Train the Trainer Four day Program
Dates: February 18th - 21st, 2025
Live, Eat and Learn on campus for the week
Location: New England Laborers' Training Academy, 37 East Street, Hopkinton, MA 01748
Join us for a four day program of "Train the Trainer." Where teachers will participate in an externship program to learn more about horizontal construction with the intention of increasing learning opportunities for students interested in horizontal construction. Teachers will also bring this enhanced knowledge of the industry and its career pathways back to the academic setting to be shared with students, school counselors, educators and parents. Ten graduates of the Massachusetts Pre-Apprenticeship Program will stay on campus for the week. NELTA Instructors will help train you to teach your incoming classes.
Classroom activities may include: Craft Orientation, Basic Construction Math, Healthy Back, Financial Literacy
Hands on activities may include: Cutting and Burning, Welding, Pneumatic Tools, Manhole Invert, Pipe Laying - install hydrant, Concrete Practices and Procedures, Hoisting and Rigging - Hand Signals, Asphalt Practices and Procedures, Demolition, Work Zone Safety and Flagger Certification
- Up to 10 Vocational School Teachers will be selected to participate.
- Teachers are required to submit a Power Point lesson plan to be shared at the conclusion on the four days on what you learned during the program.
- Each teacher will be eligible for a $3,200 stipend upon completion of the four day long program and the receipt of Power Point lesson plan detailing how horizontal construction activities will be introduced in the academic setting.
- You may choose to live on campus for the week or commute.
This program is funded by the Massachusetts Department of Transportation with instruction by the New England Laborers' Union.
