Part of the training I am doing starts with what is called CT Bootcamp.

CT is for Credentialed Trainer and the Bootcamp is the training I am receiving to become credentialed prior to teaching the end user in a few weeks. We have been doing sessions called teach backs, this is when we teach each other what we’ve learned; maybe Monday we have one of the ID [Instructional Designers] go through a lesson and the next day, we teach it back to the group: teach backs.

Part of the credentialing process is to do a teach back for a panel and take an assessment. The panel teach back is for several people from the software company, people from the project team, instructional designers and one or more clinicians from your track. The other part of the credentiatling process is to take an assessment, this is an online test.

Today, we had our panel teach backs and had to teach one lesson that we decided on yesterday. I selected something I know well, feel confident and knew I could blow them out of the park. That was the good part. The bad part, I was number 6 in the group and they started at 1pm. By the time they got to me, I was lucky they were awake! I kid, but you can imagine what it’s like sitting there hour after hour lisenting and possibly not following along! So, there I was in the lobby area, waiting and waiting and waiting.

Finally it was my turn, I walked in and turned it on! I was engaging, energetic, enthusiastic, these are all words they used when giving feedback. There were two criticisms I received and one was right on point…I talked to fast! I know I talked too fast today, we had a lot of ground to cover and not a lot of time. When my time was up, I heard duck quacks, that was the timer going off.

When I was done, they gave me feedback, then I left and headed downtown to Bar Louie with ET to meet the rest of the group. We all exchanged stories of our experience and the great part was as each person came out, they gave feedback and some advice for the next person and so on, that was stellar!

I was pumped when I finished and left the room, headed to Bar Louie and then the fun began. Happy hour specials and $1 burgers, can you believe it? Yes, even veggie burgers!

Best part? While we were sitting there, we all started to get emails…We had passed this portion of the credentialing process…WAHOO! We didn’t have to wait a week for the results. Next, we take the assessment and once we pass..We are credentialed trainers! I can add Willow to my resume, I am credentialed in two other modules.

Go Willow Team! We rock!