Each year, you can join the adventure by signing up now for the training sessions described below.
Afterward, you’ll have an initial opportunity to share your skills in the months that follow with a general adult audience passionate about your area of expertise.
Taking advantage of this trainer training program also opens the door to a new complementary job and a higher level of income. But to access it, you must first be a member of the Objectif Sciences International team (to apply, follow this link).
Here is the content of this training program, specially designed for you by professionals in efficiency and effectiveness in training.
Awareness Workshop
An initial presentation on the role and work of a trainer traditionally takes place during the Pre-Camps, at the Center, for new members who have not yet participated. There’s still time to apply to join the team if you haven’t already. (Of course, if you’re already part of the team but haven’t attended the upcoming season’s Pre-Camp, you don’t need to reapply!)
Being a Trainer: Level 1
>>> Training that will enable you to create a skill-sharing workshop for a general audience.
Prerequisites:
- Be a member of Objectif Sciences International
- Have led scientific workshops during scientific stays or in other settings (Science Classes, etc.)
- Be interested in training general adults (teachers, activity leaders, passionate individuals...) in techniques for conducting scientific workshops in your area of expertise, such as teaching educators to conduct astronomy, archaeology, ecosystem, architecture workshops, SPIP programming, etc.
- Preferably, have attended the awareness workshop (see above)
- Be ready to lead your first training for a general audience. The training sessions you conduct will enable you to receive the standard trainer’s pay, which is the pay of a Professional Scientific Educator.
Format: 2 days
Dates and Location:
- Fall during the Preparation Period, at the Scientific Stay Center or in the offices of the Operations Directorate of your OSI Local Group.
Objectives:
This Level 1 training will enable you to create a training program for a general audience (educators, teachers, the general public...) that empowers them to conduct one or more technical workshops in which the trainee masters the content.
This Level 1 training will teach you to:
- Listen to and understand a training request
- Develop a training plan (content, timing, objectives)
- Prepare training materials (documents, handouts, etc.) for both trainers and trainees
- Explore trainer behavioral skills
- Manage logistics
Individual Support:
This Level 1 training includes individual support from Efficience Formation (OSI) during the preparation of your first training session. This individual support comprises five sessions:
- 2 in-person sessions
- 3 remote sessions (Internet, phone)
These methodological coaching sessions are also enhanced by scientific support from Objectif Sciences International’s Science & Pedagogy Department.
Market Value of Level 1: €600 – instead of these €600, this training is included within the St2.
Enrollment: Register for the next available St2 session
Being a Trainer: Level 2
>>> Training that will enable you to create a skill-sharing workshop for a specialized or targeted audience
Prerequisites:
- Be a member of Objectif Sciences International
- Have led scientific workshops during holiday stays or in other settings (Science Classes, etc.)
- Be interested in training professionals in a specific technique you’ve mastered – for example, teaching scientists to use SpipCarto for GIS, training landscape architects on biomimetic water treatment, training architects on the use of i-buttons, etc.
- Have completed Level 1 training and successfully led at least one general adult training workshop within Objectif Sciences International.
- Be prepared to design and lead a specialized technical training for a specific client or professional audience.
- Be ready to lead your first training session for a professional audience. The training sessions you conduct will enable you to receive the standard trainer’s pay.
Format: 2 days
- Mid-December, in the week preceding the GENEVA FORUM, in Geneva.
Objectives:
This Level 2 training enables you to design, develop, and successfully deliver high-quality training sessions on specific techniques for professionals in your field.
This Level 2 training will teach you to:
- Prepare a proposal in the form of a requirements document
- Create interactive tools and exercise structures
- Deepen your behavioral skills
- Manage human relations in adult group dynamics
This Level 2 training includes individual support from Efficience Formation (OSI) as you prepare your technical training for professionals. This individual support comprises five sessions:
- 2 in-person sessions
- 3 remote sessions (Internet, phone)
These methodological coaching sessions are further supported by scientific expertise from Objectif Sciences International’s Science & Pedagogy Department.
Market Value of Level 2: €1,000 – instead of these €1,000, this training is included within the St4.
Enrollment: Contact your Operations Directorate. To take the St4, you must first complete St3, which is only accessible to OSI members who have completed St2.
