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IS-265: Basic Instructional Skills

Course Date

2/24/2011

Course Overview

The purpose of this 90-minute course is to prepare the participant to assist with State-delivered emergency management training. This course provides a foundation from which participants can develop or enhance their instructional delivery skills within a classroom setting. This course is not designed to teach how to design training. Rather, the focus of this course is how to present an existing lesson plan or training materials.

Course Objectives:

Upon completing this course, the participant will be able to:

  1. List the qualities of effective performance-based training.
  2. Describe the fundamental principles of adults learning.
  3. Identify the preparation steps for conducting a training session.
  4. Describe the quality of effective presenters.
  5. Distinguish between presentation and facilitation.
  6. Describe how interpersonal skills are applied in a training setting.
  7. Identify the techniques used to manage classroom interactions.
  8. Describe how to assess training and make continuous improvements.
  9. Demonstrate the ability to present a lesson plan.

Primary Audience

Members of Federal, State, tribal, or local training teams. Recommended for members of state and local emergency management teams who assist in the teaching of FEMA- or state-developed classroom training.

Prerequisites

None

CEUs:

0.2

Course Length:

1.5 hours