TOT 64: Training Material

Material used for training enhances the quality of presentation. Appropriate training materials used at appropriate time will help the participants understand the concepts quickly.

Trainer has to keep the following in the ‘training kit’ ready for use:

1. Icebreakers
2. Role plays
3. Case histories
4. examples
5. Stories
6. Simulation exercises
7. Handouts
8. Questionnaires
9. Pictures
10. PPTs
11. Instruction forms
12. Feedback forms
13. Reading material/s
14. Problems
15. CDs/Pen drives with relevant material.
16. Material for homework
17. Materials to be sent by mail to the trainees

Depending upon the need of the trainees, as and when the necessity arises, appropriate training material can be pulled out and made use of.

Periodical review of the training material is required to be done.

Advantages

1. Keeping the training materials ready will help the trainers to keep the training sessions very lively and effective.
2. It would reflect the professionalism of the trainer.
3. It would save presentation time of the trainer.
4. Where a concept introduced will have to be followed by repeated exercise/s by the trainees, exercises can be given to the trainees to be completed at home.
5. Where a concept introduced, or to be introduced needs post or prior reading, the reading material if circulated earlier will help the trainees understand the concepts better.
6.  When CDs of the relevant material is kept ready for distribution amongst the trainees, and the same is informed to them, they will concentrate on the presentation without being tempted to copy down every single word from the slides.

CAUTION

1. Trainer has to work on each or any of these training materials meticulously before distributing the same.
2. Relevancy cannot be lost sight.
3. Every problem/exercise/etc. has to be visualized before using the same on the training floor.
4. Whether the training material used would create more confusion, would require more time to make a concept understandable has to be checked before using the material.

“I will prepare and someday my chance will come”

Abraham Lincoln

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