First Year

Welcome to your first year of the National Training Institute! You are about to embark on one of the most exciting and productive professional development activities of your career. The first year is a great time to further enhance your knowledge, skills, and abilities related to instruction, learning, and student motivation and interaction. Click Here to Learn More.

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Courses

Course 10 – Principles of Learning

How people learn, remember, and apply related theory. Basic principles of learning. Kinds, definition, nature, effect, reinforcement, habit formation, transfer of learning, use of senses, retention, and motivation of the learner. Emphasis will be placed on establishing student/instructor relationships and developing an effective learning environment for adult learners.

Course 11 – Elements of Trade Teaching

Nature of trade education and the trade teaching process. Goals of the Electrical Training Alliance and trade teaching. Uniqueness of trade education, apprenticeship, and trade instructors. Nature of the subject matter taught, how it is identified, skills, knowledge, and attitudes. Process of teaching related trade subjects: establishing lesson objectives, preparing to teach, presenting new content, providing for application and practice, evaluation of learning and teaching. Managing the learning environment. Role of the related trade instructor and characteristics of good trade instructors.

Mandatory LMS Training

Sunday 8am – 12:00pm
First Year I Group will feature a 4-hour course on LMS, Blended Learning, and Computer Mediated Learning. This will bring a new instructor up to speed on the LMS. Come prepared with your laptops charged and ready.

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