Welcome to Creating a Year Long Training Plan

1. Welcome to Creating a Year Long Training Plan Amy Thompson

2. Agenda • Foundation • Introduction • Agenda Review • Mingle, Mingle, Mingle • Partnership Analysis • Set the Context • Getting Things Done • Strengthening Communities • Participant Development / Encouraging Responsibility • Training Plan Parts • Principles • Close

3. Mingle, Mingle, Mingle What part of their year long training plan are you most proud of? OR What is the greatest idea you have implemented that made a big difference in your training of members?

4. What is AmeriCorps? 1) Getting Things Done 2) Strengthening Communities 3) Participant Development – AKA Encouraging Responsibility and Expanding Opportunities

5. Group Discussions • What does this consist of? What are the essentials? • What knowledge, skills, and abilities do members need to walk away with? • What challenges, if any, do you face? • What resources do you know about? • What effective practices do your programs implement? • When and how long should this piece happen? • What ideas/strategies do you have (large group and beyond) that programs could implement?

6. Training Principles • Member agreement that clearly outlines expectations, agreements, and consequences, signed by member and organization point of contact • Written list of skills and knowledge members need to do their service • Conducts training assessments with members and sites to determine training needs • Carries out member pre-service orientation plan developed in conjunction with stakeholders that prepares members for the beginning of their service

7. Training Principles • Carries out a written, year-long training and development plan, developed in conjunction with program stakeholders, that assesses and develops members' service-specific skills • Creates opportunities for members to learn about the National Service movement and participate in national service days and activities with others streams of service programs, if available • Effectively trains members to support the recruitment and management of volunteers, as applicable to program design

8. Training Principles • Fosters positive attitudes with members regarding the value of lifelong citizenship and service for the common good • Provides training to members that raises their competencies around diversity/cultural competency/inclusion • Provides year-long training to members around Life After AmeriCorps • Provides members with information on agency and communities served

9. Training Principles • Assesses training effectiveness and makes modifications as needed • Carries out a written member evaluation plan, developed in conjunction with relevant stakeholders, that includes mid and end of term formal feedback as well as ongoing informal feedback; staff provides support for identified member needs

10. Resources National Service Resource Center www.nationalserviceresources.org From Blueprint to Implementation – Program Start Up Guide National AmeriCorps Listserv Other Programs Others?????

11. Thank You and Good Luck! Amy Thompson CAC Consulting 512.448.0401 CACconsulting@hotmail.com