Appendix F – Research Instruments

CLN Focus Group Questions – Initial

• Goals for the BTG programs? What do you hope to be the legacies of the BTG process?
• What do they hope the CLNs contribute to BTG?
• What do they perceive are the strengths and weaknesses of BTG?
• How do they define success? Failure?
• How can BTG be improved for the future?
• Do you think BTG will become a "standing program"? Why or Why not?

CLN Focus Group Questions - Concluding

• How would you characterize your experience with this program?
• How would you improve it if you could do it over again?
• What do you think the CLN added to the process and the program, if anything?
• What did RNDA add/detract from the process?
• How could the CLN process be improved?
• Where there other benefits/costs to working together as a CLN?
• Do you feel the program has been successful? How?

Employment Partner Questions – Initial

• How is the project going overall?
• What do you think of the Participant Selection Process?
• What do you think of the role of the Program Co–ordinator?
• What do you think of the role of the Provincial Co–ordinator and Finance?
• Anything you would do differently

Employment Partner Questions – Concluding

• Overall perception of the program?
• Interaction with the participants?
• Academic Instructor?
• Project Co–ordinator?
• How can it be improved? If you were going to do it all over again, anything you would do different, or and advice you'd pass along?
• Meetings and everything not too onerous?
• Did you get what you expected?