abstractions of scrap reduction in training - best practices in training: module 2

Best Practices in Training: Module 2

Reducing scrap learning in indiana state library trainings

Prepared by Emily Schaber, Indiana State LibraryEmSchaber@library.IN.gov

May 16, 2016

We started with a bunch of random stuff.

Learners selected

ONE ITEM to SYMBOLIZE

an approach they could use

to REDUCE SCRAP LEARNING

in their training.

Here's what they shared.

Stephanie asberry,

supervisor, genealogy division

These SCISSORS will help me CUT THROUGH

the junk

to get to THE POINT

and let me SCRAPE DOWN to what’s really important.

Sylvia watson, agency counsel

Find ways to make the material more

interactive so it

STICKS LIKE GLUE.

aNNA gOBEN, EVERGREEN INDIANA

COORDINATOR

ALLEVIATE THE PAIN by focusing

more specifically on what they need

to know.

This PAIN RELIEVER will help me discover the

PAIN POINTS for learners.

When I see the physical cues that

they are struggling. By discovering the PAIN POINTS I can

Connie bruder, associate director of public servicesIn Public Services we

are

PROTECTING our

information and MAKING IT AVAILABLE.

Thinking about Active Shooter Trainings, this is something you could use as a weapon!

Kim brown-harden, northwest indiana regional

coordinator

I will use a MEASURING TAPE to measure how engaged learners are in activities and how much they

are really getting.

Karen ainslie, public library consultant

& Central regional coordinator

With the HOT MITT, I’m thinking about HOT TOPICS and using learning objectives that we

return to at the end of the training. Also, I’ve begun

incorporating quizzes into HOT TOPIC trainings.

Suzanne walker, supervisor,

professional development office

A STAPLER CONNECTS things together which reminds me to allow learners time to process the information and then share how they will

CONNECT it to their work.

With this

STRAINER, I can PULL OUT

the VITAL ELEMENTS and

keep a CRITICAL EYE on

what to KEEP IN and what to

LEAVE OUT.

Amber painter,

Southwest regional

coordinator

Beth yates, southeast regional coordinator

With the

STRAINER, I can

FILTER OUT from my training any of the

EXTRA PARTS.

I chose the DOG LEAD because I’m

thinking about

Paula newcom, northeast regional

coordinator

how far to

LENGTHEN OR SHORTEN the leash for learners in training.

(Or whether or not to let them lead

you! - Beth Yates, Southeast Regional

Coordinator)

Jennifer clifton, public library consultant

& LSTA Grant coordinator

There are hundreds of types of

MULTI-VITAMINS that meet the same needs. You need a vitamin,

like you need training, that meets

your BASIC NEEDS as well as your SPECIFIC NEEDS.

Here's what's left:Umbrella

Bottle opener

Tea

Wonder Woman magnet

Socket wrench

Dental floss

Makeup brush

Salad tongs

The Book with No Pictures

Which item would you use to reduce scrap?

Is there one that might increase scrap?

Share your thoughts with us!