November 05, 2003

New training packages for educators

One of my major concerns over many years has been the quality of the training that childbirth educators undertake before launching into the field of parent education. Many are just “thrown in” and find themselves in front of a group, terrified at the prospect of interacting with adult learners and feeling less than competent to facilitate an effective educational opportunity for them.

Birth International has been investigating how we can provide shorter courses, apart from our Graduate Diploma in Childbirth Education, that would enable more educators to update or expand their skills in parenting education.

Today we had a very productive meeting with the Sydney CEO of Community Services and Health Training Australia (CSHTA), with a view to expanding the range of training courses that we offer. There are a number of training packages that already exist within CSHTA that will be of interest to those working in the field of childbirth education (and other health and related fields) that we are now considering adding to the portfolio of accredited Courses available through Birth International. As a Registered Training Organisation we are authorised to issue Statements of Attainment for training packages that we have registered to provide.

The beauty of these modules is that they are generic in nature, that is the competencies they measure can be applied in any appropriate field. Foe example, the “Run Small Groups” module of the Certificate IV in Workplace Training and Assessment that we will offer could be undertaken by anyone who will be facilitating small group work. This, of course, is immediately applicable to childbirth educators, but could be used by those working in other fields, even outside the health sector.

The modules we will offer will also articulate into the Graduate Diploma, so that a pathway of gradual study can be undertaken by those who don’t have the time for the concentrated effort required of a Graduate Diploma. Having completed a number of smaller modules, exemptions will be possible from some of the units of study in the Graduate Diploma, making it easier to complete the full Course over a longer period of time than is now possible.

Look for details in the New Year (one the website and in our next January catalogue) of the modules that will be offering. Most will be available as distance learning packs and some will have workshop content. All will have inbuilt assessment tasks that will enable competencies to be proven, leading to the issuing of the appropriate Statement of Attainment.

These are exciting developments and we will be working on them over the coming weeks. Look for announcements in the New Year - there is bound to be a training module amongst our collection that will be useful for you to undertake, to gain further accredited qualifications and to improve your skills in the workplace.

Posted by andrea at November 05, 2003 04:00 PM

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