Training: Training of Trainers Worksheets

When training trainers to train others (TOT), it is useful to incorporate interactive activities into the training. This section contains worksheets that trainers can use when utilizing the TOT model. These worksheets contain activities and exercises to reinforce concepts that have been included in other topic areas of the toolkit, such as adult learning principles and good teaching styles.

  • Adult Learning Principles Case Study Exercises
  • File Type:
    Word Document
    Pages:
    3

    This document was designed to be used in the classroom as an adult learning exercise. Three case studies are presented with questions for discussion. Each case study revolves around adjusting training methods to cater to adult learners and will help reinforce newly learned adult learning principles.

  • Becoming a Strong Teacher
  • File Type:
    Word Document
    Pages:
    1

    This worksheet asks participants to consider their strengths and weaknesses as teachers, as well as characteristics of strong teachers.

  • Good Trainers
  • File Type:
    Word Document
    Pages:
    1

    A simple worksheet that asks participants to list the characteristics of good trainers and then compare good trainers to good teachers.

  • Good Teachers, Challenging Teachers
  • File Type:
    Word Document
    Pages:
    1

    In this worksheet participants work on their own to consider one positive and one challenging learning experience they have had, and the role their teachers played in that experience.

  • Working with Participants
  • File Type:
    Word Document
    Pages:
    1

    Five difficult participant scenarios are presented for participants to discuss.

  • Practice Teaching
  • File Type:
    Word Document
    Pages:
    1

    This activity is designed to take two hours. Participants are asked to lead a warm-up exercise, a mini lecture, and an active learning exercise.

  • Teaching Styles
  • File Type:
    Word Document
    Pages:
    1

    This activity is useful for helping participants internalize lectures on adult learning styles. Participants are asked to identify their own learning/teaching style, and then brainstorm ways to teach people from other learning styles.

  • What Kind of Learner/Teacher are You?
  • File Type:
    Word Document
    Pages:
    2

    Similar to the previous handout, this document provides more activities for the facilitator to lead in order to help participants discover their learning style. The same brainstorming activity as above is included on this activity guide.

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