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About this Document

There are many different methods to design training. This document is a template to be used as a guide. As with all templates, use it to fit your circumstances and needs.

Each section contains a description of how it is meant to be used. The description is enclosed in brackets [ ] and is intended to be replaced with your own text.

This template contains all of the elements you should find in a training program and it is recommended to use every element for a complete training.

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

About this Document................................................................................................................................ 1

Table of Contents...................................................................................................................................... 1Training need.............................................................................................................................................2Stakeholders/SMEs/Sponsors/Trainers.....................................................................................................2Training goal.............................................................................................................................................. 2Overview of continuous learning strategy.................................................................................................2Workshop objectives................................................................................................................................. 2Workshop outline...................................................................................................................................... 3Activity descriptions.................................................................................................................................. 3Content......................................................................................................................................................4Evaluation..................................................................................................................................................4

Training design document template by Iida Hokkanen is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.

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Training need

[Insert a brief description of the validated training need.]

Stakeholders/SMEs/Sponsors/Trainers

[List people who will review and sign-off on the training design before you move forward to develop the training]

Name Title/Job Role Sign off? Training Role

Training goal

[List the performance goal that will be different after the training.]

Overview of continuous learning strategy

[Include a description of the training activities that will fall into the Engage, Develop and Sustain phases.]

Workshop objectives

[List the learning objectives that describe what the learners will be able to do after the training. The objectives should align to achieving the goal of the training.]

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Workshop outline

[Include an outline that describes the flow of the workshop, activities included and timing.]

Outline Timing

Introduction

Welcome Objectives Agenda review

10 min

Activity 1 – break out groups 30 min

Topic 1 15 min

Activity 2 – individual 5 min

Break 10 min

Activity 3 – in triads 30 min

Debrief and review 15 min

Close and call to action 5 min

Total workshop time 120 min

Activity descriptions

[Describe the activities in the training. For example]

Activity 1- Prework review

Participants will be divided into three teams Each team is given a topic from the prework reading assignment The teams will have 10 minutes to prepare a 3-5 min presentation about the topic Each team will give their presentation to the full class Large group debrief

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Activity 2 – 1 minute reflection paper

ETC….

Content

[List the headlines of the content covered in the training. For example:]

Topic 1:

Sub topic Sub topic

Evaluation

[How will learning be measured and the impact of the training evaluated?]

Level 1

Level 2

Level 3

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