Step 3. Define Training Goals and Objectives

After assessing the needs and expectations of participants, you are ready to define goals and objectives for the training. This provide criteria for:
clarifying expected outcomes
outlining training content
planning specific training activities
selecting/developing materials
designing evaluation procedures
communicating program intent to the training participants and others (such as program administrators and supervisors)
Making sure training is realistic and appropriate for intended purposes
A training goal should be broad, spell out who will be affected and what will change as a result of the training.
Sample Goal: To increase knowledge of HIV/AIDS among health educators in your city
Objectives are more precise, specifying a path for achieving the program goal(s). They should state as specifically as possible the after-training result that you are trying to achieve, including what will change, who will change, under what conditions, and to what extent.
Sample Objective: By the end of the training, participants will be able to identify three ways that HIV is transmitted.

Sample Objective: By the end of the training, participants will be able to list five ways to decrease the risk of becoming infected with HIV.
When developing your objectives, ask yourself what you want participants to know, say, and be able to do after leaving the training, and/or what actions you’d like them to take.

Then follow these steps, adapted from Jeary and Gerold’s Training Other People to Train: A Workshop on Training Adult Learners (1999):
1. List the ways you would like the training to benefit participants these are desired outcomes.
2. Work these desired outcomes into written objectives, keep in mind that participants want practical, usable knowledge.
3. Check your objectives from the perspective of participants. Will this objective meet their needs? Will it help you meet training goal(s)?
4. Set training priorities. Rank objectives according to importance - you might not be able to cover everything in one training session.
Remember to develop both overall objectives (for the entire training session) and separate objectives for each segment and/or day of the training workshop. Present the objectives to participants at the start of each segment and/or day. Having a clear direction helps to frame the segment and/or day

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