Formative Evaluator's Report: Bridging the Gap, Phase II (Appendices)
  • Processes of selecting the instructor needs to be improved
  • If there could be more collaboration among the Academic Instructors – looking at each others manuals, or if there were a generic model. Just as a guide – to see how others did it. Challenge is that the manuals are confidential to that client.
  • More prep time for Academic Instructor
  • Include some student participation in the CLN.
  • Should we have more media coverage? It is a good news story that people will enjoy reading and learning about.
  • Acknowledge that the process of CLN is what already works in many communities and regions;
  • Change the selection process
  • Improve the communication of the roles and responsible of the CLN, particularly with people in the private sector. More than just communication but to a formal understanding.
  • Quicker to get things communicated.
  • Spend more time "to process forming" of the CLN in the first place. They gave Greg too much autonomy and they abdicated their responsibility. This will change.
  • Better orientation
  • Need a full commitment from all members. HRDC asked Betty to not send her emails about BTG unless there were direct dealings with one of her clients.
  • There should be an accountability from the people that decide to not be involved. There should be a recognition of the CLN Members to their supervisors from RNDA or the sponsor, for example.
  • A subject matter expert? – Yes it is a good idea. Provides a bit of a challenge. We don't know the sector until the employment partner was selected. Maybe a different role with a different engagement process as they would only be involved in that one for that sector. It has to be someone with a developmental role versus a regulatory role in the sector. It might be more work than it is worth. Maybe just at the Skill set Development Committee. But it could also be an eye opening experience for that individual. Important to keep the personality separate from the function. When they are just from one sector, that makes it difficult.
  • Sector specialists tend to have an industrial development mandate and are not focussed on the social side of it – they focus on the businesses and not on the individual side of it. Maybe as an advisory role. Or on the skills set design side of it all. Especially if the employment partner has a relationship with the sector specialist.