14. How will you monitor and evaluate the program?

Your proposal should have a mechanism for evaluating and reviewing the program. Monitoring and reviewing are crucial, especially for a joint program.

• What are the criteria for success?
• Who judges whether the program is successful or not?
• When and how often will a review be conducted?

15. Bringing the proposal back to the union.

Your written proposal should be brought back to the union. It should go through your education committee, your executive committee, before a membership meeting and before it goes to the bargaining committee. In this way, your proposal can be fine tuned and ownership built on the part of the membership and leadership.

16. Draft some contract language.

You will need to draft some contract language to accompany your proposal.

• Use some of the clauses in the back of this handbook for reference.
• Use clear, understandable language (see CLC resource, Making It Clear: Clear Language for Union Communications, 1999). This is always important in a collective agreement, and especially so in provisions around basic skills programs.