Field Training Officer Seminar – Course Overview

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DAY 1: Key Elements of Successful Field Training Officer Programs

• Organizational Structure of a Field Training Program
• Managing/Supervision of the Field Training Program
• Selection and Training of the FTO
• Development of the Recruit Task Book
• Identify Content Validity and Reliability
• Separation/Termination Process
• Roles of Supervision and Management
• Customizing to your Agency – Modifying Evaluation Criteria

Day 2: Performance Evaluation:

• The “7 Point Rating Scale”
• Establish a content valid performance evaluation
• Objective use of the Standardized Evaluation Guidelines
• Providing honest and effective numerical and written documentation.
• Effective use of “Charting”
• Review examples of acceptable documentation
• Report Writing Exercises

Day 3: Practicing Evaluation & Documentation; Teaching and Learning

• Group exercises involving video scenarios utilizing the DOR and SEG.
• Practical narrative exercises
• Legal issues and the Field Training program

Day 4: Teaching and Learning

• Principals of behavior modification
• Adult learning principals
• Creating and maintaining an effective learning environment
• Laws of Learning
• Principals of human motivation
• Effective communication skills
• Understanding the generational difference

Day 5: Teaching and Learning, continues

• Adult education strategies
• Providing effective feedback
• Remedial training strategies & exercises
• Harnessing the power of the subconscious – “The Pygmalion Effect”
• Ethical issues and the Field Training Program
• Role Play exercises
• Test & Course Evaluation

Each student receives their own reference: The Field Training Concept in Criminal Justice Agencies; Glenn F. Kaminsky, Author.
All instruction is re-enforced with Practical Individual/Group Exercises, Videos, Handouts, In-depth Discussions, Role Plays, Power Point Presentations and Demonstration.

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