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| − | The task of reviewing the hundreds of courses currently in the Training Program will be managed by organizing the Collaborative around subject matter teams. Each team will be charged with reviewing and maintaining the materials for different subject matter areas. Team membership will include two co-leads. One co-lead will be from EPA, the other will be from a state agency or an MJO. The co-leads must | + | The task of reviewing the hundreds of courses currently in the Training Program will be managed by organizing the Collaborative around subject matter teams. Each team will be charged with reviewing and maintaining the materials for different subject matter areas. Team membership will include two co-leads. One co-lead will be from EPA, the other will be from a state agency or an MJO. The co-leads must have experience with the subject matter area and be well-connected in the national community for that area. The co-leads are responsible for prioritizing issues related to the review and maintenance of the training materials, leading the interaction with the team members, and ensuring that outputs from the team are communicated to the coordinating committee in the agreed upon timeframes. |
The co-leads will recruit additional team members, as needed, to support the course material review. Team members are responsible for contributing to the effort of reviewing the course materials and prioritizing improvements to the materials. | The co-leads will recruit additional team members, as needed, to support the course material review. Team members are responsible for contributing to the effort of reviewing the course materials and prioritizing improvements to the materials. | ||
Revision as of 13:31, 16 November 2018
Contents
Overview
The National Air Pollution Training Program Collaborative was formed to review and develop training materials for the National Air Pollution Training Program (the Training Program). One component of this Training Program is to support the training of federal, state, local, and tribal (SLT) air agency staff by maintaining a library of course materials on different subjects related to air pollution management. A collaborative effort between federal, regional, and state air program staff is needed to continually review the course materials and to evaluate whether the materials are meeting the training needs of the SLT air programs.
Scope
The scope of this Collaborative is to review all Training Program course materials on a regular schedule and facilitate updates to the materials, as needed. In addition to reviewing the materials for updates, there are many courses in the Training Program curriculum that are underutilized. The Collaborative will review the courses in the curriculum and recommend removing and/or consolidating courses in order to streamline the task of managing the course materials. Finally, the Collaborative will identify courses materials that may be missing from the curriculum and develop recommendations for creating entirely new courses.
Subject Matter Teams
The task of reviewing the hundreds of courses currently in the Training Program will be managed by organizing the Collaborative around subject matter teams. Each team will be charged with reviewing and maintaining the materials for different subject matter areas. Team membership will include two co-leads. One co-lead will be from EPA, the other will be from a state agency or an MJO. The co-leads must have experience with the subject matter area and be well-connected in the national community for that area. The co-leads are responsible for prioritizing issues related to the review and maintenance of the training materials, leading the interaction with the team members, and ensuring that outputs from the team are communicated to the coordinating committee in the agreed upon timeframes.
The co-leads will recruit additional team members, as needed, to support the course material review. Team members are responsible for contributing to the effort of reviewing the course materials and prioritizing improvements to the materials.
The subject matter teams will work independently and in parallel on reviewing the course materials in their subject area in pursuit of creating recommendations and priorities for how to improve the materials within their domain. A coordination committee will provide logistical support and facilitation to the subject matter teams as they move toward the goal of fully updated course materials to support the training demands of SLT air agencies.
This wiki will be used to document the progress of the work within each team.
Coordination Committee
The coordination committee will provide governance and logistical support to the Collaborative subject matter teams. The coordination committee will be composed of two co-leads (EPA + MJO/state), each of the co-leads from the subject matter teams, and the MJO executive directors.
Subject Matter Team Wikis
The course materials are divided into the following subject matter areas, with several courses included in each area. Click on the links below to visit the wikis of each subject matter team.
