Instructor Guidance

PDF files require Acrobat Reader; DOC files require Microsoft Word; and PPT files require Microsoft Powerpoint.

Soil Science Division Training Instructor Guide (DOC; 354 KB)

Lesson Outlines and Lesson Plans

• Lesson Outline Template (DOC; 49 KB)
• Activities That Make Training Interactive (DOC; 33 KB)
• Creating a Lesson Plan (PDF; 334 KB)
• Lesson Plan Format (PDF; 19 KB)
• Lesson Plan Template (DOC; 44 KB)
• Example Lesson Plan (PDF; 27 KB)
• Writing Training Objectives (PDF; 188 KB)
• Performance Objectives Worksheet (DOC; 27 KB)
• Cognitive Performance Objective Action Verbs (PDF; 60 KB)

Tips

• Creating PowerPoint Presentations (PDF; 283 KB)
• NRCS Official PowerPoint Template (PPT; 66 KB)
• Effective Presentations (PDF; 64 KB)
• Learner Participation (PDF; 55 KB)
• Use of Small Groups (PDF; 44 KB)
• Use of Flip Charts (PDF; 45 KB)
• Use of Handouts (PDF; 43 KB)
• Using and Answering Questions (PDF; 50 KB)
• Closing Sessions (PDF; 56 KB)
• Creating Job Aids (PDF; 157 KB)

Test Questions

• Writing Test Questions (PDF; 45 KB)
• Test Question Development Guidelines and Template (PDF; 27 KB)
• Item Record Card (PDF; 40 KB)
  • Example (PDF; 51 KB)

NEDC Instructional Systems Design

AgLearn Trainer Skills Workshop (After logging in, use the “Simple Catalog Search”) -- a 4-day Train the Trainer classroom course

USDA’s Graduate School Instructor Training