Beyond Fundamentals: Putting FET to Work (1st Edition)

Putting FET to Work is an online learning experience that helps you design a training plan on a topic of your choosing. Upon completion, you will have a new, custom training session that you can begin training on immediately.

FET 260: Beyond Fundamentals: Laugh to Learn (3 hours)

Laugh to Learn

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Laugh to Learn is a course for ECE Credentialed Trainers only and is based on the section called Training Aids from Fundamentals of Effective Training. It uses guided online instruction and independent practice toward skill application. Upon instructor review of your completed Learning Log and plans for a humorous training activity, credentialed trainers will earn 3 clock hours of “how to train other adults.”

Course Details

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Target Audience

Trainer/Potential Trainer

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How to Train Other Adults Hours

3

Important Information

This course requires satisfactory completion of a learning log before the training is fully complete. It can take up to 3 business days to review the learning log. The completion date for the training is the date that all components have been satisfactorily completed. Once completed satisfactorily, you will have the ability to print a certificate with the completion date, and credit will be entered into ECE-TRIS within 10 calendar days.

If you are approaching your credential expiration, completing and submitting all coursework with your renewal application 30 days before your expiration is recommended. This allows ample time for course feedback and resubmissions of assignments if necessary. Please reach out to the course facilitator if you have any questions.

Course Wrap Up: Beyond Fundamentals Tech for Trainers: Creating and Sharing Photos with Audio

Course Wrap Up

Congratulations, you have made it through the course requirements. A few additional items before you access your Application Activity.

  1. If you have additional questions about the content, feel free to email registration@lsv.uky.edu and we will have the appropriate staff get back with you.
  2. Your individual training record in ECE-TRIS will be updated within 10 days with the course credit. ECE-TRIS is a training registry for early care and education providers and gives you 24/7 access to your professional learning record: https://tris.eku.edu/ece
  3. After submitting your ECE-TRIS information below, you will have access to a recognition of course completion. This is not an official certificate, your official training record is available in ECE-TRIS.

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FET 225 – Beyond Fundamentals Tech for Trainers: Presenting Beyond PowerPoint (3 hours)

Beyond Fundamentals Tech for Trainers:
Presenting Beyond PowerPoint (3 hours)

This training will be retiring and will no longer be available for purchase after May 17, 2024. If you are currently enrolled in the course, all components must be completed by May 31, 2024, for credit to be issued.

Course Description:

In this three-hour course, learners will examine 4 tools you can use to develop and deliver online presentations: Haiku Deck, Prezi, Google Slides, and SlideShare.

Much of the work in this course will be done on your own. Throughout the course, you will be introduced to four (4) new online presentation tools. After each introduction, you will then complete an application activity using the tool and create a presentation. These application activities are meant for you to explore each program to understand its features. As a final application activity, you will be asked to write a review and include what you liked and did not like.

Each section will also include a practical application activity using the tool and learners will also complete a final course application activity.

All application activities MUST be completed satisfactorily in order to complete the course.

Target Audience: Kentucky Early Care and Education Credentialed Trainers

Hours: 3 Adult Learning/How to Train Other Adults

Course Facilitator

Bethany Hughes

Bethany Hughes

Training Coach – Two Rivers Region

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Important Information!

This course requires satisfactory completion of 5 application activities prior to the course being fully complete, which will be reviewed by the course facilitator within 3 business days of submission. The completion date for the course is the date that all components have been satisfactorily completed. Once you have completed the course you will have the ability to print a certificate with the completion date and credit will be entered into ECE-TRIS within 10 calendar days.

If you are approaching your credential expiration, it is recommended to have all coursework completed and submitted with your renewal application 30 days prior to your expiration. This allows ample time for course feedback and resubmissions of assignments if necessary. Please reach out to the course facilitator if you have any questions.

FET 211 – Beyond Fundamentals Tech for Trainers: Incorporating Low-Tech and Easy Videos in your Professional Development (1 hour)

This training will be retiring and will no longer be available for purchase after May 17, 2024. If you are currently enrolled in the course, all components must be completed by May 31, 2024, for credit to be issued.

Incorporating Low-Tech and Easy Videos in your Professional Development

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In this training, learners will better understand what low-tech and free or low-cost options are available to enhance professional development and increase retention.

You will have the opportunity to create your own video that you can use in your professional development. It is important to note that these outcomes do not include instructions on how to develop video but rather how video can be used. Due to the variation in the resources you have available (smartphone, video camera, webcam, etc.) and the pace at which technology changes, we will instead be providing resources to help you understand how you can use video and how you can create your own videos.

Course Details

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Target Audience

Trainer/Potential Trainer

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How to Train Other Adults Hours

1

Important Information

This course requires satisfactory completion of an application activity before the training is fully complete. All application activities can take up to 3 business days to review. The completion date for the training is the date that all components have been satisfactorily completed. Once completed satisfactorily, you will have the ability to print a certificate with the completion date, and credit will be entered into ECE-TRIS within 10 calendar days.

If you are approaching your credential expiration, it is recommended to have all coursework completed and submitted with your renewal application 30 days before your expiration. This allows ample time for course feedback, and resubmissions of assignments if necessary. Please reach out to the course facilitator if you have any questions.

Course Facilitator

Bambi Cliffe

Bambi Cliffe

Training Coach – Southern Bluegrass Region

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Training Outcomes

  • Cite at least three ways to enhance professional development with video.
  • Create a live streaming and/or on-demand video for use in professional development.

Workplace Outcome

Trainers will utilize live-stream or on-demand videos to enhance their Professional Development courses.

Important Information!

This course requires satisfactory completion of an application activity prior to the course being fully complete. All application activities can take up to 3 business days to review. The completion date for the course is the date that all course components have been satisfactorily completed. Once completed satisfactorily you will have the ability to print a certificate with the completion date and credit will be entered into ECE-TRIS within 10 calendar days.

If you are approaching your credential expiration, it is recommended to have all coursework completed and submitted with your renewal application 30 days prior to your expiration. This allows ample time for course feedback and resubmissions of assignments is necessary. Please reach out to the course facilitator if you have any questions.

Beyond Fundamentals Tech for Trainers: Put More Power in your Point with PowerPoint

Description:

In this course, you will explore several functions of PowerPoint. Some of them you may already know, others might be a refresher and we hope that you learn a few additional that you can use to either edit an existing or create a new PowerPoint presentation. PowerPoint is the most frequently used training aid, but often the most under-used. Understand the advanced features you’ve dared not tried but wish you knew how to use! Practice using these for creating not only effective but Powerful presentations.

Target Audience: Trainers who wish to expand their knowledge of Microsoft PowerPoint, and more effectively use media to enhance presentations.

Credit Hours: 3 hours Adult Learning/How to Train Other Adults

FET 210 – Beyond Fundamentals Tech for Trainers: Creating and Sharing Photos with Audio (1 hour)

Description: 

In this session, learners will use low-tech and free options to create and share pictures with audio to enhance professional development. Participants will apply what they learn to create their own picture with audio.

Creating and producing digital content may not be what is native to you, but it will be to the workforce you are working with. High school students are increasingly graduating with the expectation that learning is interactive, on demand and tailored to meet their needs.

Digital media and content have come a long way. Tools and services are available now to make you (yes you!) the creator of digital content, to meet the needs of the consumer you are providing professional development services to.

In this course, you will explore one exciting type of media – photos with audio. These photos can be used similar to how you might use a video, only they are short (less than 90 seconds). Photos can be shared in a face to face setting, or online.

Outcomes:

  • Select appropriate pictures for sharing with other professionals
  • Understand the concept of using audio with photos
  • Create and share your own ideas via photos and audio

Target Audience: Trainers seeking a low-tech option for incorporating media into trainings

Credit Hours: 1 hour Adult Learning/How to Train Other Adults

Final Quiz

In order to complete FET 200: Beyond Fundamentals: Using Titles, Descriptions, and Other ECE-TRIS Fields to Set Your Training Up for Success you must complete the following quiz.

Your responses will be reviewed by your Regional Training Coach within 3 business days and they will reach out to you if they need more information.

Once reviewed and graded by the Training Coach you will be able to access your certificate of completion and credit will be entered into ECE-TRIS within 10 calendar days.

Please reach out to your Training Coach if you have any questions or concerns.

Course Next Steps

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You have completed the content for this independent study!!

A few final things before the course is complete and you are able to access your certificate.

  1. Complete ECE-TRIS form
  2. Complete the Final Quiz

ECE-TRIS

Complete the ECE-TRIS form and indicate if you want credit for completion to be entered into ECE-TRIS.

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Final Quiz

In order to complete FET 200: Beyond Fundamentals: Using Titles, Descriptions, and Other ECE-TRIS Fields to Set Your Training Up for Success, you must complete the following quiz in addition to emailing the fill-in journal with application activity to your Training Coach. 

The journal and application activity will be reviewed by your Regional Training Coach, and feedback will be provided within 3 working days of submission.

Once all assignments and the final quiz are reviewed and graded by your Training Coach, you will be able to access your certificate of completion, and credit will be entered into ECE-TRIS within 10 calendar days. 

After successful completion of the course and all required activities, credit will be entered into ECE-TRIS within 10 calendar days.

Press the “Mark Complete” button to access the final quiz.

Training Plan Worksheet Assignment

For this assignment, you will complete your training plan worksheet. This will include general information about your training, outcomes, skills, and developing a needs assessment.

This assignment will help prepare you for and serve as a basis of the training plan you will be creating.

Directions for Assignment 1: Decisions, Decisions

1) Click on the link provided to access the Training Plan Information Form that will guide you throughout the assignment: Beyond Fundamentals Putting FET to Work Assignment 1 Decisions, Decisions

2) Complete each item on the form by providing all the information requested.

3) Submit the assignment by using the upload button below.

Please remember it could up to 3 business days for your assignment to be reviewed and feed back provided. You will not be able to continue through the course until after the assignment has been reviewed and completed satisfactorily.

Rubric

grading rubric will help you identify what will be reviewed upon submission of your assignment. Please note that all components must be completed satisfactorily prior to being able to move on through the course. You may be asked to provide additional information before being considered complete. Please respond to any communication from the course facilitator in a timely manner.
Reach out to the course facilitator if you have any questions or problems completing the activity.

Component
All components must be completed satisfactorily in order to progress to the next section.
Training Topic
Core Content Subject Area Should best match training topic.
Core Content Competency
Listed and best matches training content. 
Core Content Competency Page Number
List the page number where the Core Content Competency is located.
Training Length
Training Level
Workplace Outcome
Indicates what participants will do when they return to their workplace and related to training content.
Skills
List skills needed to implement Workplace Outcome
Knowledge
List knowledge needed to implement Workplace Outcome
Skills and Knowledge Sequence List
List skills and knowledge you will present in the order or presentation. 
Training Outcome
Indicates what participants will do during the training and related to the training content.
Training Title
Clear, concise, related to training content.
Needs Assessment
Write at least 6 questions that will be included on your Needs Assessment.