1. Getting Acquainted Session 1.1 Train the Trainers Chuck Humphrey Train the Trainers Montreal, March 8, 2004

2. Who are we?  Name  Institutional affiliation  Undergraduate / Graduate specialization  Interests  Did you bring your bathing suit?

3. Who are we?  A mix of experienced and new Regional Training Coordinators, and  A new cohort of trainers! Train the Trainers 1997

4. Why are we at this workshop?  See the objectives for the Regional Training Coordinators and Trainers on page 1 of the Programme. Pedagogy Personal Training Strengths Plan for Developing New Skills Plan for Creating New Training Materials Develop Working Relationships Discover Leadership Needs

5. What are our roles?  Look at our roles from the perspective of:  The organizational structure of DLI, and  Job descriptions of the various training positions.

6. The Organizational Structure DLI University Community Statistics Canada External Advisory Committee Atlantic Region Quebec Region Ontario Region Western Region Education Committee Regional Training Coordinators

7. Job Types Regional Training Coordinators External Advisory Committee Education Committee Trainers Instructors

8. Regional Training Coordinators  Two per region selected by EAC representatives from the region and the region’s current Regional Training Coordinators.  Responsible for identifying the training needs in their region and communicating these needs to the EAC Education Committee, including the region’s training budget and coordinating national training activities.

9. Regional Training Coordinators  Responsible for organizing workshops in their region and for designing their local region’s training programme.  May choose to be trainers or they may prefer to be responsible primarily for local arrangements, planning the programme, and communicating training needs to the EAC Education Committee.

10. Trainers  The role of the trainers is to provide substantive instruction in their region’s training programme.  The recognized expertise of the trainer will determine the instructional areas that she or he will be responsible.  They may be called upon to teach in other regions because of their expertise.  The trainers should demonstrate sound pedagogical skills.

11. Instructors  DLI Contacts and data services staff supporting DLI who are called upon from time to time to make presentations at regional workshops.  One goal of the training is to involve DLI Contacts and data services staff in instruction, which is reflected in one of the DLI Training Principles: “as one learns, one will teach.”

12. The Programme  Two documents have been circulated  The annotated description of the programme  The daily schedule

13. Any Questions?