Action Items

Attendees

Zac, Jeff, Brian, Kara, Jonathan, Chris, Ashley

February Action Items

Zac, Jeff, Kara, Jonathan: Finalize agenda for March 9 ADA/508 compliance webinar; status: done
Zac, Jeff, Ashley, Kara, Jonathan: Finalize agenda for March 23 delivery webinar; status: done
Jeff: review MJO course needs assessments and engage WG to figure how to summarize the information; status: ongoing
All: consider how to combine the course material status and demand to identify instructors and SMEs; status: ongoing
Zac: send EPA course material catalog to the group: Relative Age of Courses | MJO Updated Courses | Course Master List; status: done
All: review workgroup charter and be prepared to discuss on the next call; status: TBD
Zac: add online delivery contract language up on the wiki as a reso

Workgroup Charter

WG charter: should be define the scope of the coursework? are we talking about just the contract courses, or broader application; add a sentence all types including contracting, and NOWCC
Benefits of online training
Do we include training trainers in the scope? No, we’ve moved to explicitly stating in the contracts what we need from the trainers for online training
EPA is handling the training of the NOWCC instructors; how do we plan to train them? Can we get to a place where the training coordinators don’t need to be on the webinar the entire time?
States haven’t had too many issues with online training; this applies to instructors who primarily did classroom training only;
Doesn’t cover training the trainers on virtual training
Action Zac incorporate and send to SC co-leads

JTC Session 7: Using Data to Improve Delivery

Objectives: convey best practices resources, demonstration data for decision making, convey instructors list and needs, get MJOs to agree on an approach for course needs survey; instructor recruitment from
Chris: time-keeper; facilitator: Zac, note taker: Jeff
Zac: send final agenda to Jonathan
Put best practices last to include Sarah and Justin
Need to get this on the LMS (Jonathan)
Communication about the session: discuss on call tomorrow

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
Status: Complete
Deliverable: JTC Online training resources for course organizers

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)
Status: JTC Sessions complete; begin work on white paper

Task 3: Instructors/SME List

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
Status: Complete
Deliverable: Subject Matter Expert List (Dec 2020)

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
Draft an instructor/SME/auditor evaluation instrument (date?)
Due Date: Evaluation (1Q 2021); KPIs (4Q 2021)
Status: Course evaluation implemented in new LMS; instructor’s evaluation is pending

Task 5: Training Delivery Lifecycle

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
Status: draft lifecycle conceptual model developed by Jeff G. (December 16, 2020); see update lifecyle document from Chris (reforward to Zac)