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Choose the Best Training Program for Your Community
Six Steps to Guide Your Decision-Making ProcessMatt Adolphe, Instructor
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Introduction
Let’s… • Help people succeed• Avoid unintended results• Have realistic expectations• Build the best programs• Ask for more support from our
community and program providers
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Agenda
• Step 1: Do a quick needs assessment• Step 2: Develop learning objectives • Step 3: Do a SWOT analysis• Step 4: Collect the data• Step 5: Use the results• Step 6: Negotiate with the provider• Conclusion
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Step 1: Do a quick needs assessment
• Who is taking the program? • What is their motivation program?• How can they benefit?• What do they require to be successful?• Who else benefits in general?• What results do you want to achieve?
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Step 2: Develop learning objectives• Provider programs are designed for a
different audience• Example: Skills for working in a band
office• What else can you think of?
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Step 3: Do a SWOT analysis• Strengths for the participants • Weaknesses of the program• Opportunities for the community• Threats to the success of participants
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Step 4: Collect the data• Contact other communities • Feedback about what worked and what
didn’t • Example: One community may tell you,
“The participants of our electrical program all excelled at the hands-on aspect, but only a few were able to pass the codes exam.”
• The gap: Participants needed upgrading
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Step 5: Use the results
• Don’t reinvent the wheel• Analyze program results elsewhere• What is the average completion rate?• How soon after do they find work?• Perhaps you need to build in more
components to ensure your participants are supported
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Possible results• Pathways for participants• Upgrading needed• Community involvement• Classroom advocate• Family social services • Flex days and elder support• Retention and recovery strategy• Mental preparedness training• Post-program support• Industry partners
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Step 6: Negotiate with provider
• Your participants need support• Classroom advocate• Post-program support• Providers should provide practicum
placements
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Conclusion
• Engaged participants• Clear pathways• Classroom advocate• End-of-program support to find work
and stay in it• If the few that venture out fail soon
after, then what will become of future programs?
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Thank you!
Matt Adolphe, Instructor, SAIT PolytechnicContact: [email protected]
sait-training.com
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