Keeping current with training requirements
This communication is for Community Residential Providers impacted by training requirements outlined in RCW 74.39A:
- Supported Living
- Group Homes
- Group Training Homes
- Children’s Licensed Staff Residential
- Alternative Living
- Companion Homes
- State Operated Living Alternative (SOLA)
Rules for the training requirements are contained in Chapter 388-829 WAC and additional standards for the adult residential programs are located in Chapter 388-101D WAC.
COVID-19 Pandemic Response Updates
Suspensions and Emergency Rule Filings
Some training timelines are suspended under the COVID-19 Pandemic State of Emergency Proclamation 20-05. RCW/WACs remain suspended until September 1. This means that 40 hour CORE, 30 hours of Populations Specific training and Continuing Education Training remain suspended.
If WAC/RCWs are reinstated at this time. DSHS is filing an emergency rule to reset the date of hire and reset training timelines. Stay tuned for more information.
Virtualized Curriculum and Training Recommendations
DDA Residential Training Unit is recommending continuing to offer virtual trainings. DDA developed curriculum has been virtualized. The content has been updated to adapt to a virtual classroom. Virtual curriculum will be uploaded to the DDA Curriculum internet website in Aug 2020.
As you develop your virtual training plan, please consider Adult Learning Theory. Processing and retaining virtual content takes more focus and attention than in-person trainings. Adults also need to adapt to engaging in a virtual environment which is a new skill for many adults.
Please consider breaking day-long trainings into modules and offering asymmetrical learning opportunities (more information on this below).
For more information see the links below:
Virtual training survey (2019)
Six tips to design interactive virtual classroom training
What’s the optimal length of an eLearning course?
Upcoming training opportunities
Courses to support trainers using virtual platforms:
DDA is moving most training to virtual platforms as possible. The newest trainings follow:
Virtual Train-the-Trainer (TTT) Continuing Education (CE)
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Register for each class (Zoom links will only be sent to those registered)Trainer: Krista Nieman
- Beyond Mandated Reporting TTT - 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., August 17, 2020
- Generations in the Workplace TTT -9 a.m. to 12 p.m., August 18, 2020
- Unconscious Bias TTT - 1 to 4 p.m., August 18, 2020
- Beyond First Aid: Recognizing and Responding to Medical Emergencies TTT - 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., August 19, 2020
- Buzz on Adult Learners/Peer Coaching TTT (Day 1) - 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., August 20, 2020
- Peer Coaching TTT (Day 2) - 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., August 20-21, 2020
- Register for each course individually. Trainers receive CE credit for each course. Certificates will be awarded upon completion of each course.
Orientation: How to Train CE Series Curriculum Virtually (for experienced trainers)
This orientation is for those who completed the in-person Train-the-Trainer course in the following CE courses:
- Beyond Mandated Reporting
- Generations in the Workplace
- Unconscious Bias
- Beyond First Aid: Recognizing and Responding to Medical Emergencies
- Buzz on Adult Learners Peer Coaching (2-Day course)
- Receive guidance and strategies on how to adapt this curriculum for a virtual audience.
10 a.m. to 12 p.m. (Lunch) 1 to 3 p.m., September 17, 2020
- Use Computer audio OR Dial by your location (253) 215-8782 US (Tacoma)
- Trainer: Sarah Blanchette
- 6 CE credit hours (upon completion)
- No registration necessary, click on the Zoom link at 10 a.m.
New 40 hour CORE Train-the-Trainer (TTT) Academies
Two options: Select one for your agency/organization
Webinar-based 40-hour CORE TTT Academy: teaches trainers how to facilitate the 40-hour CORE in webinar format. DSPs will learn the 40-hour CORE curriculum live in an instructor-led structure and complete all work in class.
- Date: August 24 - 28, 2020
- Time: TBA upon registration
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Register limited to 12
- Trainer: LJ Keller (Service Alternatives)
- This will be a Zoom meeting
Online 40 hour CORE TTT Academy (Asymmetrical Learning): learn how to conduct an online course. Participants will learn to create a self-guided learning classroom. This will enable trainers to plan shorter classroom sessions and encourage more independent learning.
- Date: September 7-18, 2020 (short modules) In person session TBA upon registration
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Register class limited to 12 participants
- Trainer: Matthias Austin and Abby Schoppen (Volunteers of America)
- Virtual/Online course
NOTE: August 17-21 2020- 40 hour CORE TTT is postponed. Please sign up for the academy above.
How to Facilitate Virtual Presentations and Trainings
Learn best practices for creating, facilitating and troubleshooting technical difficulties during virtual presentations. Explore the Zoom platform and receive a bonus on different virtual systems such as GOTO Webinar, Skype for Business, Microsoft Teams and Google Hangouts. The training is open to everyone.
1 to 3:30 p.m., August 18, 2020
- Trainer: Sarah Blanchette
- 2.5 CE credit hours (upon completion)
- No registration necessary, click on the Zoom link at 1 p.m.
Technical monthly support webinars
Webinar schedule now - November 2020
Webinars offer:
- Answers to frequently asked questions (including resources during COVID-19 pandemic)
- Clarification for training requirements
- Opportunities for live interaction with peers
- Trainer and curriculum approval clinics
- Answer questions about trainer approvals
- Review new curriculum developed
- Catch up on any trainer or curriculum approvals pending
Upcoming training opportunities:
Register - August 11, 2020, 10 a.m. to noon
Register - September 8, 2020, 10 a.m. to noon
Register - October 7, 2020, 10 a.m. to noon
Register - November 10, 2020 10 a.m. to noon
Online Asymmetrical Learning: The Next Step In Virtual Training
Overnight, Washington state moved much of its workforce to virtual trainings. We have been creating virtual training rooms that look similar to our in-person training rooms.
Webinar-Based Learning
The training structure of the webinar-based learning mirror a traditional classroom and are familiar. A virtual class is scheduled for a specific time, with a live instructor. The participants are required to log in at specific time using a link to a web-based platform (Zoom, Skype, Microsoft Teams, etc). The participants engage with a live instructor, typically using video and audio with some chat features and written work.
This is known as a virtual classroom. The webinar-based training has a similar format to in-person trainings with the added advantages of participant-use multimedia tools in real time (polls, annotation, shared work documents, etc). The training has the capacity to reach more individuals in remote locations with no travel.
The disadvantages are we lose much of the non-verbal communication we come to depend on to assess learner comprehension, engagement and retention. Another disadvantage is trainings are still tied to specific time. Learners must focus (sometimes for long periods of time) on virtual content which takes more energy and focus than live settings. This causes fatigue and disengagement. Learners are also not able to work at their own pace. Instructors may struggle to meet differing needs of learners who are able to grasp training concepts quickly vs. learners needing more time.
Introducing Online Asymmetrical Learning
This l structure enables individual to engage with material in a self-guided way. Successful asymmetrical learning starts with a familiar webinar-based concept, where a class meets together, but the instructor introduces material, minimize direct instruction, assigns projects, and works outside of the training rooms for learners to engage. Instructors would use a multimedia approach using projects, group work, instructional video, etc. to guide work outside the classroom. There will be an orientation showing this structure once this academy development is complete.
Over time, learners engage with material in a more self-guided way. Instructors use coaching techniques to help individual learners through course content, hold small group discussions, assign group work and host reflection sessions. The training would end in a culminating project, assessment or learning accountability activity.
Starting in September DDA in partnership with Volunteers of America will be piloting a 40-hour CORE training structure using the Asymmetrical Learning format and testing its effectiveness while also continuing to use the traditional webinar -based structure.
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