Step Three: Identification of Applicable Tools & Resources
Step Four
Program & Training Development, Evaluation, and Delivery
Your framework should be unique to the needs of your community. This often means that in addition to using the pre-developed resources in Step Three, you will need to adapt, develop, pilot, and evaluate program and training materials of your own.
Program & Training Development
While there are a breadth of resources available that you've had the chance to explore in Step Three, your community may have unique needs that need to be addressed through new programs and trainings. Your next step is to identify existing gaps in resources.
Gaps can be addressed by working with community members, employers, and local organizations to adapt existing resources to your needs or develop net-new resources.
Framework Evaluation
Evaluation of the effectiveness of your Indigenous Workplace Learning Framework is an important step in its development.
Successful evaluation is dependent on answering four important questions:
1. What will you evaluate?
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What do you want to know about your framework?
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What’s most important for you to understand?
2. What data do you need to collect?
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How will you know you've had success?
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How will you measure success?
3. How will you collect data?
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Where will you get the information? Participants, employers, other community members?
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From what sources? Surveys, program evaluation tools, narrative feedback?
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Who’s going to collect it?
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Who will be responsible for summarizing and reporting results?
4. When do you need to connect data?
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How frequently will you collect data?
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How frequently will you report on your progress?
Things you should be thinking about to measure success:
Unemployed Participants
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Number of unemployed persons who receive training
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Percentage of persons who show improvements in one or more of the nine Skills for Success areas
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Number of persons who report barriers to their entry into the workforce were reduced
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Percentage of persons employed
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Number of persons who feel improved Skills for Success contributed to successful employment
Employed Participants
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Percentage of employees who report their ability to meet on-the-job demands improved after training
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Percentage of employees who receive improved employment evaluations after training
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Number of employees who report increased job satisfaction
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Number of employees who receive promotions or advance in the workplace after training
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Number of employers who report reduced employee turnover
Employers/Communities
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Percentage of employers/communities that develop and implement localized Skills for Success training solutions for Indigenous employees (current and potential)
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Number of employers/communities who report and increased understanding of their Indigenous employees' workplace Skills for Success needs
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Percentage of employers who change and/or adapt policies, procedures, or and training activities to meet the needs of low-literacy employees/potential employees
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Percentage of employers who report improved job function and productivity of Indigenous employees who take training
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Percentage of employers who implement strategies to reduce barriers to employment for Indigenous people
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Number of employers who increase ability to recruit and retain Indigenous people
Community
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Number of Skills for Success training programs available to Indigenous populations
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Number of communities who disseminate learnings to their communities
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Number of new partnerships formed