Course description
The Executive Education and Professional Training Programme (PGCert)
This programme sets an industry benchmark for trainers, facilitators and tutors delivering training to a professional audience. Designed around industry best practice and cutting edge research, the course will differentiate between training and education and enable participants to do both effectively, drawing upon current thought leadership and our own unique research into the field of professional education.
The five-day accelerator programme will focus on three core areas of professional education and training:
- Understanding current theory relating to how people learn
- Confidence in delivery using a range of teaching, coaching, and facilitation techniques to support knowledge transfer
- Action research and application of innovation in adult training and education
The Executive Education and Professional Training Programme draws upon up-to-date neuroscience and psychological research relating to our understanding of how people learn.
Designed for evidence-based practitioners and engaging genuine thought leadership, the course will draw on the latest industry research. With detailed interviews and assessments of the best and most highly-regarded executive trainers in the UK, our research digs deep to truly understand their methods, techniques and approaches. This highly-interactive course boats “best-in-class” training and facilitation of senior executive groups.
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Suitability - Who should attend?
The programme will be beneficial to anybody who has an interest in teaching and training experienced adult groups.
Potential participants for the course include:
- Learning and development professionals
- Professional tutors, facilitators and trainers
- Change leaders
- Executive education professionals
- Individuals exploring a career change into adult education
- Organisational and workforce development professionals
- Leaders and managers for whom teaching and developing others form part of their role.
This course is for you if you want to:
- Become an industry leader in teaching and training professional and executive adult learners
- Understand current theory relating to how people learn
- Build confidence in your delivery using a range of teaching, coaching and facilitation techniques
- Design, develop and deliver best in industry, high-impact and engaging training and development programmes
Outcome / Qualification etc.
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this programme, participants will:
- Successfully transfer professional knowledge to a professional audience and confirm learning has taken place
- Utilise technology to enable virtual and blended learning facilitation for large audiences, or remote learners
- Demonstrate confidence in the training and facilitation of experienced executive groups in own area of professional knowledge
- Utilise current best practice approaches to coaching, mentoring and facilitation with professional groups
- Research and apply current innovations in adult education through ‘action research’
- Use an evidence-based approach to design training to meet a specific knowledge gap or requirement with a professional audience
- Evaluate training using an industry model (such as the Kirkpatrick four levels)
Training Course Content
Session 1
An Introduction to Educational Theory
Key themes include:
- An introduction to the aims of the programme, the post graduate certificate qualification, and the requirements to complete it
- Core concepts in teaching and learning; an analysis of teaching methods, experiential learning, and the role of reflective practice
- Understanding how people learn – review of the key concepts in psychology and education, including social learning theory, constructivism and ‘schema’ theory
- Emergent research from the most exciting leaders in the field
Session 2
Engaging the Executive Audience
Key themes include:
- Engaging with the ‘big five’ personality types, and individual difference, in the training environment
- Coaching within the context of teaching, and using coaching skills with groups
- Facilitation skills, and a practical introduction to a variety of methods to support effective facilitation
Session 3
Learning and Development in Context
Key themes include:
- An introduction to training needs analysis
- Methods to measure and evaluate the effectiveness of training and validate knowledge transfer
- Planning and designing your educational and training interventions, aims and objectives in teaching
- Reviewing your own teaching practice, and the impact of programmes on the organisation
Session 4
Engaging with Innovation in Teaching
Key themes include:
- An introduction to ‘action research’ in educational practice
- An exploration of creativity and innovation in professional practice, mindset and skillset
- Case studies of the most innovative approaches to teaching and learning currently being practiced
- Identify innovations relevant to teaching your own area of professional practice
- A Participant led analysis of current use of technology and other innovations to augment training and education with professional groups
Session 5
Psychology in Education, and Leading a Learning Culture
Key themes include:
- An overview of key psychological theories that support teaching and learning, including flow theory, grit, growth mindset, and the zone of proximal development
- Teaching as a leadership capability, and the role of teaching in developing an effective organisational culture
- The role of learning and development in supporting the flow of information, and knowledge management, in organisations
- Reflective practice; reviewing own performance as an educator, using established reflective processes, such as Kolb’s Experiential Learning Cycle
- Action planning and tutorial scheduling
Why choose In Professional Development
Delivered training to over 10,000 organisations
92% of delegates rate our courses as 5 star
Created over 2,500 CMI registrations
Expenses
Course Price
Virtual Classroom: £2,500 +VAT
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In Professional Development are a professional training provider offering a wide range of professional development courses, on an accredited or non-accredited basis. Our course portfolio ranges from 1 to 5-day courses. We work with a range of partners to ensure...