Training from the Back of the Room (TBR) Practitioner Class

Why Should You Attend the TBR Practitioner Class?

Teaching or facilitating learning is demanding work, especially when you want learners to stay engaged and actually retain what they learn. Whether you are a teacher, trainer, project manager, instructional coach, or leader, you may be asked to design and lead learning without a clear, repeatable framework for how to do it well.

The Training from the Back of the Room (TBR) Practitioner Class provides a proven, practical approach to designing and facilitating learning that is grounded in Learning Principles and supports meaningful learning in a safe and supportive learning environment.

Rather than relying on lecture-heavy sessions or slide decks that fade fast, you will learn a 4-step instructional design process and a practical tool kit that helps you engage learners before, during, and after any lesson, workshop, or training session. The result is learning that is engaging, inclusive, and designed for real-world application.

What You’ll Experience

During this highly interactive two-day course, you will learn how to apply Accelerated Learning and instructional design strategies to create compelling, engaging, and memorable learning experiences for both students and adults.

You will experience the TBR model as a learner while actively designing lessons, workshops, and learning experiences relevant to your own context, whether that is a classroom, professional development setting, project team, or leadership environment.

Whether you are new to facilitation or an experienced educator or leader, you will leave with practical ideas and strategies that help learners get more from the learning you design and lead.

What’s in It for You?

The TBR Practitioner Class focuses on how people learn best and how to apply six core Learning Principles consistently when teaching or facilitating others.

You will learn how to:

• Design learning that is engaging, inclusive, and purposeful

• Support attention, retention, and transfer of learning

• Create learning experiences that learners value and remember

• Facilitate with confidence using a clear, repeatable structure

This is practical, research-informed learning you can use immediately.

The TBR Practitioner Class Will Help You:

• Design high-quality learning experiences

• Build engaging lessons, workshops, and training sessions

• Deliver learning that learners or your team genuinely value

• Set yourself up for successful teaching and facilitation across contexts

Who Should Attend?

The Training from the Back of the Room Practitioner Class is for anyone who wants to design, build, and deliver engaging and memorable learning grounded in Learning Principles.

Participants include:

• Teachers

• Trainers and facilitators

• Instructional coaches

• Project managers/ Scrum Masters

• School and organisational leaders

• Learning and development professionals

What’s Included?

• Two days of engaging, interactive learning in a safe and supportive learning environment

• A participant workbook packed with strategies, activities, and ideas you can use immediately

• A copy of Training from the Back of the Room: 65 Ways to Step Aside and Let Them Learn by Sharon L. Bowman

• A Certificate of Completion and the right to call yourself a TBR Practitioner

• Access to the global Heartbeat community for ongoing collaboration and learning

• Coffee breaks and lunch are offered

Learning Outcomes

By the end of the two-day TBR Practitioner Class, participants will be able to:

• Apply six Learning Principles consistently when teaching or facilitating, regardless of context, group size, or learner profile

• Use the 4Cs Map as a design and facilitation model for learning experiences

• Increase learner engagement, retention, and application of learning

• Select and adapt learning activities for classroom, workshop, virtual, and blended environments

• Combine their own content with TBR strategies to design effective learning experiences

• Confidently explain and justify instructional choices using Learning Principles

• Facilitate learning that supports a safe and supportive learning environment

Registration Fee

Early Bird Registration: CHF 1,095

Regular Registration: CHF 1,195

For schools and organisations, this investment supports stronger instructional practice and more effective professional learning. For individuals, it provides a portable, internationally recognised credential with immediate, practical impact.

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