Lifelong Learning Toolkit

This toolkit was developed for "The Key to a Prepared Workforce: Public Health Lifelong Learning Conference" in April 2006, which showcased best practices for workforce development in North Carolina's local health departments.
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Contents:

Training Resources
Training Assessments
Training Plans
Facilitated Learning Teams
Training Facilities
Recruitment and Retention
Incentives
Staff Development
Public Health Preparedness Competencies
About Lifelong Learning and Workforce Development

 

 

Training Resources

All files are Microsoft Word documents unless otherwise indicated.

• North Carolina Center for Public Health Preparedness overview (Word)
• Lifelong Learning Initiative overview (Word)
• PublicHealthPreparedness.org overview (Word)
• Training Web Site overview (Word)
• Preparedness Training Series overview (Word)
• Centers for Public Health Preparedness overview (PDF)
• Training Resources for North Carolina Public Health Workers (Word)

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Training Assessments

• Workforce Development System Assessment Survey (Word)
  
• Alamance County Focus Group Guide (Word)
  
• Project Public Health Ready Assessment (Word)
  
• Tarrant County Guide and Assessment (Word)

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Training Plans

• Training Plans Overview (Word)
• Now I Need A Training Plan... Where Do I Start? (PDF)
• Training Plan Template (Word)
  
• Examples:
  • Northampton County Training Plan (Word)
    
  • Gaston County Training Plan (Word)

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Facilitated Learning Teams

• Stategies for Creating a Facilitated Learning Team (Word)
  
• Examples from Cabarrus Health Alliance:
  • Meeting Agenda 1 (Word)
  • Meeting Agenda 2 (Word)
  • Lifelong Learning Requirements (Word)
  • Lunch-n-Learn Flyer (Publisher) (also PDF)
    
• Training Evaluation Template (Word)
  
• Workshop Evaluation Template (Word)

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Training Facilities

• Strategies for Creating a Learning Lab or Resource Center (Word)
• Student Technical Requirements for Online Courses (Word)
  
• Bulletin Board Template:
  • Bulletin board layout template (Word) (also PDF)
    
  • Bulletin board title (Word) (also PDF)
    
  • PublicHealthPreparedness.org poster (request 11x17" poster)
    
  • NCCPHP Training Web Site poster (request 11x17" poster)
    
  • Essential Public Health Services (Word) (also PDF)
    
  • Emergency Preparedness Competencies (Word) (also PDF)
    
  • Featured Resource background (Word) (also PDF)
    
  • Featured Training background (Word) (also PDF)
    
  • Upcoming Events background (Word) (also PDF)
• Example from Gaston County:
  • Learning Resource Center Overview (Word)
    

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Recruitment and Retention

• Strategies to Address Public Health Worker Shortages (PDF)
• State Public Health Employee Worker Shortage Report (PDF)
• Webcast: Introduction to Job Action Sheets
  
• How to Use Job Action Sheets (PDF)
• Public Health Incident Command System Volume I (Word)
• Public Health Incident Command System Volume II--contains Job Action Sheets (Word)
• Example Job Descriptions:
  • Bioterrorism Coordinator (Word)
  • Public Health Preparedness Manager (Word)
• Example: Employee Emergency Contact Form (Word)
• Example: Performance Evaluation Form (Excel)

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Incentives

• Ideas for Developing Training Incentives (Word)
• Example: Training Certificate (Publisher) (also PDF)
  
• Community Tool Box - Providing Incentives for Staff and Volunteers (Word)
• Local Heroes Program Overview (PDF)

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Staff Development

• Personal Training Examples:
  • Personal Training Plan (PDF)
  • Employee Training Log (Excel)
• Community Toolbox - Developing Staff Orientation Programs (Word)
  
• Orientation Examples:
  • Orientation Itinerary (Word)
  • Orientation Slideset (PDF)
  • Orientation Completion Form (PDF)
    
• Mentoring in the Workplace (PowerPoint)
• Mentoring Benefits for Public Health Nurses (PDF)
• NACCHO Peer Assistance Network
  
• Community Tool Box - Peer Support Networks (Word)
  
• Personal Preparedness Resources (Word)

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Public Health Preparedness Competencies

• Bioterrorism & Emergency Readiness Competencies (PDF)
  
• Core Competencies for Public Health Professionals (PDF)
  
• Competencies to Curriculum Tool Kit: developing curricula for public health workers (PDF)

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Lifelong Learning and Workforce Development

• Roadmap for Public Health Workforce Preparedness (PDF)
• Lifelong Learning: Changing Mindsets (PDF)
• NCCPHP Lifelong Learning Initiative Literature Review (Word)
• Who Will Keep the Public Healthy? Summary and Chapter 6 (PDF)
• CSTE Special Report: Workforce Development Initiative (PDF)
• Public Health Workforce Study - Executive Summary (PDF)
• Improving Performance at the Local Level: Implementing a Public Health Learning Workforce Intervention (PDF)
• The Key Ingredient of the National Prevention Agenda: Workforce Development (PDF)
• A Guide for Assessing Strategic Training and Development Efforts (PDF)

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