John Kenyon

Supercharge Your

Parent Center’s Training

Part 1:

Design, Content Interaction & Taking it Online

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2017 Regions 4 & 6 Regional Meeting

John Kenyon

June 2017

Designing Excellent Learning Experiences

Content Interaction

Taking It Online

Topics

Design - Deliver - Lead

10 + years

5 – 10 years

<5 years

Poll: Education Experience

Families have positive educational experiences

Ideal

Positive Experience (+Evaluations)

of Content & Presenter

Ideal

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Excellent Learning Experience

Stand Up, Find a Partner & Share:

When I think about an

excellent learning experience,

I think of….”

Good Practice, One Thing I Like Five Minutes

Excellent Learning Experience

Popcorn

What Did You Share? What Did You Hear?

Excellent Learning Experience

Are these part of your current trainings?

Excellent Learning Experience What We Just Did

Gathered Participant Information

Talked About the Topic

Unpacked the Knowledge in the Room

Interaction & Movement

Strategies We Modeled g

Don’t Start with Talking about You or the Organization

Get Folks Talking About the Topic

Don’t Assume Understanding (or lack of it),

Poll, Unpack Knowledge in the Room

Strategies We Modeled

Adults Don’t Learn by Sit & Listen,

Add Interaction & Movement

Strategies We Modeled How Can You Integrate These?

Gather Participant Information

Talk About the Topic

Unpack the Knowledge in the Room

Interaction & Movement

Integration Ideas

Gather Participant Info – Pre-Survey, Quick Poll

Talk About Topic – Ask to Share, Ask a Question

Unpack Knowledge – Pre-Survey, Sharing

Interaction & Movement – Stand Up & Move, Talking

(Online Lens)

Who am I?

Educator & Consultant

USF & SSU professor

7 Years w/ Parent Center Network

www.johnkenyon.org

Excellent Design Practices

Openers & Closers

Content Interaction & Facilitation

Taking Training Online

Training Part 1 Training Part 2

Marketing

Evaluation

Measuring Results

Collaboration

Active Listening

Examples of

Excellent Design Practices

Which might be useful for my parent center trainings?

What might work with the trainings we do?

Excellent Design Practices

Start with Learning Objectives

Explain, Example, Experience

Specific, Relevant, Concrete Examples

Leverage participants knowledge & interests

No more than ~10 mins of talking / content

Each content piece has an exercise –

some form of content interaction

Excellent Design Practices

Include movement

Incorporate words, images, talking,

writing, explaining, doing, reacting, reflecting

Provide time for reflection, discussion, practice

Excellent Design Practices

Silent Think & Write

Excellent Design Practices

What might work with the trainings we do?

What We Did

Provided Active Listening Questions

Presented Content

Gave Time for Digesting, Thinking about Content

Pour & Let Drink Design: A Way to Structure Trainings

Head

(Opener)

Feet

(Closer)

Body

How to Apply to Your Trainings?

Head

Feet

Openers

Closers

Get to know each other

Understand or discuss the key concept

Not just playful, but introduces content

Helps trainer understand skill levels &

experience in the room

Head = Openers

Two Truths & A Lie

What Nobody Knows

Milk the Cow

Bad Openers

Introductions

w/Detail Related to Content

Speed Networking Introductions

Sticky Notes – Ideas, Questions, Topics

Experience Share

Good Openers

Hope to Learn Today

Hopes & Concerns about Topic

Burning Question about Topic

Good Openers

Interactive

Not too Personal, Silly, or w/Touching

Focus on Content or Relationships

Have Fun

Openers

Consolidate Learning

Review Main Points, Learning Objectives

What will participants DO based on what they

learned?

Accountability

Sustainability

Feet = Closers

Time for Reflection

Share Appreciation

Follow Up – futureme.org

Closers

Write or speak follow up action(s)

Provide +/- feedback on session

Go Meta – what you did/learned

Closers How to Apply to Your Trainings?

Head

Feet

Openers

Closers

Body

Content

Interaction

Facilitation

Design activities that fit the room or fit the room to the activities

Think about how much time (realistically)

you need to regroup, physical movement.

Allow processing time for the actual learning

Excellent Activity Practices

Worksheet:

Think about a training

you want

to improve

Choose 1 Goal

Worksheet:

Read Activity

Options

Questions on

Activity Options

Content Interaction Exercise Grid

Solo Pairs & Triads

Small Group (4-10)

Large Group/

Everyone

Activities

Thinking/Reflecting/

Assessing

X

Writing

X

Discussion Listening + Talking

X

Moving X

Making

Other

Silent Solo Think & Write

1.  How do you want participants to interact with content?

2.  Choose at least two activities

suited to your goal

3.  Be ready to explain the reason(s) why

Popcorn Report Out

What did you choose?

Why?

Smart ways to connect goals and activities?

Facilitation

Start with Goal for the Conversation

Fit Method to Goal, Group, Time & Space

Facilitation Methods

Full Group – everyone shares

Popcorn – hear from a set number

Reflective - offer idea back

Rephrase to confirm understanding

Appreciative Inquiry – get to the meaning

Why? What? What Else?

Facilitation Ideas & Techniques

Handout

Content Delivery

Engagement

Interaction

Taking Training Online

Online Presentation

Clear Audio

Tested

No cell or speakerphone

Eliminate background noise (computer, phone, humans)

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On Demand

Mobile friendly

Up within 48 hours – notify all when available

Promote archive regularly

Average Viewing Time = 46 minutes

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Quick Intros of Participants

(less than ~12 attendees)

Assign a number to participants, use it to call on them,

i.e., clockwise from midnight

Ask specific questions vs. “Any Questions?”:

“Jose, which of the four ideas could you use?”

Online Tips

Get visual – slides with meaningful images,

charts & graphics, not just words

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Visual - Not This

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Visual - Or This

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Use Polls w/ Select 1 answer:

Experience Level

Main Area of Concern

One Biggest Issue

Feed back results if possible

Engagement

Engagement

Increase Interaction

Q&A

Polls

Chat

Specific Questions

White Board for Peer Learning

Social Media Conversations

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Pause & Practice –

Write up 3 ideas for your IEP meeting

Go to this software and complete this task

Tests and quizzes –

What triggers a check in with school about your child’s IEP?

List 3 good practices when working with a school board

Interaction

How You’ll Adjust:

Content Delivery

Engagement

Interaction

Taking Your Training Online

Excellent Design Practices

Openers & Closers

Content Interaction & Facilitation

Taking Training Online

Training Part 1

Improving Marketing

Baselines & Evaluation

Measuring Results & Learning Loop

Current State, Coordination

Training Part 2 Review

Ideas

Questions

Learning