Train the Trainer Coaching and Training

Gaining experience as a trainer is important when you want to develop yourself professionally in the training business. This train the trainer course offers the possibility to learn about the practice and theory of different aspects of the training profession. You will act as a trainer in the dual language (Dutch/English) course Coaching and Training (C&T) in block 3 and you will expand your understanding of the coaching and training theory and of the theories that underlie this course. Preparation for this task takes place in 5-6 meetings scheduled in block 2, your training practice is in block 3 (!)

As a trainer in C&T, you have the responsibility for carrying out the program of this course. This means that you support a group of students in their learning process to facilitate learning for individuals and groups (respectively as coach and as trainer). This requires you to make interventions on the level of the individual and the group to strengthen the self-regulated learning knowledge and skills of your participants.
You focus on effectively giving constructive growth enhancing feedback that is aimed at helping students enrolled in C&T to attain the skills addressed in C&T. You will learn to employ feedback in such a way that it establishes safety and trust within the group of participants. Furthermore, you will learn how to handle group dynamics and how to intervene in group processes in order to motivate and inspire participants. With the other trainers you develop parts of the program using effective active training methods to realise the desired learning results for students enrolled in C&T. You learn to trust yourself when you experience that you are able to respond to unexpected situations and improvise. and you will learn to apply the different ways of assessment that are used in the C&T course. You will be instructed by the course coordinator and will experience how you can achieve interrater reliability through discussion and agreement on assessment levels and standards with fellow assessors. You will also be involved in assessing assignments delivered by students enrolled in C&T, under supervision and responsibility of the course coordinator.

This course is characterised by an experiential approach in which scientific literature always supports your work as a trainer. In the preparation meetings, aspects of being a trainer will be studied: personal trainer qualities, designing a learning programme, inspiring and creative training, working with group dynamics, facilitating self-regulated learning. Other subjects of your own choice can be introduced. Discuss them with the other students and the course coordinator. By analyzing your experiences as a trainer in an intervision group of fellow trainers, you become conscious of your personal qualities and how to capitalize on them. Connecting theoretical insights with experiences is always the focus of the intervision group. Reflection on yourself and your performance is an important skill for trainers. This way, you work continuously on your personal and professional development.

Assessment for this course consists of two parts. First, your performance as a trainer in the C&T course in block 3 is assessed and the degree in which you attained the course goals. Second, a report is assessed in which you describe a case taken from your experience in your group. You make a theoretical analysis of it and describe theoretical insights.

A screening for being a trainer could be part of the admission to this course. Half of the trainers will work in an English spoken tutorial group.
NB. Preparation for the task will take place in block 2, prior to the start of being a trainer in the course Coaching & Training in block 3.

Knowledge and comprehension of:

• theories related to the field of training, coaching, and the development of training programmes and the implications of these theories for the craft of training.

And being able to:

• facilitate, as a trainer, students in their development as a novice trainer and coach;
• develop a varied and instructive training programme;
• create a learning climate that supports self-regulated learning for students, based on theories of and research into the field of training, coaching and the development of training programmes;
• facilitate behavioral change by deploying effective instructional procedures;
• manage the dynamics of a group in a training situation;
• assess the assignments completed by students, under supervision and responsibility of the course coordinator;
• giving constructive feedback on students’ assignments and performances, under supervision and responsibility of the course coordinator;
• handle resistance of participants during learning situations;
• self-regulate your own learning process based on your own learning goals.

You must meet the following requirements

• Items Several articles and bookchapters containing relevant scientific information about subject relevant to this course. Will be made available before the start of the course.