CTC Programming Reports

Again we met during Corps Day. Today we formalized our committee expectations and developed our milestones.

Expectations

1. Our group dynamics and characteristics will be as informal as possible.
2. Each person will perform according to their interests and abilities.

Milestones

1. Be ready to visit CTCs in mid-December.
2. Develop, distribute, and analyze a Site Survey of programs used and needed.
3. Get responses by 10/20/06.
4. Create a “need sheet” from the survey.
5. Update the blog.
6. Establish a sign-up board and a process for determining when we visit each site.
7. Visit all CTCs at least once by May 1, 2007.
8. Respond to other needs brought up by CTCs.

Survey

Renee and Rasheed proceeded to create the survey questions.

1. What are the main programs that you implement currently at your site? (No more than five)

2. In what way can these programs be improved or become more accessible?

3. In what areas are these programs lacking? What supplements would be useful for improvement? (Materials, trainings, tools, curriculum, etc.)

4. What programming support would help achieve the goals at your site?

During Corps Day, we had our first committee meetings. Members of the 2006-07 CTC Programming Committee are: Donathan Williams, Rasheed Ali, Renee Kaplan, and Rich Bergeron.

We decided on this year’s Mission Statement, Goals, and Activites.

Mission Statement
Help CTEP AmeriCorps members run their site programs more easily and efficiently.

Goals

1. Help CTCs find programs to use to do their job.
2. Create sustainable programs to be used effectively in the community.
3. Discover more adult educational and multi-lingual resources.

Activities

1. Create materials on how to develop a curriculum.
2. Expand our inventory of soft skill/job acquisition resources.
3. Establish youth programs – continuing and special events.
4. Establish adult literacy programs, including technical literacy
5. Determine how to build effective programs
6. Learn how to assess a situation and decide what is needed
7. Establish a database of programs and tools for members to utilize
8. Research and make accessible any sources of information for members to use
9. Run/facilitate some of these programs
10. Research best practices for programming with adults, youth, new immigrants, and people needing to improve technical skills.

Programs
We already know we need to work with:

1. Adult-Ed and multi-lingual
2. GED
3. ESL
4. Job Search
5. Learning to use technology
6. Work experience programs
7. Certification programs for OSHA requirements, forklift operators, etc.

We also felt close to a few items the members had listed under “other” because CTEP does not have enough people to form many new committees. These action items include:

* Organize in-house or member-run workshops for CTC members to develop specific technology-related skills.

* Help members understand good teaching / training practices and curriculum planning for sites.

We plan to play to committee members special abilities and needs:
Renee was very interested in updating the CTEP Programs blog from last yearDonathan is most interested in researching.