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<Technical Workbook on Environmental Management Tools for
Decision Analysis>
TRAINING MANAGEMENT GUIDE
Because the learner is the focus of the training effort, his/her needs must
be identified and anticipated prior to, during and after the actual training.
The following checklist can guide the trainer or training manager to make the
necessary preparations at each of the following stages: needs assessment,
preparation, conduct, evaluation and monitoring.
A. Needs Assessment
- Determine your learners' backgrounds (Age, Education, Profession, Position
and Organization)
- Determine their level of knowledge on the topic*
- Determine their expectations from the training*
(*these can be done through quick telephone calls, a brief survey or feedback
form accompanying their registration or training confirmation slips)
B. Preparation Stage
- Prepare a budget
- Make necessary arrangements for venue, meals, room lay-out and training
equipment
- Communicate training venue, schedule and arrangements to participants
- Prepare/adapt training design according to learners' needs and backgrounds
- Prepare participants' handouts (as specified in training modules, training,
supplies and presentation materials)*
- Prepare name tags, registration folder, and training certificates
- Prepare a Workshop Planner which charts topics, objectives, activities,
material or equipment needed
(*as slides, to be enlarged by trainer)
C. Training Conduct
- Ensure smooth procedures for registration and distribution of participants'
ID's and materials.
- Begin with introductions. Follow with an 'icebreaker.' (Refer to Annex on
suggested 'icebreaker' activities.)
- Describe training objectives, coverage and schedule
- Conduct training activity (the suggested flow is from
Activity-Analysis-Abstraction-Application, and is mirrored in each training
module)
- Collect/document participants' outputs, and congratulate and thank learners
for their participation.
D. Feedback and Evaluation
- Explain the purposes of learning evaluation/feedback (e.g., to gauge extent
to which learning objectives were met as input to course improvement and to
identify follow-through activities)
- Distribute and retrieve pre-prepared Evaluation forms (Sample is given in
next page)
- As an option, one can conduct an informal, open-ended feedback session
- Summarize evaluation/feedback results
- Do a simple financial evaluation of the training budget
E. Monitoring
- Prepare and mail "thank you" letters to participants
- Solicit written feedback (this can be through a previously prepared
monitoring/feedback form, or can be open-ended). Sample information to seek are
as follows:
- extent to which they have been able to share their learning
- ways in which they have been able to apply their learning
- tangible outcomes of the application of their learning, or demonstrable
impacts
- ways in which they have/plan to continue their learning.
- Summarize monitoring and feedback results
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