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Trainer Training – a Two Day Course

What’s it all about?

Trainer Training is about giving the most to the guests come to your centre. We base this course around the “3 R’s”: Respect for yourself and your environment, Responsibility for your actions and Regard for others. We’ll give your staff the tools that they need to ensure that they can inspire, impel and lead in a way that they never realised. We encourage individuals to push their own boundaries and will help them in identifying personal learning objectives (through their own line-managers) upon returning to work.

Who for?

New training staff teams
Returning staff
Open course to promote your venue

Why?

A concrete example of how to use Development Training in the Outdoors.
A tool for increasing self-awareness and emotional intelligence in individuals in the staff team.
Will create a shared identity and common working vision within the staff team.
A fun experience to look back upon and use in the future.

Can this be developed?

Yes. Can be reduced to a one-day course, or extended to five days. The more that you extend it then the more in-depth the learning.

Where?

This course is most effective in your centre or learning venue, as delegates are most comfortable with the activities used.

There may be other viable centres nearer to your location if these are not suitable. Speak to us for more information

What’s included in the price (if using own venue)?

Pre-course preparation
Full facilitation
Detailed post-course evaluation
Insurance (to £5m)

How much will it cost (if using own venue)?

Up to 10 people: £600.00
Up to 20 people: £1,100.00
Up to 30 people: £1, 600.00
Up to 40 people: £2, 100.00
Over 40 depending upon venue and specific client needs

Trainer Training 2-Day Course Programme
Time	Activity	Rationale
Day 1
9.00am	Introductions, Health and Safety, Ground Rules and Icebreakers	Sets the tone & establishes the course objectives Allows participants to express hopes & concerns about the course New ideas and practices for getting our courses up and running
10.00am	History of Development Training in the Outdoors	Explores where Outdoor Development Training has come from, and how & why it has evolved.
10.30am	Coffee
10.45am	Team Building Blocks 1 – Communication: Basic games, risk assessments and tools to develop clear and honest communication	Allows groups to communicate in a methodical manner. Gives the chance for quieter individuals to vocalise thoughts and ideas Highlights need for regard for others
11.45am	Maslows Hierarchy of Needs: The basis for keeping our clients happy, comfortable and safe	Breaking down the needs of our clients into easy to manage chunks. Putting those needs into priority. Highlighting the ways that priorities can change throughout the day or the course
12.15pm	Lunch
1.00pm	Team Building Blocks 2 – Trust: Basic games, risk assessments and tools to develop emotional and physical trust	Allows individuals to work at a more intimate level with one another Highlights the need for Regard for others Gives individuals the chance to experiment with their own comfort zones
2.00pm	Challenge By Choice: What does it mean and how do we put it into practice?	Challenges traditional thinking around the ideas of Challenge by Choice. Makes even the most experienced trainer think about how they deliver a session. Puts the whole concept into a much more pragmatic way of working
2.30pm	The Climbing Wall and Abseil Theory & Practice (Coffee break “as and when”)	Explores the practical concepts of Emotional Safety and Challenge by Choice Explores comparative comfort zones.
4.00pm	Team Development Theory	Use group as example
5.00pm	Review of day	Wrap up of day’s learning. Asks how we’re doing so far.

Trainer Training 2-Day Course Programme
Time	Activity	Rationale
Day 2
9.00am	Review of Day 1	Revisits Day 1’s learning points Covers questions raised overnight
9.30am	Reviewing Experiential Learning: Task and Process	Using short task(s), clarifies an understanding of the concepts of ‘Experiential Learning’. What exactly are task related issues? What are process related issues? Initial look at reviewing skills
10.30am	Coffee
10.45am	Use of High Level Ropes Courses: Theory & Practice	Ensuring appropriateness for groups, re physical & emotional safety. Provides an opportunity for all to safely experience ‘stretch’.
1.00pm	Lunch
1.45pm	Review of High Level Ropes Course	Explore emotions felt during the session. Is this comparable to how our clients feel? What can we learn from this?
2.15pm	Creativity & Inclusion	Considers how to target the level of sessions appropriately to include varying needs. Tie in with Challenge by Choice. Asks how we can keep sessions fresh, both for participants and ourselves
3.15pm	Coffee
3.30pm	Further reviewing skills: Feedback	Rules for giving & receiving Practical session: trying it out on each other Personal action points
4.30pm	Final Review and Closure	Wrap up of learning Final word from everyone
5.00pm	End
All timings and content are completely flexible. We can react to the group’s needs and with their consent change elements of the programme, or even the emphasis of the learning during the course, if appropriate.