Train-the-Trainer Certificate

 

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Training is widely accepted as one of the best methods for improving employee morale and enhancing employee skills. Increasingly, managers and leaders realize that the key to business growth and success is to develop the skills and knowledge of its workforce. That is why the U of M and The Bob Pike Group have partnered to offer one of the most comprehensive train-the-trainer certificate programs available.  Using research-based, field-tested, creative training strategies, you will learn how to effectively manage and influence people in educational and training situations. The highly interactive and engaging courses focus on training facilitation skills, participant-centered methodologies, presentation skills, design strategies and more.

Intended audience

  • Trainers, instructors, consultants, instructional designers, subject matter experts, managers, organizational development practitioners, and human resource professionals and others who want to gain the knowledge, skills, and confidence necessary to design and deliver first-rate training
  • Workplace learning and performance professionals seeking to improve workplace productivity, and measure results
  • Classroom trainers who want to learn how to use simple tools to produce learning that educates a wide range of learners

Benefits of this certificate

  • Gain a wide scope of training skills
  • Understand adult learning theory, motivation for learning applications
  • Develop and practice presentation skills
  • Apply field-tested repeatable design processes
  • Learn competencies based on both American Society of Training and Development and the International Board for Standards of Training, Performance, and Instruction
  • Earn a co-branded certificate from The Bob Pike Group awarded by the U of M

To complete this certificate program, you will take three required courses and one elective for a total of 42 contact hours.  The courses may be taken in any order, but must be completed within two years of your first course.  Look for the TTC code which designates courses that apply to the Train-the-Trainer Certificate program.  There is a one-time $35 certificate enrollment fee. 

Train-the-Trainer Certificate Courses

42 contact hours / 4.2 CEUs

Courses CEUs   Month(s) Offered
Required
Creative Training Techniques (18 hours)  1.8 Sept/Feb/June
Eight Steps of Instructional Design (12 hours)  1.2 Dec/May
Introduction to E-learning and Webinars (6 hours)  0.6 Apr/July
Electives (choose one)
Advanced Creative Training Techniques (6 hours) 0.6 June/July
Performance Consulting (6 hours) 0.6 March/Aug

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Certificate Enrollment Information
To enroll in the Train-the-Trainer Certificate program call us at 612-624-4000. There is a one-time $35 enrollment fee to enroll in the certificate program. Individuals enrolled in a certificate program are entitled to a $20 discount off course fees. Click here to enroll in the Train-the-Trainer Certificate program.

Additional Information
For more information on this or any other certificate program please click on the "View Courses/Register Now" button at the top of the page or contact the College of Continuing Education Information Center:

Phone: 612-624-4000
E-mail: cceinfo@umn.edu

 

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