| We’re very appreciative of your efforts to make this project a success and look forward to sharing the resulting video with you! Please remind your student photographers to take photos on Thursday. Beginning Friday, cameras and workbooks should be sent back to JBS in the return envelopes that came with your packages. If you have any questions, please contact Kathy Napierala at knapierala@jbsinternational.com or 240-645-4185.
We are very excited to see your photos and read any thoughts included in the workbooks! |
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We are very excited and appreciative of the many students participating in this important nationwide project! Be on the lookout for your student’s cameras and journals. They will be arriving shortly.
We, once again, want to apologize for any inconvenience from yesterday’s technical difficulties. |
| Due to technical difficulties, today’s webinar, Making “A Day in the Life” a Reality, has been cancelled. We apologize for any inconvenience to you and your students. The webinar is currently being recorded and will be made available in the next day or so. We appreciate your interest and help in this important project! |
| Recently, HPOG grantees were given the opportunity to select three students to participate in a nationwide project, A Day in the Life, that will chronicle the challenges and progress students experience in their daily life while completing training for a health care occupation. The response has been tremendous!
Students and grantees, please join us for today’s webinar, Making "A Day in the Life" a Reality, from 3:00 – 4:00 p.m. EDT to learn more from guest presenters, Kathy Napierala, video producer, and Michael Heckman, expert photographer. Topics will include:
What to expect for Photography Day – your camera, your task, and getting your photos back to JBS Simple secrets of taking a great picture How the video will come together
The webinar will be recorded and posted to the HPOG Community Website in approximately two business days. We do, however, encourage students to attend the live webinar, if possible.
Webinar Instructions:
Note: Joining the webinar should be done 5-10 minutes before the start time so there is time to load the WebEx program. |
| Have you ever looked at one of your students and marveled at the obstacles they overcome to beat the odds? Some travel many miles. Others take multiple buses, drop their children off at daycare, have little money for food or daily needs but walk in each day with a smile and kind word to greet you. Now is their chance to shine!
HPOG grantees will have the opportunity to select three students to participate in this nationwide project. Each student chosen will be provided with a disposable camera and asked to capture a photo from each hour of their daily lives. The sets of photos will then be combined in a video montage that chronicles the challenges and progress that students experience in their daily life while completing training for a health care occupation. Please note that photos from all participants may not be used in this video, but that the photos may be used in other ways in the future.
To be selected, participants must be available on Thursday, April 18th from 3:00 – 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time to participate in the Making "A Day in a Life" a Reality webinar, which will cover logistics, such as taking a great photo and making sure photographers know how to get signed releases from people in their photos. This webinar will be recorded in case there is a need to reference it later.
To be selected, participants must also be available on Thursday, April 25th for taking pictures of their daily experience. That way, all participants will be taking pictures on the same day across the country.
HPOG grantees should select participants that reflect the diversity of people served in terms of age, ethnicity, gender, occupational training provided and so on.
Disposable cameras will be sent to the grantees to be given to the selected participants, along with a return envelope to send the cameras to JBS International.
Grantees are asked to respond to Denise Donnahoo at PEP no later than April 16, 2013. Please send the names of three participants and the grantee address to which cameras and other materials may be sent to Denise at ddonnahoo@performexcel.com.
We look forward to highlighting your students in this unique and exciting opportunity!
Webinar Instructions:
Joining the webinar should be done 5-10 minutes before the start time so there is time to load the WebEx program.
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| Viktoryia Lotkina, our Assessment Subject Matter Expert, will be hosting Office Hours next Wednesday, April 17th, 2013 from 3:00 - 4:00 p.m. EDT.
Join us to learn:
Where to find FREE assessments. How to share assessment information with partners to save time and money. How to help students who score poorly.
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| Due to ongoing delays in the approval process, we are canceling the in-person HPOG Roundtables. In their place, we are in the process of creating new Virtual Roundtables!
Facilitators will come to your site and meet with grantee staff and stakeholders. Then you and the facilitator will:
Meet virtually with Subject Matter Experts and other grantees online; Share your contributions; Determine your own unique Action Plan and Next Steps; and Contribute to the Virtual Roundtable Workbook, the deliverable that will result from the efforts of grantee participants at each of the Virtual Roundtable Sessions.
With all of the tasks that HPOG programs are currently engaged in, we understand the limited time available for training and technical assistance and, as a result, are striving to make these sessions highly interactive and a valuable investment of your time.
Each Virtual Roundtable will be a one day event. And each HPOG program will have the opportunity to take part in one Virtual Roundtable. Please submit your first and second choice for attendance to Denise Donnahoo, ddonnahoo@performexcel.com, as soon as possible! We will structure the Roundtables based on time zone, so please know that you may not automatically be attending your first choice.
Sustainability
When: Wednesday, May 1, 2013
Who should attend: HPOG Program leadership and partners, such as Project Directors, TANF agencies and other partners who can help with future funding and resources. This Virtual Roundtable is for those who are developing partnerships or seeking additional resources to support the program.
What will be accomplished: You will refresh and expand your knowledge of the four pillars of sustainability: Partnership development; Marketing and Outreach; Resource Development and Internal Support. You will receive additional strategies and tools, and create a tailored sustainability plan for your organization.
TANF
When: Thursday, May 9, 2013
Who should attend: Project Director, Case Managers (HPOG staff who work with agency staff that refer TANF-eligible individuals), case managers who work directly with TANF eligible enrollees, and managers of both groups.
What will be accomplished: You will learn the ins and outs of maintaining TANF eligibility while training for health care occupations that your HPOG site offers. In particular, you will learn how to design an activity plan that will meet federal TANF work participation requirements, while still allowing individual participants to pursue educational goals through HPOG. Subject Matter Experts and facilitators will use interactive exercises to discover new ways to increase TANF collaboration.
Career Pathways
When: Tuesday, May 14, 2013
Who should attend: Project Director, adult education representative, WIB representative, Dean/Faculty/School administrator, TANF Representative, Representative from a university with whom you have an articulation agreement, Employer Partner, and other career pathway champions.
What will be accomplished: The goal of HPOG is to place TANF recipients and other low-income adults in jobs that provide current income and position them to advance to higher pay and responsibility--career pathways. This Virtual Roundtable will walk you through the practical steps you need to take to complete the pathway(s) you envision. Steps include ensuring that candidate assessments relate to course content, linking coursework to required exams and licenses, incorporating employers' needs into the pathway, and taking advantage of internships and other work-based learning strategies. Grantees will share their successes in these areas and how they achieved it. Recognizing that few career pathways are perfect, participants will receive and work on a diagnostic tool they can use to identify "gaps/glitches" in their career pathways, pinpoint underlying problems, and agree on solutions. After the session, grantees will be able to go back to their programs and replicate these models for other occupations and occupational clusters.
Employment and Employer Engagement
When: Thursday, May 16, 2013
Who should attend: Project Director, Job Developers, Employers (champions or individuals who have the ability to hire).
What will be accomplished: Each grantee will learn simple ways to engage employers and basic retention techniques. Specific tips for job developers will be identified. Employers will be invited to share their perspective and insights. Grantees will look at helping program participants develop work ready assets (timeliness, personal responsibility, etc.) which will give them and the HPOG program a great, value-added asset in the employer's eyes. |
| Do you find it challenging to find the right assessment tools? If so, please join us for today’s HPOG webinar, Assess for Success, from 3:00-4:00 p.m. EDT where Viktoriya Lotkina, Certified Vocational Evaluator, will provide ways to assess participants’ career-related knowledge, interests and values, as well as their readiness to pursue healthcare training.
Viktoriya will be joined by HPOG grantee guest presenters, Ruth Williams, Assessment Specialist from Milwaukee, and Joe Ercolano, Director, Health CareeRx Academy at The Workplace, who will offer their experience in using assessment tools and approaches.
Before the webinar, please respond to Mia McMillen's question on the Social Media Site.
Note: If you do not currently have access to the Social Media Site, it’s important to register for Social Media in advance. If you need technical assistance during the post-webinar discussion, please call 218-862-6420![]( "Call: 218-862-6420") Code: 2493980. Looking forward to your participation!
Webinar Access Instructions:
Join the webinar and enter your name, your email, the password "assess" and then click "Join". Enter your phone number in the space next to the flag in the pop-up box and click the “Call Me” button. The WebEx system will call you in the next few seconds and tell you to press <1> to join the audio portion of the webinar.
Joining the webinar should be done 5-10 minutes before the start time so there is time to load the WebEx program. If you experience any technical difficulties, call Jeffrey McAlister at 1-888-453-4221![]( "Call: 1-888-453-4221") Code #219134. |
| Finding the right assessment for your students can be a difficult process! You may ask yourself, “Do I use something standardized?” or “How difficult is it to create my own assessment tools?” If you’ve asked similar questions, we have the answers! Our next HPOG webinar, Assess for Success, will address all of your questions about assessment tools!
Viktoriya Lotkina, Certified Vocational Evaluator, will offer the expertise needed to help grantees assess their participants’ career-related knowledge, interests and values, as well as their readiness to pursue healthcare training. She will tell us how to interpret the information along with the additional resources and services needed to help participants stay in the program. Viktoriya will also review how to use observations as part of the assessment process and what to do to reassess areas of need during the program.
Viktoriya will be joined by HPOG grantee guest presenters, Ruth Williams, Assessment Specialist from Milwaukee and Joe Ercolano, Director, Health CareeRx Academy at The Workplace, who will offer their experience in using assessment tools and approaches.
Plan to join us on Wednesday, April 3rd from 3:00-4:00 p.m. EDT to learn more!
Before Wednesday's webinar, please respond to Mia McMillen's question on the Social Media Site. When posting your response, remember to include hashtags (i.e., #assessments, #healthcareassessments, etc.). Also, take a look at several assessment tools that were recently uploaded to the site!
Wednesday’s Webinar Instructions:
Joining the webinar should be done 5-10 minutes before the start time so there is time to load the WebEx program. If you experience any technical difficulties, call Jeffrey McAlister at 1-888-453-4221 Code #219134. |
| Please be advised that the first HPOG financial and performance progress reports for year 3 are due on Tuesday, April 30th. Take a moment to look at the critical reminders found in the PPR Submission Checklist to ensure that your reports are properly completed. The checklist has been uploaded to the Grant Administration category of the HPOG Community Website for your convenience.
These reports are completed through the Performance Reporting System (PRS) and then uploaded as separate Grant Notes in GrantSolutions. The naming conventions are: Federal Financial Report 04 2013 and Performance Progress Report 04 2013.
Success stories and signed waivers are to be submitted with your PPR. When composing a success story, consider all of the key elements as described in the “Success Stories and Promising Practices” webinar. You may download the webinar’s presentation slides or recording for more information and examples.
For further assistance, please contact your program specialist. |
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