Orphans and Vulnerable Children - CRIN

Part 2

The Seven Steps of Planning

Introduction

It is essential that any training should be well planned. Every training course needs preparation time.

This should normally be between three and eight days for each day’s training. You may reduce this

to a minimum of one day’s preparation for one day’s training if the same team are conducting the

same training with different groups. However, you should still allow time for adapting materials and

structures to the specific context and needs of the participants.

The methods and the content of this training, often the first to be considered, should be chosen only

after full consideration of the aims and objectives of the training, and the learning needs of the target

group. One way to ensure that all aspects have been considered is to check the seven steps of

planning: Why? Who? When? Where? What for? What? How? The steps are best done roughly

in this order, but some steps will also need to be considered together.

The seven steps in planning for training are the following:

 Why? The aims and objectives of the training

 Who? Those involved in the training process

• The learning group or participants


• The facilitators or trainers


• Support staff

 When? The training schedule

 Where? The training venue

 What for? The learning needs assessment

 What? The content of the training course

 How? Training methods

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