Instructional Skills

Do you have a passion for teaching, but want to greatly improve your impact on the students you seek to inspire? This course will impart the necessary skills to deliver effective teaching and training to students, employees, and staff. across all fields.

Course Code: BGN101
Fee Code: S3
Duration (approx) Duration (approx) 100 hours
Qualification Statement of Attainment
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Learn to Teach People to Do Their Job.

At 100 hours of study, this course includes, but exceeds the scope of a typical Train the Trainer Course.

It is appropriate for people teaching at a vocational level, or involved in supervising and instructing staff in a workplace situation.

 

Who Should Do this Course?

  • Supervisors ore team leaders
  • Managers and Business owners
  • Skills Teachers or Workplace Trainers

Lesson Structure

There are 11 lessons in this course:

  1. Introduction to Training
    • Communication channels
    • Skills for an effective communicator
    • Responsibilities of a trainer to achieve effective communication
    • Main approaches to helping learning; psychodynamic, phenomenological, behavioural, cognitive-behavioural and transactional analysis
    • Understanding communication barriers
    • Trainer responsibilities beyond communication
    • Leadership concepts
    • Public speaking skills
    • Causes of confusion
    • Writing a speech to communicate a learning point
  2. Understanding Learning
    • What is learning
    • How learning is influenced by the teacher, student and materials
    • Learning terminology
    • Teaching strategies
    • Common teaching modes
    • Class size
    • Teaching models
    • Questioning
    • Recognising the learners needs
    • Adult learners
    • children/adolescent learners
  3. Determining Training Requirements in The Workplace
    • Assessing Needs
    • How to gather information
    • How to use the information you gather
  4. Commencing Training
    • Arranging resources
    • Administration
    • Planning
    • Training program support
  5. Developing a Lesson Plan
    • Lesson aims
    • Structure of a lesson plan
    • Contingency planning
    • Writing a lesson plan
  6. Assessment and Evaluation of Training Programs
    • Assessment
    • Tests and examinations
    • Assignments
    • Evaluation of training programs
    • Evaluation checklist
  7. Training Aids
    • Overview
    • Using audio visual equipment
    • Visual materials; illustrations, whiteboard, charts etc
    • Audio materials
    • Handouts
  8. One-To-One Training
    • Leadership communication
    • Tutorial sessions
    • Conversation development
    • Motivation for learning
    • Self esteem
    • Reinforcement
    • Trainer relationship building
    • Body language
  9. Motivation Skills and Techniques
    • What is motivation
    • Motivational theories
    • Improving motivation
    • Competency
  10. Promoting Training
    • Overview
    • Persuasion
    • Influencing opponents
    • Influencing neutrals
    • Handling criticism
    • Logical persuasion
  11. Assessor Training
    • Recognition of Prior learning
    • Evidence
    • Assessor training
    • Research skills
    • Interviewing skills
    • Asking effective questions

Each lesson culminates in an assignment which is submitted to the school, marked by the school's tutors and returned to you with any relevant suggestions, comments, and if necessary, extra reading.

Aims

  • Analyse the communication effectiveness within a training environment.
  • Explain characteristics which influence the effectiveness of education, including aspects of both learning and teaching.
  • Define training requirements for a specified workplace.
  • Prepare for commencement of a training session.
  • Develop a lesson plan for training a small group (less than twelve).
  • Develop skills in the assessment and evaluation of training programs.
  • Demonstrate the use of audio-visual equipment for lesson presentation.
  • Demonstrate the instruction of a learner in a one-to-one situations.
  • Determine the use of simple motivational skills in a training environment.
  • To promote training and monitor the result of promotion.
  • Prepare trainees to meet the requirements of the competency standards for assessors.

What You Will Do

  • Identify interactions that can occur between teacher and learner in a case study.
  • Compare adult learning characteristics with child learning characteristics.
  • Diagnose in 4 case studies, common barriers for learning, including;
    • Class Disruptions
    • Concentration
    • Motivation
    • Fear of Complexities
  • Investigate how different training programs are promoted through newspapers, magazines, brochures, handbooks, trade show displays, radio advertising etc.
  • Consider the effectiveness of different promotions you discover.
  • Describe an appropriate procedure for the notification of trainees of a forthcoming (hypothetical) training session. This training session can be on a topic selected by you
  • Identify eight different methods which may be used for promoting training courses for a training provider who you are familiar with. These may be methods which are already being used, or they may be methods which you think may be worth trying.
  • Collect information on assessment procedures.
    • Look at assessment procedures in several courses.
    • Talk to a number of teachers/trainers about how they assess their students/trainees.
    • Look at school handbooks to see if they list assessment methods for the different courses they cover.
    • Talk to people who have done courses recently. How where they assessed? Would they have preferred to have been assessed in a different manner? If so, how?
  • Make a short audio recording giving instruction on a subject you feel comfortable about, for example, discussing vehicle performance, a discussion on bird breeding, the use of natural remedies, etc.

WHAT DOES A WORKPLACE TRAINER DO?

A trainer or teacher may be given many different responsibilities. Not trainers have the same job specifications.

Duties and responsibilities which might be required of a trainer are listed below:

  • Attitude   A positive attitude towards defined tasks and towards the trainees.

  • Teaching   Instruct, interpret information and in general, broaden the trainees horizons.

  • Assessment   Assess trainees progress in an unbiased and standardised way.

  • Enthusiasm   Ability to enthuse the trainees in whatever they are doing.

  • Planning   This is a major importance.  The trainer is responsible to see that programs are properly planned and prepared for.  The trainer should not necessarily do the planning, but should always ensure that it is done. Broad planning should develop content and syllabus. Specific planning and preparation is required for each training session. Make time to brief any guest (or visiting) trainers.

Recommend new training needs as they are identified. Suggest ways of meeting such needs.

  • Curriculum Development

    • Contributing to, or writing curriculum documents.

    • Serving on curriculum development committees.

  • Trainee Counselling

    • The trainer should be sensitive to individual problems and feelings; and should be supportive of the individual in need.

  • Evaluation

    • The success or failure of programs needs to be evaluated appropriate changes made in planning. Analyse changing needs and trends, then alter the program accordingly.

  • Accessibility

    • Opportunity for success should be open to all trainees.

    • The good trainer tries to get and keep everyone involved.

    • Trainees should be organised for the best possible level of accomplishment (e.g. beginners and advanced participants really do not mix usually).

  • Facilities

    • Develop training resources (eg. visual aids, handouts etc).

    • Manage and provide access to available facilities and equipment. This is sometimes restricted by money available, but the trainer should always do the best with whatever resources at his/her disposal.

    • Arrange training venues. 

       
  • Equipment

    • Be able to operate, use and maintain equipment (eg. projectors, whiteboards, computers, photocopiers, printers etc)

  • Financial Management

    • Prepare and manage training budgets.

    • Set fees, prepare and submit tenders.

  • Training Staff

    • Arrange guest lecturers, excursions (with talks) etc.

    • Interview and select training staff.

    • Advise or instruct staff on their own professional development.

Characteristics of a Teacher:

  • an ability to convince students he/she wants to help them learn

  • enthusiasm for learning/desire to teach

  • ability to organise information to be taught

  • patience to wait for the learner to learn

  • needs to have a working knowledge of the subject being taught

  • empathy - to know how the student feels

  • tolerance - ability to develop good personal relationships

  • rationality - for problem solving and decision making

  • commitment - to give best when teaching

  • independence - initiative.

UNDERSTAND THE THEORY OF HELPING

A teacher/tutor basically helps the student/trainee through the learning stages. The trainer will however develop approaches suitable for their personalities and personal theories.

The main approaches to helping are:

1/ Psychodynamic  - emphasises unconscious causes of behaviour and early childhood experiences; is focuses more on content rather than on process.

2/ Phenomenological  - emphasises process more than content and stresses the helping relationship as a vehicle for change. This provides a situation whereby trainees explore their own feelings, thoughts and behaviour in order to change behaviour or insight. This approach focuses on present, not past.

3/ Behavioural  - emphasises environmental consequences of behaviour. It concentrates on the identification and removal of existing bad (dysfunctional) behaviours and the planning, adaptation and reinforcement of new desired behaviours.

4/ Cognitive-behavioural  - concerned with teaching new ways of thinking entailing exploring differences between values and behaviours. This approach focuses on the present.

5/ Transactional analysis  - focuses on relationships (communication) and lifestyle of clients, and aims at an integration of feelings, thoughts and actions.

 

This Course is Designed to "Train the Trainer"

When you complete these studies, you will have a much improved understanding of how to teach people to do a job.

Your new found knowledge and skills will be particularly relevant to a workplace; but your may also find applications in many other areas of your life.

You should better understand how to help your family members, friends, workmates, employees and anyone else; whether at home, work or play.

Since 1999 ACS has been a recognised member of IARC (International Approval and Registration Centre). A non-profit quality management organisation servicing education.
Since 1999 ACS has been a recognised member of IARC (International Approval and Registration Centre). A non-profit quality management organisation servicing education.
Member of Study Gold Coast Education Network.
Member of Study Gold Coast Education Network.
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How can I start this course?

You can enrol at anytime and start the course when you are ready. Enrolments are accepted all year - students can commence study at any time. All study is self paced and ACS does not set assignment deadlines.

Please note that if a student is being assisted by someone else (e.g. an employer or government subsidy), the body offering the assistance may set deadlines. Students in such situations are advised to check with their sponsor prior to enrolling. The nominal duration of a course is approximately how long a course takes to complete. A course with a nominal duration of 100 hours is expected to take roughly 100 hours of study time to complete. However, this will vary from student to student. Short courses (eg. 100 hrs duration) should be completed within 12 months of enrolment. Certificates, Advanced Certificates and Awards (eg. over 500 hours duration) would normally be completed within 3 -5 years of enrolment. Additional fees may apply if a student requires an extended period to complete.
If a student cannot submit their assignments for 6 months to ACS, they should advise the school to avoid cancellation of their student
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What do I need to know before I enrol?

There are no entry requirements that you need to meet to enrol in our courses, our courses are for everyone.
If you are under 18, we need written permission from your parent/ guardian for your enrolment to continue, we can arrange that after you have enrolled.

You don’t need to purchase any additional resources to complete our courses.

We aim to teach you the essentials without you having to purchase any specific computer program.
We recommend that you have access to a word processing program, such as Microsoft Word or Google Docs, so that you can easily complete and submit your assignments.

You sure can. We are here to help you learn whatever your abilities.

Yes, if you are enrolling in a Certificate or Advanced Certificate, you might be eligible for credits if you have evidence of your previous studies or relevant experience. More information is here.

We recommend that you are able to browse websites, send emails and conduct online research. You will need to be able to type and submit your assignments.
If you have limited computer skills, we can make special arrangements for you.

This is possible, it depends on the institution. We recommend that if you would like to use our courses that you contact the institution first. Our Course Handbook is a good resource for this.

Our courses are written in English and we only have English speaking academic staff. If you can read and complete your assignments in English, our courses are ideal for you.

Our courses are designed to build knowledge, hands on skills and industry connections to help prepare you to work in the area, running your own business, professional development or as a base for further study.

This course has been designed to cover the fundamentals of the topic. It will take around 100 hours to complete, which includes your course reading, assignment work, research, practical tasks, watching videos and anything else that is contained in the course. Our short courses are a great way to do some professional development or to learn a new skill.

It’s up to you. The study hours listed in the course are a rough guide, however if you were to study a short course (100 hours) at 10 hours per week, you could finish the course in 10 weeks (just an example). Our courses are self-paced, so you can work through the courses in your own time. We recommend that you wait for your tutor to mark and return your assignment before your start your next one, so you get the benefits of their feedback.

The course consists of course notes, videos, set tasks for your practical work, online quizzes, an assignment for each lesson (that you receive feedback from your tutor from) and ends in an exam (which is optional, if would like to receive the formal award at the end), using our custom built Learning Management System - Login.Training.

Our courses are designed for adults to gain professional development and skills to further their careers and start businesses.

Our custom online learning portal allows you to conduct your learning online. There may be practical tasks that you can do offline. You have the option of downloading your course notes or print them to read later.

There is also the option to pay an additional fee for printed course notes and or USB (availability limited to location and deliverability).

Yes, if you don’t have access to the internet, you can receive the course as paper notes or on a USB stick for an additional fee. We can also make alternative arrangements for you to send your assignments to us.

We offer printed notes for an additional fee. Also, you can request your course notes on a USB stick for an additional fee.

Yes, your tutor is here to help you. Simply post any questions you have in your login.training portal or contact the office and we can pass on a message to your tutor.

We are more learning focussed, rather than assessment focussed. You have online quizzes to test your learning, written assignments and can complete an exam at the end of the course (if you want to receive your certificate). You will not receive a pass/ fail on your course work. If you need to add more details on your assignment, we will ask you to resubmit and direct you where you need to focus. If you need help, you can ask your tutor for advice in the student room.

Each module (short course) is completed with one exam.

Exams are optional, however you must sit an exam if you would like to receive a formal award. You will need to find someone who can supervise that you are sitting the exams under exams conditions. There is an additional cost of $60 incl. GST for each exam.
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There are practical components built into the course that have been designed to be achieved by anyone, anywhere. If you are unable to complete a task for any reason, you can ask your tutor for an alternative.

When you complete the course work and the exam and you will be able receive your course certificate- a Statement of Attainment. Otherwise, you can receive a Letter of Completion.

You can bundle the short courses to create your own customised learning bundle, Certificates or Advanced Certificates. More information is on this page.

Yes, our courses are built to be applicable for people living anywhere in any situation. We provide the fundamentals, and each student can apply their own unique flair for their own interests, region and circumstances with the one-on-one guidance of a tutor. There is also a bit of student directed research involved.

Employers value candidates with industry skills, knowledge, practical skills and formal learning. Our courses arm you with all of these things to help prepare you for a job or start your own business. The longer you study the more you will learn.

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Who are ACS Distance Education?

ACS Distance Education have been educating people for over 40 years.

We are established and safe- we have been in education for over 40 years.
We are focused on developing innovative courses that are relevant to you now and what you will need to know in the future.
We are focused on helping you learn and make the most of your experience.
You can enrol at any time, you can work on your course when it suits you and at your own pace.
We are connected to many industry bodies and our staff participate in continuous improvement and learning activities to ensure that we are ahead of what learning is needed for the future.

Our courses are not accredited by the Australian Government. However many of our courses are recognised and held in high regard by many industry bodies.

Our courses are written by our staff, who all have many years experience and have qualifications in their speciality area. We have lots of academic staff who write and update our courses regularly.


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We can arrange bulk discounts for your course enrolment, please get in touch with us to discuss your needs.

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Course Contributors

The following academics were involved in the development and/or updating of this course.

Jacinda Cole

Former operations manager for highly reputable Landscape firm, The Chelsea Gardener, before starting her own firm. Jacinda has over 20 years of industry experience in Psychology, Landscaping, Publishing, Writing and Education. Jacinda has a B.Sc., Psych.Cert., M. Psych. Cert.Garden Design, MACA.

Maggi Brown

Maggi is regarded as an expert in organic growing throughout the UK, having worked for two decades as Education Officer at the world renowned Henry Doubleday Research Association. She has been active in education, environmental management and horticulture across the UK for more than three decades.
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