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The document summarizes a needs assessment report for a high school career readiness workshop pilot program. Key issues identified include a lack of cohesion among workshop organizers, incomplete needs analysis of students, and poor workshop design. Gaps in performance were attributed to lack of support from administrators, incomplete environmental analysis, and instructors' lack of instructional design skills. Recommended solutions involve providing training, job aids, and feedback to organizers, as well as incentives to motivate committee members.

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Kirkland

The document summarizes a needs assessment report for a high school career readiness workshop pilot program. Key issues identified include a lack of cohesion among workshop organizers, incomplete needs analysis of students, and poor workshop design. Gaps in performance were attributed to lack of support from administrators, incomplete environmental analysis, and instructors' lack of instructional design skills. Recommended solutions involve providing training, job aids, and feedback to organizers, as well as incentives to motivate committee members.

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Needs Assessment

Report Presentation
by:
La Donna Howell
Background
• Dundee High School has received a grant to develop a series of
Workplace Readiness Workshops aimed at preparing teenagers for
the world of work.
• These Workshops were intended to serve as a pilot project for later
implementation in all three of the high schools in Dundee County.
• Terry Kirkland has been hired as an Instructional Designer to assist the
pre-existing committee of teachers who were unsuccessful in getting
the project off the ground the year before.
Problems

• Lack of cohesion between committee members and Kirkland


• Lack of presence and communication between head administrators
and committee
• Lack of commitment and dedication from teachers
• Incomplete needs analysis
• Haphazard Workshop design
• Inexperienced Instructional Designer
Performance Gap

• Non-inclusion of key stakeholders

• Inaccurate identification of student needs

• Absence of procedural analysis to determine actual needs

• Haphazard design and development of workshop


Key Findings
Performance Drivers (or Causes of Gap) Performance Questions Cause Examples
Lack of Environmental Support (Data, Information and How well are people given data, information, Little to no feedback from head administrators during
Feedback) feedback to perform when they are needed? the planning stages led to poor decision making and
non-relevant content of the Workshop.
No set performance standards (guidelines,
expectations, etc.) led to deficiencies in the Workshop
content.
Lack of Environmental Support (Work Environment How well are people supported with resources, Incomplete needs assessment led to the Workshop
Support, Resources, Tools) tools, equipment? addressing the needs of only one segment of
participants.
Resources to perform a substantial beta testing of the
Workshop were not present leading to an ineffective
final Workshop.
Lack of Environmental Support (Consequences, How well do performers see the results or The teachers and Instructional Designer were not
Incentives, Rewards) consequences of what they do? rewarded or recognized for their efforts.
How well are they rewarded or provided with No incentives present.
incentives?
Lack of Repertory of Behavior (Skills and How well do performers' knowledge and skills Teachers do not possess an Instructional Design
Knowledge) match performance requirements? skillset.

Terry Kirkland is sufficiently proficient in ID on


paper but not fully competent in its practical
application.
Solutions

• Training - Although qualified in ID, training will be extended to Terry Kirkland with an
Performance
emphasis on developing Needs Assessment competencies.
Support
(Instructional)
• Job Performance Aids - The committee members who are teachers and not
accustomed to planning Workshop with ‘how to’ manuals which inform on the
Non requisite steps to effectively and efficiently execute s will be furnished such an
Instructional undertaking. This will also come in handy as a ‘do over’ of the last failed Workshop is
imminent.
• Feedback - A post mortem of the Workshop will be done and quality managerial feedback will be
Personal forthcoming to let committee members know what went wrong and why. Going forward, a two-
Development way feedback and communication conduit will be implemented so stakeholders can let committee
members know what is working and what should be fixed.

Human
• Motivation (Incentives and Rewards) - Committee members need to be rewarded and
recognized for efforts and accomplishments. This can take the form of monetary rewards,
Resource
Development formal public recognition, the gifting of tokens or gift certificates etc. as an expression of
gratitude especially coming from managerial figures.

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