Purpose:
The purpose of
this report is to identify the criteria that will be used by the CGSA to
determine if it will develop a training program or enter into an
agreement with another party to develop a training program and the
conditions that would apply to any such agreement.
Background:
The
Board of Directors has mandated the
Professional Development and Research Committee (PDR) to develop
guidelines for use by the CGSA in the development or evaluation of
future training programs. These guidelines should be clearly
enunciated and should assist the Association in its deliberations with
respect to the development of a new training program as well as
assisting external organizations or individuals in determining the
topics and format that should be used to encourage CGSA support for
their program.
Proposal:
The GCSAA has
developed a set of program guidelines that are comprehensive and yet
straightforward and easy to understand and interpret. Although
modifications may be necessary in the details, the “Guidelines for
Designing Seminars” currently used by the GCSAA would serve the
CGSA well in its desire to expand and develop its own national seminar
program. Currently, CGSA readily endorses any GCSAA approved
training program for credits toward the Master Superintendent
recertification requirements and it also regularly offers these programs
to members across
Canada.
The following
criteria are similar to those used by GCSAA and are proposed for the
CGSA:
- The seminar
must address one or more of the identified superintendent
competencies;
- The seminar
must identify one or more learning objectives for the training
program;
- The seminar
must be designed in such a way so as to have identifiable strategies and
materials for transferring the skills learned in the training
“room” to the job;
- The program
should include appropriate learning activities that are competency
based, that address the learning objectives as set out and that may
include participant pre-work, and;
- The seminar
must incorporate methods to encourage the transfer of new knowledge and
techniques to the job.
These criteria
are supported by a set of standards that are the parallel of our
National Occupational Standards. In addition, GCSAA has developed
a set of facilitator guidelines to assist seminar delivery agents in
preparing for and presenting their seminars. These are akin to the
adult education guidelines developed by many Associations involved in
continuing education.
For our part,
we may also want to consider the adoption of some business related
guidelines related to the development of new training programs.
These guidelines would include the following:
- Initial
submission for program support would need to address the above
criteria
- PDR Committee
would review and determine if proposal would be recommended to the Board
or, alternatively, PDR Committee could be delegated authority to proceed
with a project, based on available budget allocations;
- Final program
materials and seminar outline must be approved by the PDR
Committee;
- CGSA must
retain rights to publish or use materials for e-education or distance
education delivery;
- Author(s) must
agree to conduct up to 4 seminars for CGSA;
- Compensation
for program development will be at the discretion of the CGSA and could
be one or any combination of cash payment, percentage of seminar
receipts or manual sales or the provision of goods or services,
and;
- Original
author would have “first right of refusal” for any revision
process.
