[rfu-membership] Fwd: training for new program co-hosts

[Noel L. Vivar]

I agree whole-heartedly with Lavana.

The only thing that I would add, is that officially trained trainers
should reasonably commit to some sort of weekly training hours.

On Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 11:39 AM, RANDALL R HAWKINS
<lrhawkins at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> I am in agreement that the more trainers the better.  And yes, there does
> need to be some sort of open way to be able to train.  However, just because
> someone has been trained, I don't think qualifies them to be a trainer.
> Stephen mentions training for trainers.  To me that means training on how to
> train others.  Which is different than just going through the training for
> oneself.  Perhaps it could be as simple as, the first time someone trains
> others, that an experienced trainer is also present.
>
> However, it sounds to me like Maggie is just asking if she can train  her
> own programming group.  Is she really interested in becoming an actual
> trainer? I have a couple of misgivings about people training their own
> program group.  Members of wrfu, need to be a part of the whole picture --
> and to do that they need to see the whole picture.  Not only is training
> your own programming group self serving, it also limits the view of the
> people getting trained.  Also, Maggie does seem to have good understanding
> of the station, however everyone always has small unique viewpoints or
> understandings.  By training her own programming group, these can become an
> entire group's understanding of how the station works.
>
> I would recomend training be a time to get ones to see more of the whole
> picture, and begin looking at ways to be a part of it.  Maggie strikes me as
> a person who tries to do this.  And it is difficult to coordinate the
> training times.  Perhaps I am just seeing a problem where there isn't one.
> Or seeing a problem that has a different solution.  But I have seen groups
> do this since we have been  here, and it seems like those groups can tend to
> think of themselves as wrfu.
>
> Lavana
>
> --- On Tue, 12/9/08, Stephen Fonzo <fonzo.stephen at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> From: Stephen Fonzo <fonzo.stephen at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [rfu-membership] Fwd: training for new program co-hosts
> To: "Andrew Ó Baoill" <andrew at funferal.org>
> Cc: "rfu-membership" <rfu-membership at lists.chambana.net>,
> mtaylo22 at illinois.edu
> Date: Tuesday, December 9, 2008, 6:52 PM
>
> Andrew,
>
> Thanks for raising this concern.  This seems to be a very appropriate time
> to start a contact list of trainers at the station - those willing and/or
> able to train new members.  As Media Training Advisor for the IMC, I am
> willing to be a contact and coordinator for this effort, and also offer to
> "train the trainers," to make sure they know everything and are
> comfortable.  We ideally want to have as many trainers as possible; this
> should not be a problem, given that there is hardly any esoteric knowledge
> required to be an airshifter or to train others.
>
> -Stephen
>
> On Tue, Dec 9, 2008 at 5:54 PM, Andrew Ó Baoill <andrew at funferal.org> wrote:
>>
>> Membership/Training - What's the current status of having members train
>> others? I know we want to balance making things flexible, with making sure
>> we've got some central knowledge/control of what's being implemented.
>> Perhaps someone could talk through the necessary aspects of training with
>> Maggie (she's already gone through training herself) to make sure she covers
>> all bases.
>> Andrew
>>
>> Begin forwarded message:
>>
>> From: <mtaylo22 at illinois.edu>
>> Date: December 9, 2008 10:51:27 AM CST
>> To: andrew at funferal.org
>> Subject: training for new program co-hosts
>> Hi Andrew,
>> I think Saturday went great.  I was happy to be involved in the event.
>>
>> I'm writing because, as you know, Alex and I are dropping the Amplified
>> Librarians show, but I will be applying for a new show with two new members
>> and hosts for the new show.
>>
>> I was wondering if it's possible for me to train these new folks on the
>> tech/studio/program operations?  If I am able to train them, where do I get
>> some guides and the sheet to sign off when they've completed the training?
>>
>> Thanks, Maggie
>>
>>
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>
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> Stephen Fonzo
> Media Training Advisor
> AmeriCorps CTC VISTA
> Urbana-Champaign Independent Media Center
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