When
Thursday July 30, 2015
1:00 PM to 2:30 PM Eastern Daylight Time
12:00 PM to 1:30 PM Central Daylight Time
11:00 AM to 12:30 PM Mountain Daylight Time
10:00 AM to 11:30 AM Pacific Daylight Time
9:00 AM to 10:30 AM Alaska Daylight Time
7:00 AM to 8:30 AM Hawaii Standard Time
Where
This is an online event. You will receive connection instructions upon registration.Contact
Sharon KollarNational Child Welfare Workforce Institute
518-442-5291
skollar@albany.edu
Mind the Gap #4: Child Welfare Competencies in Action
When:
National Webinar: Thursday, July 30, 2015, from 1-2:30 pm EDT
Learning Exchange: Wednesday, August 5, 2015, from 2:30-3:30 pm EDT
What:
This webinar will share the conceptual framework, essential components and functions of child welfare competencies through a discussion of competency-based training systems.
Presenters will explain how the Ohio Child Welfare Training Program, established in 1985, uses competencies as the cornerstone of its training system and has evolved to use them in conjunction with core learning objectives and training transfer indicators to measure training effectiveness and support supervisors in encouraging transfer of learning. Presenters will demonstrate an online survey process for gathering data on individual and aggregate training needs, and using it along with child welfare competencies to create Individual Development Plans. They will also explain how competencies can:
- Be used during key informant discussions with agency supervisors, managers and directors to pinpoint specific training needs;
- Help explain specific training needs to trainers;
- Be integrated into trainer observation processes;
- Support learning objectives that can be incorporated into workshop-specific training evaluations;
- Inform training transfer indicators to help supervisors assess the degree to which transfer of learning has occurred, and determine areas for additional knowledge or skill development.
They will share the steps involved in creating and implementing Ohio’s competency-based training system; strategies, tips and tools; and, lessons learned, public agency experiences, and efforts to expand effectiveness and impact going forward.
On the follow-up learning exchange, participants will hear about Rhode Island’s experience with their own competency-based individual learning needs assessment survey.
Who:
Webinar presenters include Nan Beeler, Christina Carter, and Kyle Hoffman, Institute for Human Services; Natalie Adams & Melissa Palmer, Franklin County Children Services; and, Sheila Shafer & Kristin Waltz, Athens County Children Services. Learning Exchange presenters include: Carol Fox, RI Department of Children, Youth and Families, and Lori Herz, University of Rhode Island Center for Human Services. For more information, please explore our Presenter Bios.
