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Class Size
The upper end of the size of the class is typically between 10 to 12 students. This is pretty much an industry standard since most instructors can usually manage that number of students successfully, but we will work to accommodate your needs.
Here is some food for thought regarding the size of the class.
- With many students the amount of questions and answers will unavoidably dig into the normal routine Lecture / Hands-on time...hence forcing a shorter lecture or hands-on period ...or rushing the end of the training. Almost uniformly in every case of past training that exceeded a dozen or so we have received negative feedback regarding some aspect of the class that stemmed from the size.
- Part of the value of our classes is that we work with each student individually during the hands on portion of the class. This is one of the more noteworthy differences between our classes and others. With more than 10 - 12 students the amount of quality 1 on 1 time degrades very significantly.
- This is sort of a reiteration of the two earlier points, but we intend that every student be able to freely ask questions ...and be able to receive a good thorough answer. These questions occur during the lab portion of the training as well as the lecture portion. The questions and answers during the lecture portion are at times even more valuable to the whole of the class than the one on one individual questions. This particular aspect of the class is what brings the training to the level of a custom class ...specifically addressing the exact interests of the attendees as a whole. With a large number of students this is not only very difficult, but is practically impossible, and we will likely have to only entertain a limited amount of questions. We have had some classes in the past were it was decided to restrict the amount of questioning, as determined by certain internal class moderators. This is not really in your best interests, and has resulted in poor class evaluations and limited understanding for some users.
- A large class should require two instructors. As a note, if you go to any software conference that allows that many attendees in it and you will find that the instructor is not alone. There is a very good reason for this as detailed here.
- Our interests by far are primarily aimed at the resulting effectiveness for the attending students.
- As you can probably tell this is a sensitive subject with us. We pride ourselves in having developed the most successful InRoads training program available, a fact proven by many hundreds of class evaluations. We have been training, mentoring and assisting new and experienced users for almost two decades now ...and we have seen what does and what doesn't produce results. Our experience has led us to 1) Only do those things that are in the best technical interest of the user, 2) Teach an excellent class that produces excellent results. 3) Provide a class of sufficient quality that contains more return value than the cost of the class.
Location & Logistics
Most of the training that Zen Engineering has provided takes place at the client's facility. This is either a dedicated training room or a conference room. This can also be a local college or hotel facility. We have found that the lowest cost training occurs when the client travel is eliminated, so we have no problem coming to you.
There are a number of details that need to be worked out in preparation for the training class, and these are all coordinated by either the instructor or our internal Technical Services Department.
Another alternative is to have the training at our facility in Glendale, CA. Feel free to discuss this alternative if it fits your needs.
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