NEWS RELEASE

Office of External Communications

Houston, TX 77204-5017 Fax: 713.743.8199

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
January 17, 2006

Contact: Contact: Mike Emery
713.743.8186 (office)
713.415.6551 (pager)
pemery@uh.edu

NEW UH PROGRAM PREPARES NOVICE WORKPLACE TRAINERS

Effective training is vital to any organization. Without it, employees may not understand a company’s goals, perform inadequately, and unintentionally commit costly errors in the workplace.

The New Trainers Certificate Program (NTCP) offered by the University of Houston’s College of Technology will focus on teaching training design and techniques and communication skills to professionals from all fields. The program is being facilitated by the college’s Human Development and Consumer Sciences Department and is open to the public.

NTCP consists of four sessions taught by a combination of faculty and industry experts. Sessions will be conducted from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Jan. 27 – 28 (Session I – Foundations of Workplace Learning), Feb. 10 – 11(Session II – Designing and Developing Effective Training), Feb. 24 – 25 (Session III – Delivering a Positive Learning Experience), and March 3 – 4 (Session IV - The 1, 2, 3s of Evaluating Training).

“NTCP is geared toward subject matter experts who are required to train but do not have training experience,” said Consuelo Waight, UH professor of training and development and instructor for Session I. “Our goal is to develop subject matter experts who can design and facilitate training with a performance improvement mindset.”

Each participant will receive a Certificate of Completion for every session completed and a Certificate of Achievement (CEA) completing all four sessions. In addition to the CEA, those attending every session will receive continuing education units and may be able later to apply for three credit units toward a Master of Science in Human Resources Development, should participants decide to enroll in the university program.

The NTCP fee is $2,500. Individual sessions are $675. There is a group discount for three or more participants attending from the same organization.

For registration information, contact Lisa Del Grande at 713-743-4637 or ldel@uh.edu.

WHAT: New Trainers Certificate Program

WHEN: Jan. 27 – 28; Feb. 10 – 11; Feb. 24 – 25; March 3 – 4.

WHERE: University of Houston - Cameron Building, Room 109 (corner of Wheeler Ave. and Cullen Blvd.)

WHO: University of Houston’s College of Technology

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