Training Needs Assessment
What is the goal of a training?
To determine what needs can be met.
The SHE Tribe program took inspiration from what two projects using Community Based Participatory Research? (hint: ____-focused project & ____-focused project)
What is "research-focused and outreach-focused project"
Which model did Brown et al. use to organize the interviews?
Social-ecological model. The interviews were organized at five levels: intrapersonal, interpersonal, institutional, community, and public policy.
what is the first step to conducting a needs analysis?
Ask questions
What are one or more strategies used to engage community partners?
A. Surveys
B. Facilitated engagement activities
C. Ice breakers
D. Qualitative research skills
Both B and D are correct.
They used strategies like Show and Tell and Station Rotations as engaging activities, as well as Flip Charts and Models for research.
Youth and Elders are disconnected, but Elders know how to grow food and can pass on traditional ways. Which level is this?
Interpersonal. The generational gap and traditional ways belong to interpersonal and cultural norms. Elders knowing how to grow food is close to the intrapersonal level, but this question is about the gap between the two generations.
An employee is making frequent mistakes at work. What should the organization do FIRST?
A. Immediately assign additional training
B. Identify the cause of the performance problem
C. Replace the employee
D. Give everyone in the department the same training
B. Identify the cause of the performance problem
The following are all examples of what community engagement strategy:
- Having meetings during evening hours that fit each team members' schedules
- Community partners compensated for their time
- Each member knew at least one other person on the team
What is "Partnership-Building Practices and Structure"
The interviews showed who already had the skill, and what most residents lacked. Which pair is correct?
A. Youth had the skill; residents lacked policy support.
B. The tribal college had the skill; residents lacked land.
C. Elders had the skill; residents lacked gardening knowledge and confidence.
D. Outside trainers had the skill; residents lacked interest.
C
An employee is struggling at work. Why shouldn't an organization automatically assume they need more training?
The problem may be caused by something other than a knowledge or skill gap.
Such as unclear expectations, lack of resources, motivation, policies, or other organizational factors.
What was it about this training method that made the SHE tribe successful in the end?
The researchers worked with the community to identify specific needs before developing a program as opposed to giving them a program without working with them and building their trust first.
What step would you choose first when you try to teach gardening?
A. Gardening skills and confidence
B. How to work with Elders and youth together
C. Water, transport, and food policy
D.Something else—training is not the first move
D. In this study, some gaps were trainable: people lacked gardening knowledge and confidence, and Elders already had the skill. But water shutoffs, transport, and food-stamp convenience are not classroom problems. So the first step is the nine interviews and the community advisory board, not a gardening class. After that assessment, A and B become the training. C is a policy fix, not a lesson.