Who should attend this program?
The programme is ideal if your are:
- Working in the field of L&D in a support role and wish to develop your knowledge and skills.
- Responsible for L&D activities and decisions within your organisation.
- looking to further your L&D career with a professional qualification.
Course Benefits:
On successful completion of the qualification, you will:
- Have a sound understanding of the knowledge, skills and behaviour required of a professional L&D practitioner.
- Understand how L&D activities support an organisation’s strategy and assist in the achievement of business objectives and how these are shaped by internal and external factors.
- Have a practical understanding of how a learning needs analysis forms the basis for recommending learning solutions and how various methods and models assist in identifying gaps between the skills and knowledge of the workforce and organisation objectives.
- Be able to identify the principles, purposes and scope of evaluation within a learning and development context, including ways of assessing return on investment (ROI).
- Know how to prepare and design effective learning and development activities.
- Know how to deliver planned learning and development activities, for example one-to-one, small group and large group sessions.
- Understand broad concepts that underpin coaching within the workplace.
Day 1: Recording, Analysing and Using L&D Information
- Understand what data needs to be collected to support L&D practices.
- Know how L&D data should be recorded, managed and stored.
- Be able to analyse L&D information and present findings to inform decision-making.
Day 2: Understanding Organisations and the Role of L&D
- The purpose of an organisation and its operating environment.
- The structure, culture and functions of an organisation.
- How L&D activities support an organisation.
- Identify the learning and development needs of individuals and groups that reflect individual and organisational objectives.
- Recommend appropriate learning and development solutions to meet the identified needs of individuals and groups.
Day 3: Developing Coaching Skills for the Workplace
- Understand the nature and purpose of coaching.
- Know how to use a coaching style to improve performance in the workplace.
- Be able to identify the ways in which coaching can be implemented in an organisation.
- Understand the nature and purposes of evaluation, including return on investment and expectation.
- Understand different approaches to evaluation.
- Be able to design and use tools for evaluating learning and development activities.
- Be able to develop an action plan following evaluation of a learning and development activity.
Day 4: Preparing and Designing L&D Activities
- Be able to prepare and design effective learning and development activities.
- Understand how a learning needs analysis is used to inform the design process.
- Be able to create an environment conducive to learning.
- Be able to plan and deliver learning and development.
- Programme activity to individuals and groups.
- Know how to review learning and development activities.
Day 5: In addition to the face-to-face workshops the programme includes
- Practical skills demonstrations.
Pre- and post-workshop activities.
Language: English.
Place: Boston (USA)
Venue: TBC
