TRAINING AIDS To get the best results from training aids, use the following procedures: Always preview the aid. Look at the film, listen to the recording, examine the chart, and check the visibility of the chalkboard drawing before the instruction period. Never lose valuable instruction time and waste the time of the trainees by stopping instruction to learn how to use or adjust an aid. During your preview, check for points that need clarification or emphasis. Select and prepare aids that emphasize or illustrate points in the lesson. Rarely, if ever, use aids only because they are pretty or nice to look at. Test the usefulness of an aid by asking yourself what important points it reveals or clarifies. Plan how and when you will use aids during the lesson. Mount or prepare the aid, but do not expose it in advance.   Exposed   aids   may   distract   the   group’s attention from other steps in the lesson. Plan how you will introduce and what you will say about an aid. Provide time for the trainees to view, listen to, examine, handle, or operate the aid. However, don’t expect them to listen to you at the same time they are reading or studying the aid. When  possible,  have  a  trainee  take  over  as  the instructor by going through the explanations and steps you have given. That will help clear misconceptions and keep the trainees’ attention. Be sure every trainee can see and hear the aid and has the opportunity to handle it if required. When using an aid, stand so that you do not block the trainees’ view; use a pointer to locate parts on the aid; and above all, talk to the trainees, not to the aid. COMMAND TRAINING TEAM There are vital mandatory training needs that are given command wide for the purpose of informing and keeping  everyone  up  to  date  on  areas  such  as  fire fighting,  safety,  personal  rights,  responsibilities,  and equal opportunity issues and policies. Training teams are   formed   in   the   command   to   accomplish   this mandatory  training  mission.  The  command  training team (CTT) consists of command personnel trained to present the Navy Rights and Responsibilities (NR&R) workshop. All  personnel  must  attend  an  NR&R  workshop within 90 days of reporting to a new permanent duty station.  Commands  must  conduct  training  frequently enough  to  keep  the  class  size  below  20  people.  All lesson topics follow an NR&R workshop course guide provided by the Chief of Naval Education and Training (CNET). Everyone fills out a critique sheet as a means of  feedback  on  workshop  effectiveness.  Commands hold  an  all-hands  NR&R  workshop  annually.  The annual   workshop   includes   sexual   harassment prevention  training,  review  of  the  latest  Navy  equal opportunity  (EO)  policies  and  the  Navy  EO  climate, and a forum for discussing Chief of Naval Operations and  command-specific  issues.  The  annual  workshop, held  in  conjunction  with  the  annual  EO  command assessment, uses a training guide provided by CNET. Prospective CTT members receive formal training in  conducting  NR&R  workshops.  They  receive  the training  from  a  CNET  activity,  mobile  training  team (MTT), or by an equal opportunity program specialist (EOPS) from a major command or staff. The following guidelines apply to the CTT: Each  Navy  command,  except  those  with  less than 50 military personnel, appoints a CTT consisting of a minimum of two members in paygrade E-6 or above who  are  trained  in  conducting  NR&R  workshops. Minimum CTT size is as follows: 1-19 Q17. Training aids should be in plain view when classroom instruction begins. 1. True 2. False REVIEW QUESTION Q16. After instruction, when the trainee is required physically to repeat the steps in a procedure, what method of teaching should have been used by the instructor? 1. Telling 2. Lecturing 3. Demonstrating 4. Discussing