Expanding and Improving the Process and Procedure of the Train the Trainer Module for a State Mandated Training of Child Caregivers

Author

Charlene Swanson Galbrecht, Nova Southeastern UniversityFollow

Date of Award

2003

Document Type

Dissertation - NSU Access Only

Degree Name

Doctor of Education (EdD)

Department

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education and School of Criminal Justice

Advisor

Roberta Silfen

Committee Member

Barbara Packer

Keywords

Training Methods/Training Goals/Teacher Training/Caregiver/Training/Mentoring/ Student Centered Curriculum/Curriculum Development

Abstract

This applied dissertation was designed to study a State Train the Trainer Course for all potential trainers of a curriculum that was mandated for all caregivers of children in child care facilities and Family Child Care homes. The course did not include a performance based component nor did it include a mentoring component. Persons attending the required training needed only to participate in six hours of theory to obtain the certificate to become a trainer.

The hypothesis was that trainers attending an expanded version of the Train the Trainer Module would perceive themselves as effective trainers and would use interactive techniques that were developmentally appropriate for adults in the training that was presented. The strategies used to expand the Train the Trainer Module included two performance-based components. The first performance component was a 10-minute presentation given in the training. The second performance component was a one-hour presentation given to a class of students in an ongoing class. Each of the performance based components was videotaped for review. A follow up mentoring meeting focused on the one-hour videotaped recording. A Self Evaluation/Interactive Survey was used with the videotaped recording to track the number of times interactive techniques were used.

This writer found that the participants overrated themselves on the surveys. However, the data indicated that the actual use of adult appropriate training techniques was not as great as reported on the opinion surveys. Use of the videotaped recording to track the activities proved that the trainers needed to concentrate more on use of the adult learner’s knowledge and experience.

NSUWorks Citation

Charlene Swanson Galbrecht. 2003. Expanding and Improving the Process and Procedure of the Train the Trainer Module for a State Mandated Training of Child Caregivers. Doctoral dissertation. Nova Southeastern University. Retrieved from NSUWorks, Abraham S. Fischler College of Education and School of Criminal Justice. (883)
https://nsuworks.nova.edu/fse_etd/883.