Staff Training Notes – Camphacker podcast #37

You can listen to the podcast here:  http://camphacker.tv/camphacker-podcast/2012/9/retaining-staff-training-camphacker-37 

Joe’s Notes – 

• How to Learn – what is the best way to get staff to learn – different people learn differently
• What is the most important thing to pass on?
• Remove theory – no lectures (15 minutes only of talking)
• Should be more tips and tricks vs lectures – speak from experience
• Focus on three (3) things
• Never ask if they have questions at the end of a session – have them write down questions and have them submit them and take a portion of the day – maybe just after diner – to answer the questions that come up during the day.
• The point of staff training is for staff to retain information taught.
• Ways for people to grasp the learning – Journalling, Group Discussion, Role Playing
• Questions to ask when planning:

• Do they need to know this?
• Why does this staff member care about this information?
• What did you learn today?

Guidelines for training – Camp Oureau

From the past – counsellor/staff letters

Success is trying – it is the experimenting – not always the end outcome

What is learning?

Passive Learning vs Active Learning

If you need to move, doodle, draw – do it – we want you to absorb the information being taught/presented.

TDWNTBD – To Do What Needs To Be Done – the one line job description we use at Pearce Williams

Joe Richards
Executive Director
Pearce Williams Christian Centre
o: 519.764.2317 c:519.636.4285
www.pearcewilliams.org
“every child deserves a week at camp…”