Train the Trainer

Traveling Workshop State 4-H Leadership Council

Purpose of a Traveling WorkshopConsistent educational messageCurrent and/or relevant topic selected, developed presented by members of the state councilIntended Audience – 4-H adults and teens who provide leadership at the local club level

“Train the Trainer”

Expectations

Study and know the materials!Present workshop(s) at local club or within home county for experience.Each Cluster representative will present two (2) different traveling workshops per year to each of their counties – fall and spring semesters

ExampleFall workshops: Parli-Pro 101 or Marking a Difference – one project at a time.Spring workshops: Treat with Service or Parli-Pro 101 or Making a Difference

At-Large representatives will visit each county at least once per year to conduct designated team programming/traveling workshop.This does not include county “visits,” “appearances,” “camps,” “speakers bureau,” etc.Professionally dressed in polo/khaki slacks or skirt or full uniform.Complete an Activity Request prior to leaving the county

Expectations

Train the Trainer defined…

As a “professional” you are to be well acquainted with the materials, where they can be downloaded and how they are to be used.Do not stand before the group and read materials – feel comfortable and confident in the content as a TRAINER.

Train the Trainer defined…It is your responsibility to explain why and how the materials will strengthen a local club and its membership.

This is done by doing a sampling of the activitiesand an overview of the materials.

The workshop is not to develop the skills of the participants but to provide a tool they feel confident in using in their leadership role – club, county, districtA minimum of one hour will be necessary to do justice to the content and participants and be worth your time and travel.

Scheduling appointmentsContact leadership: county officer(s) and/or county educatorAllow 1-2 months lead time so the event can be publicizedBe sure they understand that a minimum of one hour is necessary for the workshopIn writing, confirm all dates, times, location, equipment needs and room set-up. Reconfirm a minimum of one week in advance.Be sure all printing has been sent to the county 2-3 weeks in advance.

Lesson Plan - Example Purpose Objective Preparation Life Skills Materials Needed Lessons:• 4-H Meeting Gone Wrong• 4-H Meeting Mentor• Meetings, Motions and

Messes

Content of each Lesson: Lesson Plan

Website

Lesson Plan continued…Life Skills we learn in a 4-H meeting. Cooperation – to work or act together

for a common purpose or mutual benefit.

Contributions to Group Efforts – to give or supply along with others for a common purpose

Managing Feelings – expressing one’s feelings appropriately and in proportion to circumstance.

Critical Thinking – strategies for analyzing, comparing, reasoning, and reflecting focused on deciding what to believe or do; discovering meaning; building connections with past learning.

Life Skills Defined: Lesson Plan

Educational Handouts Designed for the

participants/club members

Content teaches skills/knowledge

Some contain activities Handouts complement

the lesson content.

Fact Sheets: Be well read…

Experiential Learning Participants experience the activity

– perform or do it. Participants share the experience by

describing what happened to them. Participants process the experience

to determine what was most important and identify common themes and experiences in the group.

Participants generalize from the experience and relate it to their daily lives.

Participants apply what they learned to a new situation.

Fact Sheet – 4-H.VOL.118 Foundation of 4-H Educational Experience

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Do

ReflectApply

Sharing

ProcessingGeneralizing

Applying

ExperiencingExperiential Learning ModelPfi eff er and J ones 1985

Group Processing

DoReflectApplyKey to Processing…Do not ask a question and quickly give the answer. Keep asking questions to get the audience to come up with the answer.

Open Ended Questions Lesson Plan

FallGrowing as a Youth LeaderSTEPSpringGoing Green: one project at a timeDiscover and Uncover

2011-2012 Traveling Workshops

Q & A Time