Planning Programs For Adult Learners

Ensuring people support for education and training programs

Complete the chart with ideas for how you could involve learners supervisors , and mid and upper level managers in an organization 's education and training activities . Be as specific as possible in naming the persons and or types of personnel you would like to include or have included

Before the program During the program After the program

What learners or participants can do Identify competencies that need to be improved based on line of works and on actual problems

Recommend most preferable schedules

of training

Identify probable training methods (whether actual field exposure controlled training facility or others . Actively participate in every activity and discussions

Cooperate in-group activities and with training facilitators

Inform training staff on needs to make the process more successful

Adhere to every rules imposed by the training management . Apply learning to the actual competency areas

Participate in the post training evaluation that would be conducted

Recommend further ways to improve the concluded training program What supervisors can do Evaluate the identified needs if in-line with work and priorities

Identify priority list of staff that would be included in the training program for better training out put without paralyzing department functions

Create a list of proposed training programs based on the needs with cost effective alternatives

Endorses identified priority programs , in coordination with Human Resource Dev 't (HRD ) section manager , in a form of proposals to middle or top level management for decision . Ensure active participation of the employees identified in the program

Provide logistic support in cooperation with HRD for the smooth implementation of the program

Monitor the progress of the training and the performance of the staff involved . Ensure the application of the knowledge gained on actual work

In coordination with HRD managers , conducts post evaluation test to determine levels of learning

Provides report to middle or top level managers on the outcome of the training and provide recommendations for future actions

What mid and upper level managers can do Evaluate training proposals based on HRD priorities , company policies and objectives , and available resources

Decide and approve programs based on completeness and reasonability

Endorses the proposal to HRD for implementation in coordination with specific unit supervisors . Ensure over-all management support in terms of manpower , financial , and other important physical resources

Monitors the progress of actual implementation of the training program Evaluate the effectiveness of the training program based on reports submitted

Conducts inspection and monitoring to ensure correctness of the report

Analyze cost benefit and decide whether program can be replicated

Provide such other actions based on the recommendations of the supervisors and HRD managers Review your ideas with a colleague and or your planning committee and revise as needed...