Workshop Design and Facilitator Training

This 2-day workshop will be held on Saturday September 22nd from 8:30am – 4:00pm and will continue on Monday September 24th from 08:30am – 4:00pm.  You will have some work to complete between the two days of training so set some time aside on Saturday evening or Sunday.  The focus will be on creating workshops for adult learners.

The goal of this workshop is to provide you with a step by step process to design workshop lesson plans and learn about facilitating and creating a PowerPoint presentation.  With experience the same process can be used to develop modules that could build on each other to create longer workshops.  This course is designed for adults with training and experience in the field they wish to create workshops for.  It is expected that many of the participants in this course will be conflict resolution practitioners but everyone who wants to create workshops is welcome.  If you have an idea for a workshop but you are not sure how to create a lesson plan or a PowerPoint presentation, and would like some tips on how to manage classroom dynamics, then this course is for you.

The course is designed to help you:

• Become aware of how adults learn (Learning Intelligence)
• Develop Learning Objectives and Training Content
• Choose Training Methods appropriate for the Training Objectives
• Develop a Training/Lesson Plan specific to a workshop you want to deliver in the future
• Discover ways to handle problem situations
• Learn about creating a PowerPoint presentation (you will need access to a computer and Microsoft PowerPoint software to participate in this segment of the course).
• Practice facilitating a lesson you’ve designed

COURSE IS LIMITED TO 12 PARTICIPANTS

Instructor: Paula Drouin  In the past, Paula was the Coordinator of Education at Edmonton Maximum Security Institution, later teaching for John Howard Society and Grant MacEwan Community College.  In 1997 she created her own business providing conflict resolution services for clients such as Edmonton Police Services, Emergency Medical Services, Edmonton Fire Rescue, Mediation and Restorative Justice Centre, Native Counseling Services of Alberta, and ADR Institute of Alberta.  She has also been designing workshops, courses, and certificate programs on contract for various organizations, colleges, and universities full-time since 1997.