Beyond the Chalkboard
Celebrating 20 years of professional education services, Safety & Environmental Associates, Inc. (SEA) has taking training beyond the chalkboard.
It has been our belief throughout the years that if we can get the student to automatically think or behave progressively what we call “Unconscious Competence” then the Environmental or Safety program can effectively grow. Using audience response techniques designed to establish a connection between the trainer and participants, SEA’s training systems have proven to increase attention and comprehension by the student beyond that of traditional training.THE CHALLENGE
For any company, coordinating a successful training event is always a vast undertaking. For a participant to truly learn, they must first be willing to engage in the subject. And for them to engage in the subject, they must be active in the learning process. Studies have shown that the adult recall in the learning process depends on how active a person is in the training. “People remember 90 percent of what they say and do as opposed to 30 percent of what they see and hear. Although kinesthetic learners retain best, they make up only 5 percent of the population whereas visual learners make up 65 percent and auditory learners, 30 percent.” (Mind Tools 1998)
THE SOLUTION
By introducing SEA’s “Beyond the Chalkboard” audience response system; SEA’s has taken ordinary training to new levels of comprehension. “The goal was to get the participant to go beyond their current level of comprehension and push past the ‘good training program – had a nice time’ evaluations usually received from attendees after training events.” So the SEA team explored numerous training techniques and presentation concepts and developed ways to capture and quantify the actual learning that took place at training presentations. And the results were shocking! By introducing the Beyond the Chalkboard Audience Response System, SEA has dramatically increased the comprehension of our participant beyond the best known training methods. “We are navigating the waters with the student, if an idea or concept is not fully understood we can discover that quickly and adjust our training to meet the student’s needs.” “If the concept is known don’t teach it to them again – just refresh them and move forward: If the concept is unknown don’t brush over it – then teach them.”CONCLUSION
Being able to turn to an enthusiastically received system is a great way to get people up to speed quickly while assuring the appropriate level of learning occurs.- Good Training = Good Employee Habits
- Good Employee Habits = Safe and Productive Work
- Safe and Productive Work = Less Loss from Hazards or Poor Attitude
- Less Time from Hazards or Poor Attitude = Better Production at a lower cost
- Better Production at a Lower Cost = Strong Bottom Line
