This event has been canceled.
This message is to inform you that with the decision to cancel this year’s Trainers Institute due to Covid-19 restrictions. We will be issuing full refunds for those who have already registered. You will receive an email from Authorize.net to confirm your refund has been issued. Once the email has been received, it may take 5-7 banking days for your funds to be available for use. For questions, please contact us at: registration@lsv.uky.edu
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Definition of Session Levels
Session Descriptions: Day One
Tuesday, May 5: 10:00 am – 11:00 am
Trainer Connection Showcase: Looking Back to Move Forward
Dawn Griffin & Hans Petersen
This session will share information obtained from a variety of regional Trainer Connection events conducted throughout the Commonwealth over the last year surrounding best-practice. Topics include training design, adult learning principles, technology, resources, evaluation and much more. Participants will discuss these topics in small groups and complete written plans to incorporate the most useful ideas into their training.
Learning Outcome:
💡 Learn new ways to incorporate evidence-based best practice ideas in adult learning theory and training design into your training.
Tuesday, May 5: 12:30pm – 3:45pm
Empowering the Profession: Using Facilitation to Boost Inclusion
Audrey Bachman
Session Level: Intermediate
In this session, we will explore a collection of novel facilitation tools that educators may use in the classroom, training workshops, meetings, presentations, and beyond. The session is highly interactive and designed to help participants recognize the limitations of traditional interaction patterns (e.g., lectures, open discussions, brainstorming sessions) and use unique strategies for facilitation that were created to bring energy and dynamic participation to groups of any size. Adding these tools to your educator’s toolbox will help you boost engagement, inclusion, collaboration, and innovation with any audience.
🗒️ This session is similar in content to Michelle Jones’ session at the 2019 Institute titled Unleashing Your Audience: Getting the Most Out of Your Facilitation.
Learning Outcomes:
💡 Recognize the limitations of traditional interaction and facilitation strategies
💡 Learn how to boost inclusion, engagement, and collaboration using novel facilitation structures
Audrey Bachman is a Training Specialist for Human Resources Training and Development at the University of Kentucky. Audrey routinely partners with employees to strengthen their job performance and help develop their aptitude for leadership. Audrey is an advocate for lifelong learning and delivers training programs that focus on improving interpersonal and group communication, managing workplace conflict, fostering diversity and inclusion, and facilitating creative problem-solving. Audrey earned a BA in communication studies from Eastern Kentucky University and master’s degrees in communication and information sciences and public health from the University of Kentucky. She is a member of the Association for Talent Development, National Communication Association, and the American Public Health Association.
Mastering the Moves: Delivering Impactful Adult Education Experiences with Confidence and Calm
Raelene Ostberg
Session Level: Advanced
Explore techniques to create transformative learning experiences that will keep your participants coming back for more! Uncover the verbal and nonverbal techniques that influential presenters and facilitators use. Gain insight into how to intentionally use body language, tone of voice, and other subtle physical behavior to convey credibility, capture attention, and support learning. Identify helpful responses to common challenges such as distraction, lack of engagement, overt or covert disagreement with your viewpoint, and loss of connection with your group. You will walk away with many strategies to increase your confidence and enhance your impact, whether you are a beginner or a seasoned veteran.
Learning Outcomes:
💡 Identify a training technique you can use to enhance and increase the positive impact of your training, whether a preset curriculum or one designed by you.
💡 Label ways to use space, body, movement, and speaking voice to establish credibility, build rapport, and choreograph a purposeful and winning presentation.
💡 Discuss helpful responses to common challenges such as distraction, lack of engagement, overt or covert disagreement with your viewpoint, and loss of connection with your group.
Raelene Ostberg is dedicated to developing and delivering transformative, fun, and inspiring educational opportunities for early childhood educators and trainers, coaches, and leaders who support them. Raelene presents nationally to thousands of early childhood professionals and parents each year. Participants love Raelene’s energy, enthusiasm, and real-life stories that bring proven strategies to life! Raelene is the Founder of Thriving Together, LLC, an organization dedicated to developing and delivering learning experiences designed to decrease stress, enhance joy, and bolster the success of early childhood professionals in their critical work. Raelene is also a Mentor with the Minnesota Childcare Aware Trainer Mentorship program, an Achieve-MNCPD Master Trainer, Licensed Parent Educator, Vlogger, and Coach. She obtained a B.A. in Theater and M.Ed. in Family Education from the University of Minnesota
Engaging Participants’ Minds as Well as Their Bodies
Nicki Patton Rowe
Session Level: Intermediate
When we think of engaging participants, we usually think of engaging them in activities. This session will focus on 3 strategies for engaging participants cognitively as well as physically. • Elaboration: Mental process that involves attaching new information to information participants already know. • Total Participation Techniques (TPTs): Teaching techniques that allow all participants to demonstrate, at the same time, active participation and cognitive engagement in the topic being studied. TPTs: 1) get ALL participants responding to questions and engaged in discussions; and 2) use prompts that require higher-order thinking so that participants aren’t just having fun, they are also thinking deeply. • Thinking Routines: Thinking routines are easy to use mini-strategies that encourage active cognitive processing and structure classroom discussions. The idea is to make thinking “visible” to get a better idea of what participants understand and HOW they are understanding it.
Learning Outcomes:
💡 Participants will learn how to design training that includes opportunities for elaboration that will enhance what participants remember.
💡 Participants will learn how to engage all participants at the same time and encourage deeper cognitive engagement by incorporating Total Participation Techniques (TPTs) and Thinking Routines into training.
Nicki Patton Rowe is passionate about providing and promoting effective training/learning that results in application in the ECE classroom. For 30+ years, her work has focused on training ECE staff (child care, Head Start, public preschool), developing instructional materials for organizations and facilitating train-the-trainer programs. Nicki currently serves as president of Brain-Based Learning Solutions LLC, a training company created to provide affordable, high-quality professional development based on what we know about how adults learn and focus on classroom application.
Session Descriptions: Day Two
Wednesday, May 6: 8:15 am – 11:30 am
Self Care for the Trainer
Colene Eldridge
Session Level: Initial
You spend all day taking care of other people – but who’s taking care of you? Self Care in all professions is critical for professional and personal performance. In the area of training, it is vital for sustainability. Many practitioners are so focused on their role, their contribution to the business that they forget about themselves as human beings and what their needs are to stay well. If not addressed, practitioners are more likely to feel as though they do everything for everyone else but not much about themselves, and high levels of burnout. This training will give you the skill to practice practical self-care, and tools on how to implement them into your daily routine.
Learning Outcomes:
💡 Access your level of stress
💡 Explore barriers to self-care and understand tools for stress reduction
Colene Elridge, aka Coach Colene is an internationally acclaimed Life + Leadership Coach, author, and speaker. Her book Monday Morning Pep Talks was named as a top book for professional women by Success Magazine. Colene’s decade-plus of HR experience led to her being known as “the fixer”-the one called to help organizations and leaders get back on track using her talents and passion to create better workplaces, better teams, and better results. As effective and skilled as Colene was in HR, she found that she was in need of her own advice when she found out that a male co-worker made significantly more money than she did… A LOT MORE! She realized she was not as upset by the money, but rather the recognition that she hadn’t advocated for herself. She hadn’t created professional boundaries. She had become a dependable resource for her employer but hadn’t taken stock of her most important resource…herself. Everything changed that day, and her mission became clear…know your worth and give people (especially women) the tools they need to have success at work and life. She’s spent the last six years coaching women on leadership, mindset, and success.
Make Training Stick!® Practical Techniques for Trainers
Dr. Tammy Means
Session Level: Initial
Almost half of what people learn in training never gets used on the job. What’s a trainer to do? This session will help the audience understand in new ways how they can make a difference with trainees and how they can help trainees use what they learn in training. And isn’t that the point? Tammy will share practical techniques to use before, during and after internal or external training that will boost the transferability of the learning back to the job.
Learning Outcome
💡 Application of sound adult learning theory and practice
💡 Transfer and application strategies consistent with the training topic and environment
💡 Immediately apply practical strategies to use before, during, and after conducting training sessions
Dr. Tammy L. Means is Chief Learning Officer of Learning Services & Solutions, Inc., a subsidiary of Making Training Stick®, a human capital development and technology services firm located in both Mississippi and Alabama. Tammy has two true passions (1) Learning and (2) Technology. Tammy has provided learning and development and information technology services for various industries throughout the US for 17+ years. Tammy has a broad range of expertise in computer technologies and human capital development through both education and work experience. Her most recent projects are aiding organizations in learning transfer, content direction, instructional design, integrating health systems, childcare centers and helping organizations fully utilize information technology systems. Tammy also serves as an adjunct professor for a local university teaching information technology, human resource, and leadership courses. Tammy joined the Make Training Stick® team in March 2018 and leads new content – Sticky Notes, presentations, books, consulting and continues to remain an active member of the Association for Talent Development and Society for Human Resource Management.
Mastering the Moves: Delivering Impactful Adult Education Experiences with Confidence and Calm
Raelene Ostberg
Session Level: Advanced
Explore techniques to create transformative learning experiences that will keep your participants coming back for more! Uncover the verbal and nonverbal techniques that influential presenters and facilitators use. Gain insight into how to intentionally use body language, tone of voice, and other subtle physical behavior to convey credibility, capture attention, and support learning. Identify helpful responses to common challenges such as distraction, lack of engagement, overt or covert disagreement with your viewpoint, and loss of connection with your group. You will walk away with many strategies to increase your confidence and enhance your impact, whether you are a beginner or a seasoned veteran.
Learning Outcomes:
💡 Identify a training technique you can use to enhance and increase the positive impact of your training, whether a preset curriculum or one designed by you.
💡 Label ways to use space, body, movement, and speaking voice to establish credibility, build rapport, and choreograph a purposeful and winning presentation.
💡 Discuss helpful responses to common challenges such as distraction, lack of engagement, overt or covert disagreement with your viewpoint, and loss of connection with your group.
Raelene Ostberg is dedicated to developing and delivering transformative, fun, and inspiring educational opportunities for early childhood educators and trainers, coaches, and leaders who support them. Raelene presents nationally to thousands of early childhood professionals and parents each year. Participants love Raelene’s energy, enthusiasm, and real-life stories that bring proven strategies to life! Raelene is the Founder of Thriving Together, LLC, an organization dedicated to developing and delivering learning experiences designed to decrease stress, enhance joy, and bolster the success of early childhood professionals in their critical work. Raelene is also a Mentor with the Minnesota Childcare Aware Trainer Mentorship program, an Achieve-MNCPD Master Trainer, Licensed Parent Educator, Vlogger, and Coach. She obtained a B.A. in Theater and M.Ed. in Family Education from the University of Minnesota
Engaging Participants’ Minds as Well as Their Bodies
Nicki Patton Rowe
Session Level: Intermediate
When we think of engaging participants, we usually think of engaging them in activities. This session will focus on 3 strategies for engaging participants cognitively as well as physically. • Elaboration: Mental process that involves attaching new information to information participants already know. • Total Participation Techniques (TPTs): Teaching techniques that allow all participants to demonstrate, at the same time, active participation and cognitive engagement in the topic being studied. TPTs: 1) get ALL participants responding to questions and engaged in discussions; and 2) use prompts that require higher-order thinking so that participants aren’t just having fun, they are also thinking deeply. • Thinking Routines: Thinking routines are easy to use mini-strategies that encourage active cognitive processing and structure classroom discussions. The idea is to make thinking “visible” to get a better idea of what participants understand and HOW they are understanding it.
Learning Outcomes:
💡 Participants will learn how to design training that includes opportunities for elaboration that will enhance what participants remember.
💡 Participants will learn how to engage all participants at the same time and encourage deeper cognitive engagement by incorporating Total Participation Techniques (TPTs) and Thinking Routines into training.
Nicki Patton Rowe is passionate about providing and promoting effective training/learning that results in application in the ECE classroom. For 30+ years, her work has focused on training ECE staff (child care, Head Start, public preschool), developing instructional materials for organizations and facilitating train-the-trainer programs. Nicki currently serves as president of Brain-Based Learning Solutions LLC, a training company created to provide affordable, high-quality professional development based on what we know about how adults learn and focus on classroom application.
Wednesday, May 6: 1:00 pm – 4:15 pm
Creating Online Training: What to Know About Planning for and Offering Online Training
Dawn Griffin & Sarah Vanover
Session Level: Intermediate
More and more often trainees are requesting training sessions offered online. Online training sessions can be a great resource for both employers and employees in obtaining early childhood clock hours. Online sessions can offer flexibility for the participant and allow them to complete as it works for their schedule. Online learning has developed and evolved over the years, there are many unique and engaging ways to offer credit for an online training session that goes beyond watching a video and reading questions. This session will help identify different ways content can be presented, how to award credit, and help the participant understand some basic principles for online training sessions.
Learning Outcomes:
💡 Create content using a variety of delivery methods
💡 Understand how to determine how many training credit hours need to be awarded for your online training
💡 Identify key items to keep in mind when choosing a Learning Management System (LMS)
Dawn Griffin began her road to early childhood in high school teaching Sunday School and babysitting. Since then, Dawn has worked in many roles in early childhood education including as a teacher, assistant director, CDA instructor, STARS Quality Coach, and Training Coach. She has a Bachelor’s Degree in Educational Studies from Berea College, a Master’s Degree in Public Administration from Kentucky State University and a Kentucky Director’s Credential.
Sarah Vanover has worked in the field of early childhood education for over twenty years as an assistant teacher, teacher, program administrator, trainer, classroom teaching coach, and a college professor. She has also worked at the state level to assist with policy development and supervision of early childhood programs like in-home child care and licensed child care facilities. She is currently the Director of the Division of Child Care for the Commonwealth of Kentucky. For the past several years, she has focused her work and her research on assessing quality early childhood programs for health and safety requirements and school readiness skills.
Self Care for the Trainer
Colene Eldridge
Session Level: Initial
You spend all day taking care of other people – but who’s taking care of you? Self Care in all professions is critical for professional and personal performance. In the area of training, it is vital for sustainability. Many practitioners are so focused on their role, their contribution to the business that they forget about themselves as human beings and what their needs are to stay well. If not addressed, practitioners are more likely to feel as though they do everything for everyone else but not much about themselves, and high levels of burnout. This training will give you the skill to practice practical self-care, and tools on how to implement them into your daily routine.
Learning Outcomes:
💡 Access your level of stress
💡 Explore barriers to self-care and understand tools for stress reduction
Colene Elridge, aka Coach Colene is an internationally acclaimed Life + Leadership Coach, author, and speaker. Her book Monday Morning Pep Talks was named as a top book for professional women by Success Magazine. Colene’s decade-plus of HR experience led to her being known as “the fixer”-the one called to help organizations and leaders get back on track using her talents and passion to create better workplaces, better teams, and better results. As effective and skilled as Colene was in HR, she found that she was in need of her own advice when she found out that a male co-worker made significantly more money than she did… A LOT MORE! She realized she was not as upset by the money, but rather the recognition that she hadn’t advocated for herself. She hadn’t created professional boundaries. She had become a dependable resource for her employer but hadn’t taken stock of her most important resource…herself. Everything changed that day, and her mission became clear…know your worth and give people (especially women) the tools they need to have success at work and life. She’s spent the last six years coaching women on leadership, mindset, and success.
Make Training Stick!® Practical Techniques for Trainers
Dr. Tammy Means
Session Level: Initial
Almost half of what people learn in training never gets used on the job. What’s a trainer to do? This session will help the audience understand in new ways how they can make a difference with trainees and how they can help trainees use what they learn in training. And isn’t that the point? Tammy will share practical techniques to use before, during and after internal or external training that will boost the transferability of the learning back to the job.
Learning Outcome
💡 Application of sound adult learning theory and practice
💡 Transfer and application strategies consistent with the training topic and environment
💡 Immediately apply practical strategies to use before, during, and after conducting training sessions
Dr. Tammy L. Means is Chief Learning Officer of Learning Services & Solutions, Inc., a subsidiary of Making Training Stick®, a human capital development and technology services firm located in both Mississippi and Alabama. Tammy has two true passions (1) Learning and (2) Technology. Tammy has provided learning and development and information technology services for various industries throughout the US for 17+ years. Tammy has a broad range of expertise in computer technologies and human capital development through both education and work experience. Her most recent projects are aiding organizations in learning transfer, content direction, instructional design, integrating health systems, childcare centers and helping organizations fully utilize information technology systems. Tammy also serves as an adjunct professor for a local university teaching information technology, human resource, and leadership courses. Tammy joined the Make Training Stick® team in March 2018 and leads new content – Sticky Notes, presentations, books, consulting and continues to remain an active member of the Association for Talent Development and Society for Human Resource Management.
Cultural Humility: An Essential Foundation for Early Childhood Education Trainers
Mary Sciaraffa
Session Level: Initial
It is important for effective professionals to enhance their knowledge, communication, and collaborative skills in order to achieve cultural humility. Within this session, participants will gain an understanding of one’s own values and beliefs. Participants will be encouraged to reflect on how their personal values and beliefs were acquired. Through short lectures and activities, participants will begin to understand how culture influences how one thinks, feels, acts and views the world. Participants will learn the behaviors of others elicited by the dimensions of diversity are not static issues or planned responses. These are guided by many factors, such as socioeconomic status, sex, age, length of residence in a locale, and more. Throughout the session, participants will become aware of their own beliefs about diversity in both personal and professional contexts.
Learning Outcome
💡 Articulate an understanding of the definition of cultural humility as it relates to working in the field of Early Childhood Education
💡 Discuss the importance of culture in one’s own personal and professional lives.
💡 Acknowledge, respect, and welcome an individual’s cultural values and practices as part of each individual’s experiences.
Dr. Mary Sciaraffa, CFLE, is an Associate Professor in Child and Family Studies at Eastern Kentucky University. She holds a doctorate degree in Curriculum & Instruction from Louisiana State University. She has worked in several different capacities, which have allowed her to work with both young children and adults. It has always been her professional goal to offer adult students a quality education and thus improve the quality of life for individuals and families. She has presented within a variety of venues with a variety of audiences and has been published in peer-reviewed professional journals, textbooks, and practitioner’s books.
Location/Hotel:
The Campbell House Lexington: 1375 South Broadway Lexington, KY 40504
Online Reservation Link: Trainers Institute
Reservation by Phone: 859-255-4281
Group Name: Trainers Institute
Group Code: HDI
Reservations must be made by 4/7/2020 to take advantage of the group rate.
📌 The Institute has been approved by the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to meet a portion of the KY Early Care and Education Trainer’s Credential renewal requirement for how to train other adults and other clock hours.