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Module
6: Wrap-up and Evaluation
Time
Approximately 15 minutes
Rationale
Participants need opportunities to conclude unfinished items,
reflect on and commit to practicing skills and knowledge
gained from this training and express his/her learning from
the training through an evaluation component.
Learning
Objectives
When this module is complete, the participant will be able
to:
IIdentify
the next steps he/she will take to bring the information
discussed in this training back to his/her unit
Activities
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Wrap-up discussion (5 minutes)
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Exercise: Create a Personal Learning Plan identifying
a problem or situation where you can use material from
this workshop back in the office (10 minutes)
Sample
Materials
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Flipchart of Participant’s Desired Expectations (from
Day 1)
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Personal Learning Plan (Section II.6.1)
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Post-training Skills and Knowledge Evaluation form (Section
II.6.2)
Advance Preparation
Make sure flip chart, markers, newsprint pad, overheads
and overhead projector are in the room.
Determine
who will follow-up on the implementation of the Personal
Learning Plan, how and when.
Glossary
of Terms
Bibliography
and Suggested Reading
Trainer's
Instructions
1. Thank participants for their good work, attention and
contributions. If there were any 'aha', funny or memorable
moments, recollect them with the group.
2. Refer
to the flipchart of participant expectations and review
the progress toward achieving them, offering ideas for closure
for any expectations that didn't get satisfied.
3. Introduce
the next activity, developing a personal learning plan,
using the following as a guide:
In
this training we have examined the requirements of ASFA
and the way that implementing ASFA has changed child welfare
practice, the child protective system and your job. We highlighted
five themes during our time together:
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assuring that agency systems support effective child welfare
practice
- increasing
reliance on data and reports to support decision making
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supporting practice that strengthens families, assures
child and youth safety, permanency and well-being, matches
individualized needs with services and promotes self-sufficiency
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communicating the importance of child welfare outcomes
to staff, courts, tribes and community partners and
- collaborating
with key internal and external stakeholders to ensure
a focus on the goals of achieving safety, permanency and
well-being for children, youth and families.
While
doing that, we have been practicing the skills of planning,
collaboration and using data to enhance decision making,
which are key skills for managers and supervisors. These
skills, combined with more general supervisory and managerial
skills, are fundamental to effective child welfare practice.
4. Ask
participants to pull out and review their Assessment of
Core Competencies. (Section II.3.2) completed the previous
day. Refer to the Personal Learning Plan (Section II.6.2)
handout. Continue your presentation using the following
as a guide.
At
this point we have almost finished the classroom portion
of this training. However, we hope that once you get back
to your office you will continue to use the skills you have
learned and practiced during this training or work on some
of the skills you identified as ones you want to enhance.
During the next few minutes we would like you to identify
what you will do to implement one of the concepts presented
in this curriculum or to enhance one of your skills. It
can be a plan to initiate an outcomes based management technique
with your unit or team or some other aspect of the training.
Think about the discussions you need to have and the activities
and actions you need to take to implement your activity.
5. Ask
participants to take ten minutes to complete the Personal
Learning Plan.
6. Mention
how the Personal Learning Plan activities will be followed-up,
who will do the follow-up and when it will be done. Provide
information on who to turn to with questions on implementing
the plan.
7. Ask
for any last minute questions and address any raised.
8. Thank
participants for their hard work and cooperation.
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