The Course Certification Project team began by reviewing the steps required by POST staff and constituents seeking to have a course certified. Staff are reviewing the following components of the course certification process to determine what is necessary going forward, what requires updates, and how the processes can be streamlined:
- Course Certification Regulations in the POST Administrative Manual (PAM)
- Training Administrator’s Course
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Training Needs Assessment
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Course budget
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Hourly Distribution schedules
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Expanded Course Outlines
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POST Standardized Curriculum
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Instructor Resumes
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Communication between POST and presenters
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EDI
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Conferences
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Continuing Professional Training/Perishable Skills Program
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Workflow
- Standardization
In order to involve as many stakeholders as possible, TPS staff will use both a survey distributed to stakeholders throughout California, and a series of workshops involving internal and external subject matter experts.
A survey for the field is currently being developed with Dr. Shelley Weiss Spilberg of POST staff. The survey will give both past and present training managers and presenters an opportunity to participate in the Course Certification Project. Participants will be asked to identify the challenges they have encountered obtaining course certification and to offer constructive solutions. Participants may choose to be anonymous. The survey will be made available in January 2017, with the resulting data available for use in February 2017.
Beta testing the survey will begin at the first workshop on January 19th, 2017. A series of workshops will continue monthly until June 2017. The workshops will utilize information derived from the survey to inform the process of course certification review and create change that is relevant to POST's mission, Strategic Plan, and stakeholders. The workshops will include an analysis of survey data, a brief exploration into the history of course certification, a study of best practices, and the collaborative development of strategies for change. Strategies will include an element of stewardship and long-term vision for course certification. The current tentative project timeline will conclude the research, analysis, best practices, and strategies phase by July 2017. Implementation should be completed by December 2017.
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