CERT Train-the-Trainer Participant Manual

CERT Train-the-Trainer

Participant Manual

[This page intentionally left blank]

CERT Train-the-Trainer

Course Overview

Participant Manual

[This page intentionally left blank]

CERT Train-the-Trainer Course Overview

Participant Manual

Course Overview

The purpose of this Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) Train-the-Trainer

(T-T-T) Course is to get skilled instructors for the CERT Basic Training Course.

?

?

?

?

A skilled CERT instructor gives the CERT Basic Training Course correctly,

explaining the messages and intent of the CERT Program (e.g., safety,

teamwork, and place in overall community emergency operations plan).

A skilled instructor makes sure that students complete the objectives of the CERT

Basic Training Course.

A skilled CERT instructor gives training effectively and at the right level, helping

students to learn and correctly apply skillsets.

A skilled instructor creates a comfortable yet managed learning environment.

Overall Course Objectives

By the end of this course, the participants should be able to:

1. Show knowledge of the CERT Basic Training Course.

2. Show the ability to present an assigned part of the CERT Basic Training Course

(teach-back).

3. Explain the core values of the program.

4. Show classroom management techniques.

5. Show effective teaching techniques.

6. Model appropriate behavior as an instructor.

In addition to the overall course objectives listed above, each unit has specific

objectives.

Target Audience

The target audience for this course includes the following:

?

?

People who will serve as the course manager for the CERT Basic Training

Course. This course manager would have the power to name instructors to teach

selected units.

People who will be CERT Basic Training Course instructors in any way.

Note: Those who teach only one or two of the units may do so without taking the CERT

T-T-T Course. However, the CERT T-T-T Course would give them a needed overview

of the CERT Basic Training Course as well as improve their teaching skills.

Prerequisites

The prerequisites for attending the CERT T-T-T course are:

?

?

?

A referral from a CERT sponsoring agency. (i.e., local, regional, or state

government agency);

Earlier completion of the CERT Basic Training Course; and (if necessary)

Approval from the state CERT coordinating agency if that agency sponsors the

CERT T-T-T Course.

August 2019

Page 1

 ................
................

In order to avoid copyright disputes, this page is only a partial summary.

Google Online Preview   Download