My Guide Practitioner 1 Level 3 training course

2 My Guide training The My Guide training programme has been developed by Guide Dogs, in collaboration with its partners. However, the delivery of the training is the responsibility of the trainer or organisation providing the training. Developed in partnership

The aim of the course To enable participants to deliver and assess Level 1, Community Sighted Guide; Level 2, My Guide volunteer training and also Level 3 My Guide Practitioner to people in your own organisation. 3

Introductions  Why are you interested in becoming a My Guide Practitioner?  What are your hopes and fears for the course?  What is the result of your learning styles questionnaire? 4

5 Guidelines to help the course run smoothly  Mobile phones off or on silent please  We all agree for only one person to speak at a time  Relax!  Say what you think  Be respectful at all times

Course objectives 1 For participants to be able to:  Confidently deliver Level 1, 2 and 3 courses by learning training techniques, management of the courses and a revision of the course materials 6

Course objectives 2 For participants to be able to:  Observe and assess the learning of Community Sighted Guides (L1) and My Guide volunteers (L2)  Apply background learning and in- depth understanding gained from their own study of Level 1 and 2 courses to support learners 7

Sighted Guide programme – an overview 8 Level 1 – Community Sighted Guide  Trained to act as eyes/vision with confidence  In public as part of normal daily life Level 2 – My Guide volunteer  Provides a sighted guide service for an agreed period to enhance the service user’s independence through getting out and about Level 3 – My Guide Practitioner  Requires learning, assessment and practice at Levels 1,2 and 3  Trains other sighted guides

Sighted Guide programme – the training path 9 Level 1 Community Sighted Guide training (+ observed practice) Level 2 My Guide volunteer training (including four online modules) plus two additional topics My Guide Practitioner training course (+observed delivery of training)

What makes a good trainer?  Group to discuss good training experiences.  What was it about these particular events that made them successful? 10

Learning Styles  Share your result from the questionnaire  Are you visual, auditory or kinaesthetic?  Understanding of the different learning styles helps effective communication and learning 11

Visual learners  Learn best by seeing things  Will tend to use and respond to :  I get the picture  What ’ s your view?  Training tools to use: diagrams, pictures 12

Auditory learners  Learn best by hearing things  Will tend to use and respond to :  That rings a bell  Sounds ok to me  Training tools to use: stress key words, use stories and anecdotes to illustrate 13

Kinaesthetic learners  Learn best by moving and doing things  Will tend to use and respond to:  How does that grab you?  It certainly feels right  Training tools to use: hands on activities, opportunities to move about 14

My Guide training  Why might people want to take part in this training?  What impact will these reasons have on the training and the trainer? 15

Principles of giving good feedback  Allow time  Avoid overload  Always be constructive  Use feedback to create a positive learning experience 16

Delivering the training – understanding the agendas and equipment  Trainer ’ s role in administration  Resources needed  Resources available 17

Delivering the training  Now it ’ s over to you…… 18

Assessment for Levels 1 and 2  Process for Level 1 and 2  Review the Level 1 assessment form -Assessing observed practice  Review scores from online assessment on the My Guide learning site 19

Assessment of Practitioner  Review of the Level 3 assessment form 20

Next steps to becoming a My Guide Practitioner  Set dates to deliver Level 1 or Level 2 and arrange for assessor to be present  Online learning is available on Guide Dogs learning site  Best Practice Guide is available  Support is available from your assessor: Name and phone number 21

My Guide Practitioner  Thank you for your participation  Good luck 22