S3E3 - Skills for Trainers

Overview

Teaching: 5 min
Exercises: 5 min

Questions

• What skills should trainers have?

Slides

Learning outcomes

• Clearly identify the relevant sets of skills of a trainer.

Challenge: Recall concrete examples of past trainings and list your thoughts

Challenge 2 - What makes a good trainer?

In pairs
What makes a good trainer? Write down some traits that you associate with a good trainer and describe them.

Example - GOBLET trainer skill matrix

Challenge 3 - Reflect upon your current skills

Try to reflect on your current skills and how they fit with this matrix

• Communication (C)
• Expertise and knowledge (EK)
• Planning and Management (PM)
• Learner engagement (LE) Then share your thoughts with us

Key Points

• The skills matrix summarizes the whole set of skills a trainer should have.