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Advanced Facilitation Skills for Instructors

Highly competent and experienced facilitators wanting to take their skill set to the next level, will practice managing group dynamics using advanced facilitation techniques.

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3 days
from $2,499
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“Great program-very valuable and will have an impact on elevating my facilitation.”
★★★★★
Michele
Scotiabank Toronto, ON
Program Overview

Advanced Facilitation Skills for Instructors

If you are a competent and experienced instructor who wants to take your skills to the next level, this program is designed for you! Learn facilitation skills that will maximize learner engagement and retention during your programs and increase transfer of your new skills and knowledge back to the job. Develop facilitation techniques to effectively manage group dynamics and the learning environment. Discover your preferred instructional style and learn how to adapt it. Polish and adapt your questioning techniques as you lead a practice lesson and receive feedback and coaching from your FKA instructor.

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Who Should Attend

Is this program right for you?

  • Instructors and facilitators who wish to improve their performance in the facilitative aspects of learning programs and have completed FKA’s Instructional Techniques program or an equivalent instructional delivery program in interactive, learner-centered instruction, followed by at least 6 months experience in leader-led instruction.

  • Former instructors with the experience described above who will once again be delivering learning programs.

Key Benefits

What you will gain

  • Create a positive learning environment for all your learning initiatives.

  • Gain the respect of your learners by establishing and maintaining your credibility.

  • Add new facilitation techniques to your repertoire that will keep your learners engaged.

  • Adapt your instructional style to improve learning outcomes.

  • Use your knowledge of group dynamics and group development to manage learner participation and prevent problem situations.

  • Maximize transfer of learning back to the job.

  • Receive Complimentary Post-Learning Sustainment.

Program Objectives

What you will be able to do

By the end of the program, you'll be able to:

  • Describe how to create a positive climate for learning.

  • Facilitate input from learners.

  • Establish and maintain instructor credibility.

  • Create effective questions to test for understanding.

  • Determine how to adapt questioning techniques to affect group dynamics.

  • Ask questions more effectively.

  • Use questions to increase involvement of all learners.

  • Facilitate activities effectively.

  • Plan a strategy to manage time.

  • Use energizers appropriately.

  • Describe group development.

  • Determine your preferred instructional style.

  • Identify when and how to adapt your instructional style to the learning context.

  • Identify types of verbal behavior.

  • Respond appropriately to participant verbal behavior.

  • Handle a variety of difficult situations.

  • Give constructive feedback to learners.

  • Identify actions to increase learning transfer.

Content Outline

What the program covers

  • Establishing a Positive Learning Environment

  • Effective Course Introductions

  • Facilitating Learner Input Activities

  • Facilitation Language

  • Instructor Credibility

  • Using Questions Effectively

  • Facilitating Activities

  • Managing the Learning Environment

  • Group Dynamics

  • Adapting to Group Development

  • Learning Styles

  • Recognizing Types of Verbal Behavior

  • Resolving Learner Behavior Problems

  • Maximizing Learning Transfer

  • Effective Closings

★ 1 practice lesson
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Online · Microsoft Teams
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