Online-Development Programme: School of trainer

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About the Programme

Certification modular program for training business trainers according to ECF standards.

4 theoretical modules, mentoring, organizational cases, certification.

EBA Management Development Centre team, together with Nataliya Semytotska, invite you to participate in the Online-Development Programme: School of trainer, which will help you to learn about the basic skills of an effective trainer, structure the knowledge you have gained, and practice essential skills of the trainer.

Target audience: HR, L&D professionals, beginners and practicing trainers, everyone who wants to develop training skills to effectively conduct trainings and seminars.

Goals of programme:

• Professional training of business trainers who create, conduct and evaluate training programs for adults.
• Development of skills and systematic coaching thinking.
• Effective and confident training, maintaining a high level of participant engagement.
• Development and defense of an original business training program.
• Certification.

Module 1. Corporate trainer. Fundamentals of the profession and personality profile.

• Personality profile of a business trainer. Personal qualities, behavioral style and charisma
• Coaching ethics and work standards. Ethical boundaries: trainer-therapist
• The role and mission of a business trainer. The difference between a trainer, facilitator, consultant, mentor and moderator
• Professional competencies of a business trainer and methods of their development. Trainer’s IDP
• Coaching styles. How to form an author’s handwriting in adult education?

9 April 2026, 17.00-19.00

Module 2. Training architecture. Creating training programs that produce results.

• Standards and principles of adult training programs. Andragogy and the spiral of competence development
• Creating an effective learning environment. Structuring programs according to the Knowles-McCarthy models
• Training matrix. How to allocate time and tools in the program structure?
• Exercise and interactive design. TRENERA formula
• Evaluating the effectiveness of a training program. Kirkpatrick, Tyler, Stufflebeam models

14 April 2026, 17.00-19.00

Module 3. Trainer interaction with the group and dynamics management.

• The main stages of group dynamics. Principles of creating and maintaining a safe training atmosphere
• Types of training participants according to the Kolb cycle
• Methods of working with difficult and passive participants. Neutralization of group resistance
• Tools for getting out of difficult situations, overcoming force majeure. EQ of the trainer
• A strong start and a motivating finish. Methods of attracting attention, activation
• Conflicts during training: basic tools for overcoming and neutralizing

16 April 2026, 17.00-19.00

Module 4. Business trainer’s toolkit and coaching/psychological techniques in trainings.

• Coaching techniques for working with content. Tools for presenting material, theory, information
• Practical techniques for developing skills (role-playing games, cases, Action Learning, reflection tools)
• Tools for working with a group (facilitation techniques and energizers)
• Coaching techniques for awareness, insights and independent thinking
• Psychological techniques and tools (ethical minimum for business trainings)

21 April 2026, 17.00-19.00

Module 5. AI as a personal assistant for a business trainer.

• Introduction to AI: opportunities, first steps and top-10 tools in adult education
• RACIO formula. Basics of prompt engineering in the work of a business trainer
• Step-by-step process of developing AI training. Five-stage method
• AI as an assistant during training. From facilitation to measuring learning outcomes
• Ethics and boundaries. What can and should not be delegated to AI?

23, 28 and 30 April 2026, 15.00-19.00, online

Module 6. CERTIFICATION.

• Individual business trainer development plan for 3-6 months
• Protection of author’s training programs of participants of the “Trainer’s School” (20-30 minutes)
• Feedback from the program trainer

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