New World Survival · Community Capacity Field Manual

Teaching Garden Workshop Design & Delivery Workbook

Design a practical workshop backward from the learner's observable capability, then document demonstration, practice, feedback, proof, transfer and instructor continuity.

Capability rule: Attendance, satisfaction and watching a demonstration are not the same as demonstrating a skill.

1. Capability gap

What are learners currently unable to do reliably?

Evidence that training is the right response

2. Workshop type

☐ Information talk

☐ Demonstration

☐ Skills workshop

☐ Formal qualification / authorization training

What may we honestly claim after completion?

3. Learning objectives and proof

Objective: learner will...	Practice activity	Observable proof / assessment	Pass / success criteria

4. Prerequisites / boundaries

Prior knowledge / experience

Age / supervision if any

What this workshop does NOT authorize

Required previous module / orientation

5. Instructor competence

Requirement	Instructor evidence	Referral / limit
Subject knowledge
Research-based source competence
Demonstration skill
Observation / feedback skill
Safety / emergency knowledge
Credential / authorization if required

6. Authoritative source packet

Claim / procedure	Source	Local variation?	Instructor note

7. Safety / stop-condition plan

Hazard / failure	Control	Stop condition	Who monitors?

8. Accessibility / participation audit

Element	Usable?	Modification / aid	Owner
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9. Demonstration script

Stage	What instructor does	Decision / evidence explained	Common error / stop

10. Practice-station inventory

Station	Tools/materials	Learners per station	Instructor/assistant	Reset / cleanup

11. Feedback-capacity calculation

Minutes to observe one learner

Minutes for feedback / second attempt

Number of competent instructors / assistants

Available practice block

Maximum enrollment that still allows real observation and feedback

12. Learner practice / feedback record

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13. Skill-proof rubric

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For a hands-on skill, use performance evidence when practical. Do not replace an observable skill with a quiz merely because the quiz is easier to score.

14. Completion / capability language

Attendance wording

Demonstrated-skill wording

Formal credential wording if applicable

What we explicitly do not claim

15. Take-home job aid

☐ One-page task sequence

☐ Decision criteria

☐ Failure / stop conditions

☐ Local verification / Extension link

☐ Record / checklist if useful

☐ Next skill link

Job-aid title / file

16. Transfer / follow-up task

Real-world task	When	What evidence learner returns	Mentor / feedback route

17. Workshop evaluation

Measure	How collected	Result	Change
Attendance
Learner satisfaction / usefulness
Knowledge objective
Skill proof
Common failed step
Accommodation / access failure
Later skill use / transfer

18. Instructor package

☐ Capability gap / audience

☐ Objectives / proof rubric

☐ Agenda / timing

☐ Authoritative sources

☐ Safety / stop plan

☐ Accessibility / accommodations process

☐ Demonstration script

☐ Station / materials list

☐ Job aid / follow-up task

☐ Evaluation / revision history

19. Train-the-trainer rehearsal

Models task correctly	Facilitates practice	Gives useful feedback	Uses proof rubric	Approved?
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20. Annual workshop-library review

☐ Topic still solves a real garden need

☐ Objectives and sources are current

☐ Instructor credentials / competence still appropriate

☐ Safety / local-rule changes incorporated

☐ Accessibility issues from prior deliveries corrected

☐ Proof results show learners are gaining the skill

☐ Follow-up shows useful transfer or workshop has been redesigned

☐ Materials / station count support enrollment

☐ At least one backup instructor exists for recurring core workshops

☐ Weak or redundant workshops are revised or retired

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