Length: 3-days
Target Audience: Academy full-time and adjunct staff, supervisors, commanders and field trainers who work with new hires
The role of the basic recruit instructor is complex and requires a variety of skill sets ranging from supervisor, coach, evaluator, technical expert, facilitator and classroom presenter. Many of our most talented practitioners have been assigned to training and recruiting positions because they were good at what they did in the field as an operator. In most instances these officers have been selected because of their outstanding street skill-sets and reputation. However, it is not uncommon for these exceptional officers to become frustrated, as they find the skills they developed as operators did not adequately prepare them for the demanding nature of an academy training environment. Unfortunately, about the time they gain the needed skills, they return to the street.
This Basic Recruit Academy Training Staff Development course is specifically designed to fill this void by assisting these critical staff members in developing the necessary skills to excel in this important role. This is not a typical classroom instructor development course. Whether assigned to a regional, or an independent academy, training and hiring staff are perhaps the most overworked and undervalued employees in our agencies. Give them the tools they need to perform their critical role at the highest capacity, while also setting the agency’s future in the right direction.
Objectives:
- Review methods to improve the students’ cognitive recall and study habits
- Promote critical-thinking, problem-solving, and interpersonal skills
- Debate approaches to new hire learning environments
- Discuss instructional methods that promote student engagement and active learning
- Analyze the impact of leadership on trainees, co-workers, and the agency
- Discuss stress inoculation techniques that are appropriate and effective
- Relate personality traits and their influence on learning and training team dynamics
- Apply principles of adult learning and problem-based learning
- Describe methods to overcome stress, avoid 3rd attempts, and control emotions
- Develop a plan for improving questioning, listening, and coaching skills
- Review methods to provide effective feedback during and after scenario training
- Develop remedial training strategies
- Design training environments that match employees of all generations
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