(

14. WRITE THENUMBER 1-THROUGH 4
IN THEORDER SEEN BELOW.
(
1
23
4

15. THE 4 C’S TRAINING MAP(
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16. THE 4 C’S TRAINING MAP(
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17. THE 4 C’S TRAINING MAP(
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18. THE 4 C’S TRAINING MAP(
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4 C ________
C ________C ________
C ________

19. SHOUT OUT

20. THE 4 C’S TRAINING MAP(
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4 C ________
C ________C ________
C ________

21. THE 4 C’S TRAINING MAP(
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4 Connections
C ________C ________
C ________

22. THE 4 C’S TRAINING MAP(
1
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4 Connections
C ________C ________
C ________

23. THE 4 C’S TRAINING MAP(
1
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4 Connections
ConceptsC ________
C ________

24. THE 4 C’S TRAINING MAP(
1
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4 Connections
ConceptsC ________
C ________

25. THE 4 C’S TRAINING MAP(
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4 Connections
ConceptsConcrete
Application
C ________

26. THE 4 C’S TRAINING MAP(
1
23
4 Connections
ConceptsConcrete
Application
C ________

27. THE 4 C’S TRAINING MAP(
1
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4 Connections
Concepts
Concrete
Application
Conclusions

28. (INTERACTIVE REVIEW QUIZ

29. PRACTICE
PING PONG ANSWERS

30. WHAT SONG AM I HUMMING?

31. WHAT SONG AM I HUMMING?
Mary ________ a __________ lamb

32. WHAT SONG AM I HUMMING?
Mary ________ a __________ lamb

33. STAY SEATED
AND FIND A PARTNER
SITTING NEARBY.
Make sure no one is left out.

34. You and your partner will be answering the
first quiz question using the ping pong
answering style.

35. The first section of the training
map is connections.What did we
do in this training that is an
example of a connection activity?
Question 1
Don’t answer yet.
Answer in yourhead first.

36. The first section of the training
map is connections.What did we
do in this training that is an
example of a connection activity?
Question 1
With your partner, answer out loudeach
saying onlyone wordat a time to give a
pingponganswer.

37. The next question will
be answered
WITHOUT talking

38. What section of the
training map do you
think we are in now?
Question 2
Answer without talking.
Hold up your fingers toanswer
this question.
1
23
4 Connections
Concepts
Concrete
Application
Conclusions

39. DO YOUALL
HAVE THESAME
ANSWER?
Or different answers?

40. THE 4 C’S TRAINING MAP(
1
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4 Connections
ConceptsConcrete
Application
Conclusions
Active
Learning
Strategies
Active
Learning
Strategies
Active
Learning
Strategies
Active
Learning
Strategies

41. What active learning strategies have we
used so far in the training?
Question 3
=PINGPONG ANSWERING
Turn to your seatedpartneragain andtaketurns
namingactivelearningstrategies we’ve usedso far.

42. Fillin the blank
Pair Share or
/Turn and Talk
Think and Write
Choose your
learning priority
Graphicorganizer Interactivelecture
Drawing images Take aguess
Ping pong answering
Body actions
to communicate

43. HOW CAN ACTIVE LEARNING
STRATEGIES HELP OUR
LEARNERS?
Shout out answers

44. Active
LearningStrategies?
Which one is most important to you?
4 C’s Training
Map
Find a new partner. Share with your partner
A.Which one of the above is more important to you.
B.What you want to remember from the training at
this point?

45. CONCRETE PRACTICE

46. THE 4 C’S TRAINING MAP(
1
23
4 C ________
C ________C ________
C ________
Quick
Practice

47. THE 4 C’S TRAINING MAP(
1
23
4 C ________
C ________C ________
C ________
Quick
Practice
Want an
example?

48. THE 4 C’S TRAINING MAP(
1
23
4 C ________
C ________C ________
C ________
Quick
Practice
Circle the Learning
Objective most
importance
Pair Share: 1 thing they
know, 1 thing they want to
know & what they circled
Gross Motor Development

49. THE 4 C’S TRAINING MAP(
1
23
4 C ________
C ________C ________
C ________
Quick
Practice
Circle the Learning
Objective most
importance
Pair Share: 1 thing they
know, 1 thing they want to
know & what they circled
Gross Motor Development
In small groups place the
milestones in order &
check their answers on a
milestone chart

50. THE 4 C’S TRAINING MAP(
1
23
4
Quick
Practice
Circle the Learning
Objective most
importance
Pair Share: 1 thing they
know, 1 thing they want to
know & what they circled
Gross Motor Development
In small groups place
the milestones in order
& check their answers
on a milestone chart.
Red flags:Take a guess
Read scenarios of
children/video and
decide if the child has
any identifiable red
flags
Work in triads to
brainstorm what they
can do in classrooms
that will help them
identify red flags in
development

51. Personal Reflection
1. Which of the 4 C’s was most challenging for
you?
2. Which of the 4 C’s would you like to improve
on the most? (Star it)

52. Personal Reflection
What do you want to remember about the 4 C’s?
Narrow it to OneWord
Raise your hand

53. Stand and find a partner close by

54. Personal Reflection
1. Which of the 4 C’s was most challenging for
you?
2. Which of the 4 C’s would you like to improve
on the most? (Star it)
3. What do you want to remember about the 4
C’s?

55. CONCLUSION

56. Get 2 Sticker Dots
(any color)

57. Candy Land Concentric Circles

58. On the way to Candy Land Concentric Circles,
vote with your dots.
1.Which one of
the 4 C’s do you
want to improve
on? (It’s the one
you put a star
beside?
2. Which
activities that
we’ve learned so
far would you
like to try in a
future training?

59. THINK AND WRITE
Take a guess. What do you think?

60. WHAT IS A
DIVERGENT TRAINER?

61. End Action Step
What do I want to
do in the coming
weeks?

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