SCEJU LearningWater & Waste Actors Learning Platform
SCEJU Learning| Attribute | Description |
|---|---|
| Interest in the subject matter | An effective Trainer, must be interested and interesting. This means the Trainer cares about the subject matter and engages in the material with passion and purpose that is evident to participants. Disinterested Trainers who lack animation and intensity often lose the interest of training participants quickly, which greatly decreases participant learning |
| Dynamic | The Trainer must be dynamic and active physically, emotionally, and mentally. The Trainer must be willing to try different approaches if it is evident that participants are not engaged in discussions or activities. The Trainer must have a high-degree of energy in your presentation of ideas and solicitation of participant feedback, comment, and discussion. |
| Be well organized | Read the trainers guide before training so that you are well prepared and know how to handle your session |
| Practice beforehand | Know how to conduct the sessions in the local language. You will have to get used to translating phrases |
| Good grasp and understanding of the material | The Trainer should understand the content being facilitated. Participants will perceive a lack of technical understanding of the material being presented quickly, and the Trainer will lose credibility if he/she is uncomfortable with the subject matter and not able to answer participant questions. Some of the material included in this manual is technical, and while the Trainer is expected to be an expert to lead this training, it is his/her responsibility to be familiar with the material and to seek further guidance or consult other resources if certain concepts are not clear |
| Use open questions | These are questions that encourage people to give their own opinions, rather than a yes/no or single response. Example, 4 what problems do you have with your water sources? Or, how can you raise money for the improvements required? These questions facilitate open discussion. They allow trainees to express their own ideas and find their own solutions without fear of giving a wrong answer |
| Good listener | A core pedagogical methodology employed throughout this training is the participation of trainees. The Trainer must not only motivate such participation and engagement, but be able to effectively listen to comments, examples (stories), thoughts and perspectives from training participants. Give people time to think and come up with an answer. Do not bombard them with multiple questions. Remember your job is to ask questions and get participants to do the talking. The most effective Trainers are able to incorporate participant input into training examples in real-time. |
| Re-phrase and summarize | Briefly restate what people say in your own words, to make sure you have heard and understood. When you rephrase make sure to do two things; 1) verify with the speaker if you have understood correctly, and 2) see if others want to add something |
| Be gender aware | Encourage balanced participation of all genders in the training without bias. When you note overbalance of any particular gender, you must work out a balance |
| Ability to adjust pace according to trainee reaction | In order to facilitate maximum levels of participant understanding, the Trainer should adjust pace and detail according to participant reaction to material presented. Being aware of body language, eye contact, side discussions, fatigue, boredom, and other indicators that the participants do not understand the material, is critical to the success of the trainings. It is the Trainer’s responsibility to either slow down (if participants appear confused or perplexed) and speed-up (if participants seem bored or disinterested) |
| Time Management | Be a good time manager and estimate how much time each activity takes, watch the time and set an appropriate pace for the group |