Training for Trainers (T4T):

This training is designed to enable participants to:
• Accommodate the characteristics of adult learners
• Utilize cooperative learning frameworks
• Facilitate the Emotional and Spiritual Care Curriculum with confidence

Communication
• Explains and demonstrate subject matter clearly and succinctly
• Adapts to needs and aspirations of trainees
• Uses the language of the trainees
• Offers constructive feedback without criticism

Organization
• Covers materials as planned and as needed
• Provides participant self-assessments throughout the session
• Reserves sufficient time for evaluation at end of session

Patience
• Accommodates different learning needs, styles, and rates within a training group
• Maintains a sense of humor when the unexpected happens

Training Skills
• Holds professional qualifications which formalize experience and credibility
• Recognizes and is humble about gaps in own knowledge and experience; joins quest for answers
• Demonstrates creativity and flexibility to resolve a range of training difficulties

Empathy
• Shows genuine interest in people, connecting with their needs, aspirations, and frustrations
• Presents in a warm and approachable manner, motivating participants to engage in learning
• Notes and resolves difficulties or problems that arise among participants in a session

Focus on Results
• Advances the mission of NYDIS in each training
• Motivates and equips participants to work effectively
• Supports participants in gaining value and benefit for themselves

Subject Knowledge
• Trains from direct, first-hand experience in subject
• Shares enthusiasm for subject; engages participants in enthusiasm for their work

Facilitates collaborative learning according to adult pedagogical principles