1. Conducting a Training Needs Assessment as a Partnership Initiative
Kristie
Conducting a Training Needs Assessment as a Partnership Initiative

2. Agenda
Introductions
Benefits
Survey Design
Survey Results
Next Steps

3. Partners Algonquin & Lakeshore Catholic District School Board
Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board
Greater Essex County District School Board
Hastings and Prince Edward District School Board
Renfrew County Catholic District School Board
Kristie
Needs Assessment – joint venture between 5 schools boards
Opportunity to share costs and survey results

4. Message
School Boards, regardless of size, geography and diversity, can achieve more with less by collaborating and working together towards a common goal.
Kristie – First 3 slides – 2 min

5. First Benefit – An Effective Use of Resources
Common Need
Cost Effective
Limited resources, time
Request for Proposal
Develop Survey
Differences (language, Catholic/Public, titles)
5 min
Michelle – how and why we got together, process, what was involved, meetings with the consultant, cultural/political issues, unions, job titles (e.g., administrative assistant classifications….)
The first benefit of collaboration is an effective use of resources:
Why/How we came together
Process, what was involved, how we had to meet a couple times with the consultant to develop the survey, making compromises on the content and developing common language, working through issues, both catholic and public boards represented, different unions, job titles, etc.

6. Second Benefit - Relationships
Support – manageable
Share Best Practices
Expand School Board Contacts
Synergy, motivating, meaningful
Commonalities
5 min
Gillian - Gave us the support we needed as we embarked on this very large project, make it less overwhelming and more manageable
An example is……
Continuation of the relationship into other area of our job, opportunity to share best practices
Expanding your contact list, know you have someone you can call if you need assistance
The second benefit of collaboration is the development of relationships with our colleagues at other Boards:
Gave us the support we needed as we embarked on this very large project, make it less overwhelming and more manageable

7. Third Benefit - Sharing of Ideas
What started off as a Needs Assessment Survey evolved into a platform for sharing best practices!
Newsletters/Brochures
Big Picture Series
Keynote Speakers
Training and Delivery Ideas
5 min
LuAnn
The third benefit of collaboration is the Training Needs Assessment Results and next steps:
present information from the survey results
comparison of Board sizes and demographics, show how different we all are but similar the results were
Five heads are better than one

8. Fourth Benefit – Planning Tool
PD data to use for planning
Board specific and aggregate data
Topic and group breakdowns
User friendly format
Gillian – outlines the groups surveyed, the areas of focus, way to map out pd planning
Internet and paper

9. Training Survey Topic Areas & Categories
Personal Growth & Development
IT Training
Working Relationships
Training Survey Topic Areas & Categories
Health Safety Wellness
Michelle –available on intranet and paper copies available
Educational Topics
General Interest and Personal Topics

10. Our Respondents Gender & Age Male 20% & Female 80% 66% Ages 45 – 63
Years Experience
27% > 20 years
18% 16 – 20 years
13% 11 – 15 years
25% 6 – 10 years
16% 1 – 5 years
Employee Group
27% Educational Resource Workers
21% Secretarial/Clerical
20% Custodial/Maintenance
Marian – 28% response rate

11. Survey says…………

12. Professional Growth & Development (16 Topics)12
Problem Solving
Assertiveness Training
Project Mgmt – planning & organizing
Mentoring & Coaching Skills
Managing Change
Michelle

13. Working Relationships (6 Topics)
Working with Difficult People
Managing Conflict
Working in Teams
Marian

14. General Interest & Personal (7 Topics)
Managing Stress
Planning your Retirement
OMERS
Marian

15. Health & Safety/Wellness (9 Topics)
Standard First Aid/CPR
Emergency Preparedness (Lockdown)
Ergonomics in the Workplace
Back Safety/Lifting and Carrying
LuAnn – Standard first aid and CPR was first choice for all boards

16. Education (10 Topics) Behaviour Management Systems
Safe Schools – Code of Conduct, Bullying
Assistive Technology
Child in Need of Protection
LuAnn

17. Information Technology (10 Topics)
MS Office Excel
(Outlook)
Computer Basics
Budget and Banking Software
Student Information Systems
LuAnn – excel and ppt were most for IT requests

18. Findings
Geographic and Size differences yet similarities in our training needs
Staff Comments
System Recognition of Support Staff of Training & Development Needs
Kristie

19. Next Steps As Partners we are advocating for a Provincial forum
On going PD Needs
OASBO Support
Kristie

20. Q & A
Questions? Thank you!
Kristie et al