Connect With Respect: Adult Learning Theory and Practice

Course Description: Motivating adult learners to actively participate in the process of mastering content during training then applying it as they do their work requires complex, holistic training strategies.

In this workshop, participants to experience connecting with R.E.S.P.E.C.T --honoring the principles of motivating adult learners to partner with the trainer in mastering and applying course content. Focus includes linking the policies, procedures, and practices being trained to reach the ultimate desired outcomes: safe, healthy, self-sufficient families and communities.

Participants will learn how to help their trainees reconnect with the overall objectives when they are learning how to perform these tasks- even when the trainees may be feeling “cognitive overload.” Connect with RESPECT also incorporates dynamic engagement methodologies and respects diverse learning style preferences as well as trainee levels of expertise.

By the end of the course, participants will be able to:
• Increase their awareness of respectful engagement methodology when training adult learners in a workplace setting
• Engage learners' heads, hearts, and hands through the use of diverse, dynamic delivery and reinforcement strategies.
• Embed R.E.S..P.E.C. T into their courses – the principles of motivating adult learners to participate in gaining knowledge, values, and skills