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About The Trainers Network
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Trainers
Network
Overview
Consortium
Local Networking
Learning Events
Website
Strategy
Structures
Project Products
Database of Members
Registration Form
Results from Benchmarking Questionnaire
Output from de Bono Conference
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Overview
The Trainers Network brings
together trainers and learning facilitators from all sectors, public and
private, specialist and mainstream, to share learning and experiences in
relation to best practice, recent innovations, quality standards and
continuing professional development.
The Trainers Network was
initiated by FÁS with EU ADAPT funding in order to develop the profession of
training in Ireland. A Consortium incorporating many of the organisations
involved in the training of trainers provides direction and resources to the
network.
Achievements
Since its launch in October 1998, the network has over 500 members across
four regions in Ireland, including Northern Ireland. Network members have
contributed to and participated in over 50 local, regional, national, and
European networking and learning opportunities. Network Leaders are in place
to facilitate and consolidate local networking groups.
Resources developed by
the Trainers Network include:
- Web site and virtual learning
resource to provide access to information and for communication
- Local networking groups to
seek and share information
- Action Learning training and
Video
- Regional Seminars for
learning and researching issues
- Annual Conferences for
national networking and learning fora
- Links with other training
networks across Europe
- Consortium of train the
trainer organisations
Going forward the
Trainers Network will be a significant resource available to all facilitators
of learning and feed into mainstream policy and structures. A key strength is
its capacity to access on the ground response from network members and
Consortium organisations.
The results of the
network will support Ireland to operate the best international standards for
training and effectively respond to the ever-changing needs of the workforce.
It is part of the agenda to instil a lifelong learning culture within the
training and education profession that will extend to building a learning
philosophy nationally.
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The unique
attributes of the Network identified by members were:
- Sharing of expertise,
addressing real issues
- Development opportunities
- Action learning as an
element
- Group structure, Diversity
- Flexibility, opt in/out as
members require
- Benefit of having research,
internet, projects as anchors and building blocks, e.g. Trainer
profile / learning manifesto
- Network leader to
facilitate the development process
- Web / technology focus
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