Female Certified Trainers Attend The Societal Training Project Developmental Workshops

        
The 1st Certified Trainers Forum included holding developmental workshops for societal training programs which was attended by certified female trainers at the Holiday Inn Hotel.

Through these workshops, the Center aims at reinforcing cooperation between female trainers from different regions of the Kingdom on one hand, and between them and the Center, as well as developing the societal training project for promoting dialogue.

The first workshop on "Developing the Dialogue Communication Skills Program" was presented by Mrs. Fatima Al Qahtani and Mrs. Reem Al Umaireeni. It included three subjects; developing training contents of the kit, developing scientific contents of the kit, and developing linguistic contents of the kit.

Participants set forth many ideas regarding program goals, timing and units. Recommendations included: reformulating the main objective, decreasing secondary objectives ( an objective for each unit ), adding examples from the Prophet's life on dialogue, deleting figurative stories and replacing them with real life stories from Arab heritage, reorganizing some activities of the program.

Moreover, the second workshop on " Certified Trainers' Occupational Development" was presented by Mrs. Hayat Al Dhaim and Mrs. Mouneera Al Akkas. It included three subjects; developing the certified trainers' program agenda, new skills in training, and pioneer experiences in training on promoting dialogue.

Participants recommended applying and developing the training kit so as to meet needs of all age groups, extending training hours, presenting and evaluating feedback on training, developing certified trainers' skills through providing advanced courses.

The third workshop on "Needs of Dialogue Promoters in Training" was presented by trainers Amaal Al Moalemi and Mudawi Al Gaith. It dealt with all needs of trainers and trainees of different age groups and scientific specializations. Moreovers, it was recommended to prepare and design dialogue skill programs for each age group, developing those skills through direct interaction and training, and working with literature clubs, summer centers and charity societies.

Finally, the fourth workshop on " Financial Environments of Professional Training " presented by Mrs. Fatimah Al Jarid and Mrs. Abeer Al Shoaibi, discussed elements of professional training environments, and how to deal with obstacles . Recommendations included adding detailed articles in agreements with other sectors especially the Ministry of Education, regulating a clear method in conducting these programs, raising awareness of the importance of promoting dialogue in working environments, and easing occupational burdens of certified trainers.

Moreover, Assistant to Sec-Gen of KACND Mrs. Wafa Al Tuwaijre mentioned that training in the field of dialogue came as a result from the Kings interest and commitment to promote dialogue. " In the beginning, training started with the one-day training program (Developing Communication Skills in Dialogue), which was conducted in all regions of the Kingdom including all segments of the society and presented by competent trainers," Al Tuwaijre added. In addition, Mrs. Wafa pointed out that afterwards the project of training started to expand to include training certified trainers around the country leading to train 1,200 certified trainers of both sexes who were successfully able to train more than 150,000 citizens from different sectors and age groups.