December 16, 2020 Delivery WG Call Notes
Contents
Action Items
Attendees
Zac, Brian, Chris, Kara, Jonathan
Agenda
- Active Projects Update
- Delivery WG 2021 workplan proposal
Call Notes
Active Projects Update
- Instructors list
- Jeff has a list ready to circulate, includes links to people’s contact info; we’ll keep this internal to this group until we decide how to roll it out to the JTC SC
- List is not as robust as we wanted it to be; have a few new people
- ERG is now on the list, did a good job with online teaching platform for WESTAR; ALL4 has also been added
- Can we take this to the next step and analyze how to cross-reference instructors with courses?
- It’s nuanced because of materials updates, people being SMEs but not course experts (e.g., APTI 423)
- Can we figure out how to get more contractors involved
- Action: Jeff to send the current instructors list to the WG
- Instructors RFQ
- Action: Zac to create a draft and send to this group for review
- Circulate it to the MJOs for soliciting new instructors
- Evaluation Update/Deployment
- EPA working on integrating into the new LMS
- Action: Chris will update us next month on the status
- Online learning training contract/RFP language
- Action: Zac to clean this up, and circulate to the MJOs
- Developed largely with input from MARAMA
- Information intense training delivery methods
- We need to circle back on this item and discuss
Delivery WG 2021 workplan proposal
- Task 1. RFP template
- Task Purpose: to give MJOs and funding agencies language to use for hiring training contractors to teach instructor-lead, online courses
- Further develop the draft contract language for instructor-lead online training
- Due Date: 1Q 2021
- Task 2. ADA 508 Compliance Support
- Task Purpose: to survey the current state of the training program, identify current activities, and plan for future accommodations for ADA/508 issues
- Organize a session for the JTC meeting series on ADA/508 compliance issues in training; including an informational/training session for MJO ** and state training coordinators
- Develop a white paper that describes how the national air pollution training program is addressing ADA/508 compliance
- Due Date: JTC Session (1Q 2021), White Paper (2Q 2021), Training (3Q/4Q 2021)
- Chris to contact Ashley about participating in the JTC session
- We need to confirm the agenda for the JTC session (see Session 8 on the agenda and provide feedback)
- WG to draft white paper early next month
- Include information about how are EPA and state training coordinators working on this
- Task 3. Instructors
- Task Purpose: to identify current and prospective instructors for the national training program
- Develop a memo with the inventory of current, active instructors
- Develop and release an RFQ to the MJOs to build up the instructor list for key curriculum areas
- Due Date: 1Q 2021
- Task 4. Evaluations
- Task Purpose: to implement standardized evaluations and to understand how to collect data for evaluating the effectiveness of the training program
- Promote the use of a standardized evaluation instrument across the training program
- Work with LMS to implement the new training instruments: classroom and online
- Research key performance indicators (KPIs) for training programs, and identify how to use data to measure the impacts of the training program
- Due Date: Evaluation (1Q 2021); KPIs (4Q 2021)
- Task 5. Training delivery lifecycle study
- Task Purpose: apply a holistic approach to understand the training delivery lifecycle (from initial demand through post-training evaluations
- Develop a conceptual framework of training delivery
- Use the framework to identify how to partner with training stakeholders and leverage resources across the JTC
- Use the framework to identify holes or weaknesses in the training delivery process (gap analysis)
- Due Date: 4Q 2021
