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Skills Labs Materials...
How to Develop and Present Activities that Simulate Tasks Learners Must Perform On the Job
Introduction...
Prepare & Conduct Skills Labs (SL) is a self-instructional program that is another step in ESF's process of becoming a professional trainer, hence the name "ProTrainer" which is ESF's Total Training Process (ESF's ISD Model).
The Skills Labs Program consists of competency-based materials that enables the participant to transfer the training technology skills learned in the basic IDLS-Pro Trainer 1 and Interactive Teaching Skills programs. Participants will practice preparing and conducting various types of skills labs through role plays, critiques, and individualized instruction. Individualized coaching is also provided.
What You Will Learn... |
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Using ESF?s Skills Labs Materials, you will learn how to prepare and conduct:
- Demonstrations that involve People-to-Machine Skills including how to operate a piece of equipment, change a tire, or repair a machine.
- Case Studies that relate to People-to-Paper Paper Skills including how to fill out a form, or read a diagram.
- Role Plays that are most appropriate for tasks related to People-to-People Skills and involve the use of Interpersonal Skills related to sales, motivation, quality, leadership, and other forms of changing an individual's behavior.
What You Will Do... |
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Specifically, using ESF?s Skills Labs Materials, you will:
- Prepare general guidelines for the Demonstration, Case Study, and Role Play Skills Labs.
- Prepare for a team task, if necessary
- Estimate the skills lab time
- Prepare and conduct Demonstrations (People-to-Machine tasks) skills lab
- Complete all the preparations which your learners will need to conduct successful demonstrations.
- Prepare the skills lab equipment and show it to your learners
- Explain the demonstration to your learners. Emphasize cautions and time-dependent operations
- Review any knowledge skills needed for the demonstration
- Distribute the Performance Checklist and review skills lab guidelines with your learners
- Model how to perform the required task
- Allow learners to rehearse privately and coach learners as necessary
- Allow learners to demonstrate the task in front of the other learners
- Critique learners? performance
- Prepare and conduct Case Studies (People-to-Paper tasks) skills lab
- Develop a hypothetical case study that resembles an actual case
- Collect all the facts and relevant information
- Develop any forms needed to complete the task
- Present the problem for solution
- Require learners to find a solution, make decisions and take action
- Prepare and conduct Role Plays (People-to-People tasks) skills lab
- Develop a hypothetical role play scenario
- Stress cautions and time-dependent operations
- Stop role play if real feelings develop
- Coach during role play only if absolutely necessary
- Discuss emotional issues
- Debrief players after the role play
What You Will Receive... |
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The Prepare and Conduct Skills Labs Materials contain:
- Three self-paced, self-instructional Workbooks:
- Prepare and Conduct Demonstrations
- Prepare and Conduct Case Studies
- Prepare and Conduct Role Plays
- Skills-related Learner's Guide containing:
- Skills Labs on each of the above topics
- Sample Case Studies and sample Role Plays
- Performance checklists which allow learners to transfer learned skills to actual job tasks
How to Use the Materials...
When using the Skills Labs (SL) Materials on a self-study basis, you must practice the skills included in the Skills Lab of each module. When practicing these skills, it is best to videotape yourself in front of an audience whether the audience consists of co-workers, family, or friends.
Use the Performance Checklist that is included with each Skills Lab to critique yourself first. Then, ask each member of the audience to critique you, once again using the Performance Checklists provided in the Skills Lab. The most important rule for the critique session is to allow absolutely NO negatives in the review process. The only acceptable responses from yourself or participating members is constructive criticism, that is, what can you do to improve. The second rule is to keep each critique no more than one minute per person.
Be sure to videotape yourself at least three times. You will be astonished at the improvement in your skills after each presentation. |
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ESF ProTrainer Workshops Available
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ESF offers WORKSHOPS at your site to train you how to become a Professional Trainer in all areas of your training job.
For those who have been using IDLS-ProTrainer 1 or Interactive Teaching Skills materials before our TaskOutliner software was available, we now conduct a one-day Workshop to teach you how to use our user-friendly, time-savingTaskOutliner software to create Task Analyses and Performance Checklists in conjunction with ESF's IDLS-ProTrainer 1 or Interactive Teaching Skills materials.
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