Note that this course is funded and enrollments are managed by the Greater Metro Training Region (visit https://greatermetroregion.com/for registration requirements and enrollments).

General Instructor Certification – Instruction Methodology (Train-the-Trainer)
Hosted at the Glendale Colorado Police Department

Cost:                  Covered by CO POST GMTR for Colorado Certified LE Officers (Visit GMTR website for enrollment requirements- https://greatermetroregion.com/)

Goal: Develop the participants knowledge and skills necessary to create and deliver effective and ethical training for law enforcement personnel in accordance with Colorado POST
requirements.

This general instructor certification course is designed to develop the participants abilities to promote active-learning within their Agency courses. Emphasis will be placed on creating learner-centric training environments and felicitation approaches that accomplish student engagement. Throughout the week attendees will independently create curriculum, prepare a formatted lesson plan ,and then facilitate their developed course for classmate feedback, and evaluation.
This 5-day course consists of 10 primary subject areas:

Curriculum development         Writing performance objectives using Bloom’s Taxonomy
Adult learning                            Facilitation strategies and instructional standards
Presentation skills                    Creating learner-centric environments
Managing training liability      Methods to accomplish participant engagement
Student practical application  Using training aids effectively while managing the classroom

Objectives:

• Create curriculum associated with an assigned topic
• Develop a lesson plan using, a four-step process
• Write learning objectives containing an action verb and content area using Bloom’s Taxonomy
• Conduct a task analysis in conjunction with their course design
• Distinguish variances between training, instruction and education
• Define learning, and discuss adult learning preferences
• Summarize principles of adult learning and learner-centric training approaches
• Format a lesson plan consistent with CO POST practices
• Facilitate a 20-minute training course following lesson plan created by the participant
• Demonstrate how to promote involvement and effectively “manage” the classroom
• Use learned techniques to enhance their overall communication and presentation skills
• Develop techniques to inspire and engage their students in active learning
• Name training resources and aids, and define their proper application in the classroom
• Design test questions that are clearly understood by their classmates
• Demonstrate excitement and energy in their training
• Compose an effective presentation opening
• Define techniques for capturing and holding audience attention
• Develop a plan for facilitating difficult discussions and working with challenging audiences
• Discuss instructor related liability and methods to manage associated risk
• Use vocal range, tone and body language to enhance presentations
• Write a closing to a presentation that inspires action
• Create question and answer periods that promote involvement