setting computer lesson classes up

lorrie1

i am considering tryin to set up my own training courses from beginners computers to intermediate level - i have just recieved a diploma in Teaching Practices and ICT Skill. At present i am doing a bit of private training from home

is there any course i would need in addition to the above to maybe get classes setup

Karoma

To be honest, most of your trainees will want some widely-recognised paperwork as a reward, such as an ECDL.

Ruu_Old

Following on from what Karoma said, check out ICS Skills (certification body for the ECDL in Ireland) and perhaps you could become a test centre when you the classes up and running. The requirements are listed on the website.

orika1

There are no qualifacations required to run a course. Nothing! If you can hire a room, provide computers, advertise, fill the places - then you have a course. Now, I agree most beginners/intermediate people are interested in the ECDL, but there are a lot of middle aged people out there who just want to get over their fear of computers, they just want to be able to mail their children or book a holiday or type a letter etc..

If you are pitching your course at beginners, it is not your knowledge or qualifications that is really important, it is your ability to put people at their ease and teach them not to intimidated by technolgy. It requires lots of patients, they don't really care how much you know or don't know, as far as they are concerned you know 'everything'. I trained at all levels for years and you would be amazed how intimidated people of a certain age can be by technology. So if you can get them over this and teach them a few useful things then that is great, then you can move on to fine tuning oracle server databases.. only joking

Qualifactions really are more useful if you are looking for a job with a training company etc.. they will all want some sort of formal qualifaction, but you have that anyway. Good luck.

lorrie1

Because i am only starting out, i am unsure of how to advertise, how did you advertise when you were training did you do it privately

[QUOTE=orika1 I trained at all levels for years and you would be amazed how intimidated people of a certain age can be by technology. So if you can get them over this and teach them a few useful things then that is great,

orika1

Not so sure about the advertising side of things but it shouldn't be too difficult to figure out. :rolleyes:

Tom Dunne

The best advice would be to get a job in an already established training company, see how they do it, see what's wrong with how they do it, and then go out on your own.

Taking a small add out in a local newspaper could be a start. Setting up a website and then getting linked from regional websites could be another. Hell, if you wanted to go the whole hog, pay Google for adwords (or whatever they call it) so that when someone does a search for "Wexford Computer Training" they will get to your website.

It depends on how much capital you have starting off.