From Classroom to Career: Inside AWS's Train the Trainer

Learn how this program helps educators prepare the welders of tomorrow
April 2026
By: ALICIA GARCIA

The Instructor’s Institute — an American Welding Society (AWS), Miami, Fla., annual event — is a unique professional development experience that allows one instructor from each AWS district to participate in an immersive, week-long program focused on instructional best practices.

Over the years, many have expressed interest in more professional development opportunities for welding educators, both novice and experienced, as well as a clear desire for training that is hands-on and directly applicable to today’..

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