After reflecting over everything I learned in class this semester and what was most impactful to me, there are a few things that had a great impact. First, was the lesson plan. Having been with my current organization for 18 years, you can imagine the amount of training classes I have attended, I never gave any thought to how much goes into the planning. I wrote my lesson plan on a topic that I feel I am very informed on but while I was working on the lesson plan, I had to go back several time because I realized that I left out this step or I should say that at this point. A complete and full lesson plan is pinnacle to the new hires success. Planning out all of the goals and objectives proved to be far more difficult that I could have ever
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WOW! How hard it was initially! Videos take a lot of planning and implementation. I have a new found respect for anyone who does it on a regular basis. Shooting the videos showed me how much of a perfectionist I was, and I say was, because by the time we got to my third video, I had surgery that week and just had to settle for the small hiccup that was in the video editing. The videos also taught me to be very organized and clear. Something else that resonated with me was reading in Davis, (p.157) “Research has shown that students achievements correlated most highly with two characteristics of effective teachers (Feldman, 1989). One is preparation and organization. The other is clarity and “understandableness.” In conclusion, I went back and reread my narrative part one, and do feel that this class helped me achieve my primary goal of significantly improving my leadership and training skills. I have been able to utilize concepts and theories in my current position, especially with the acquisition transitions taking place. It has especially been helpful with my new hire training. We currently do not have any training available for our current system because we are transitioning to the new organizations system. Video 3 provides the new hires on the legacy system with training material for our loan closing
WOW! How hard it was initially! Videos take a lot of planning and implementation. I have a new found respect for anyone who does it on a regular basis. Shooting the videos showed me how much of a perfectionist I was, and I say was, because by the time we got to my third video, I had surgery that week and just had to settle for the small hiccup that was in the video editing. The videos also taught me to be very organized and clear. Something else that resonated with me was reading in Davis, (p.157) “Research has shown that students achievements correlated most highly with two characteristics of effective teachers (Feldman, 1989). One is preparation and organization. The other is clarity and “understandableness.” In conclusion, I went back and reread my narrative part one, and do feel that this class helped me achieve my primary goal of significantly improving my leadership and training skills. I have been able to utilize concepts and theories in my current position, especially with the acquisition transitions taking place. It has especially been helpful with my new hire training. We currently do not have any training available for our current system because we are transitioning to the new organizations system. Video 3 provides the new hires on the legacy system with training material for our loan closing