REGION 5

Work Plan

Week Of 3/22/99
PDC	Identify eligible personnel and name Needs Assessment Task Force (NATF),; "NATF Scope of Work" proposed by FSU/DOE; debate, modify and adopt "NATF Scope of Work."
Phase I - Needs Assessment
Phase II - Training
Phase III - Evaluation
Week Of 3/29/99
PDC	PDC5 members report back to their constituencies.
Phase I - Needs Assessment	NATF5 devises data collection procedures: focus group protocols; document review procedures; and identification of key informant groups/contacts.
Phase II - Training
Phase III - Evaluation
Week Of 4/12/99
PDC	Stakeholder Representatives relay constituent concerns.
Phase I - Needs Assessment	NATF5 presents draft process for feedback.
Phase II - Training	PDC5 defines role, desired qualifications, selection process and selection criteria for regional institution; identifies LEAs and support organizations to solicit for regional training consultants. PDC5 and DOE prepare list of candidate institutions based on selection criteria for regional institution.
Phase III - Evaluation	Project staff introduce TATF concept as a means of assessing transfer of learning from regionally-delivered training; PDC5 identifies eligible and interested members and technical support from Region 5 for Transfer Assessment Task Force (TATF) and identify a priority order for inviting them to serve on the cross-regional TATF.
Week Of 4/19/99
PDC
Phase I - Needs Assessment	NATF5 initiates needs assessment to prepare results for next PDC5 meeting.
Phase II - Training
Phase III - Evaluation
Week Of 4/26/99
PDC
Phase I - Needs Assessment	NATF5 continues needs assessment; prepares interim report on needs assessment.
Phase II - Training
Phase III - Evaluation	NATF5 issues interim report to Council and stakeholders.
Week Of 5/3/99
PDC
Phase I - Needs Assessment	NATF5 analyzes and interprets results of needs assessment; drafts into initial report for next PDC5 meeting.
Phase II - Training
Phase III - Evaluation
Week Of 5/10/99
PDC	NATF presents results; PDC examines and critiques methodology used by Task Force and initial report and drafts into initial planning document on priority staff development needs.
Phase I - Needs Assessment	NATF5 presents needs assessment results and summary of the methodology used.
Phase II - Training	PDC5 reviews expressions of interest from potential regional institutions; names up to 6 regional consultants for Training Development Team (TDT); identifies additional outside resource people for TDT. Regional Institution for Region 2 selected.
Phase III - Evaluation	TATF representatives from Regions 2, 4 and 5 announced.
Week Of 5/24/99
PDC	PDC5 members discuss NATF approach and initial report and findings with constituents and report feedback to TDT.
Phase I - Needs Assessment
Phase II - Training	Region 5 regional institution lead personnel linked electronically. Electronic convocation produces plan for participation of lead institution in subsequent phases of project in Region 5.
Phase III - Evaluation	TATF develops data collection instruments and procedures for review at 4th PDC meetings in Regions 2, 4 and 5: 1) design for interviews with a sample of training participants, their students, responsible administrators, and clients (employers); 2) design for broad-based written survey of all participants and their administrators based on interviews from 1).
Week Of 5/31/99
PDC
Phase I - Needs Assessment
Phase II - Training	TDT5 develops training designs using three different modalities on the top three priority themes in region. Training designs to include interim assessment of satisfaction and relevance by participants and staff alike.
Phase III - Evaluation	TATF disseminates interim report by mail/electronically.
Week Of 6/7/99
PDC	Constituent reactions to report incorporated into final regional planning document on priority training needs. Draft regional manual on process.
Phase I - Needs Assessment
Phase II - Training	TDT5 submits training designs. Venues and timing of trainings finalized. Logistics assigned.
Phase III - Evaluation	TATF presents interview and survey designs for feedback in Region 5.
Week Of 6/14/99
PDC	PDC5 members discuss TATF approach with constituents and report feedback to TATF.
Phase I - Needs Assessment
Phase II - Training
Phase III - Evaluation
Week Of 6/21/99
PDC
Phase I - Needs Assessment
Phase II - Training	Training #1 held in Region 5. Evaluation questionnaire administered, analyzed, discussed and interpreted at the end of the training.
Phase III - Evaluation	TATF disseminates interim report by mail/electronically.
Week Of 6/28/99
PDC	PDC5 members discuss interim report with constituents and report feedback to TATF. Project staff disseminate Region 5 plan and manual for feedback electronically and solicit additional/final changes in two weeks.
Phase I - Needs Assessment
Phase II - Training
Phase III - Evaluation	TATF conducts in-depth interviews and focus groups to a sample of adult educators who participated in first training in Region 4.
Week Of 7/1/99
PDC
Phase I - Needs Assessment
Phase II - Training
Phase III - Evaluation	TATF administers broad-based written survey to all participants in first training in Region 4.
Week Of 7/12/99
PDC
Phase I - Needs Assessment
Phase II - Training	Training #2 held in Region 5. Evaluation questionnaire administered, analyzed, discussed and interpreted at the end of the training.
Phase III - Evaluation
Week Of 7/19/99
PDC	Project staff disseminate final drafts of Region 5 planning document and manual electronically and request votes within ten days.
Phase I - Needs Assessment
Phase II - Training
Phase III - Evaluation	TATF disseminates interim report by mail/electronically.
Week Of 7/26/99
PDC	PDC5 members discuss interim report with constituents and report feedback to TATF.
Phase I - Needs Assessment
Phase II - Training	Training #3 held in Region 5. Evaluation questionnaire administered, analyzed, discussed and interpreted at the end of the training.
Phase III - Evaluation	TATF analyzes and interprets results and drafts into a report for the 5th RPDAC meetings in Regions 2, 4 and 5.
Week Of 8/9/99
PDC	TATF submits report on findings, methods and critique of both. PDC examines and critiques the methodology used by the TATF and the report. PDC evaluates overall Project effort using focus group protocol; identify conditions necessary to sustain PDC efforts and formulate final recommendations for system reform to ensure quality professional development in 21st Century. Drafts final report with recommendations.
Phase I - Needs Assessment
Phase II - Training
Phase III - Evaluation
Week Of 8/16/99
PDC	PDC5 members discuss report on TATF findings, the methodology and critique of both with constituents and report feedback to TATF and project staff.
Phase I - Needs Assessment
Phase II - Training
Phase III - Evaluation
Week Of 8/23/99
PDC	Project staff compile feedback received from all review sources on Region 5 documents
Phase I - Needs Assessment
Phase II - Training
Phase III - Evaluation
Week Of 8/30/99
PDC	Region 5 first year work completed. Final regional plan and procedural manual including NATF and TATF procedures and final report and recommendations disseminated with feedback received from other sources for review, modification, and finalization. Final adoption vote requested within 10 days.
Phase I - Needs Assessment
Phase II - Training
Phase III - Evaluation