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Designing Curriculum to Close the Skills Gap

Tuesday, July 23-Thursday, July 25, 2024

DoubleTree by Hilton Milwaukee-Brookfield,
Brookfield, WI

Sessions Include:

8:00 AM - 12:00 PM

The New Workforce and Skills Gap

  • Personal introductions
  • The new workforce and generational differences
  • Challenges facing apprenticeship programs
  • Systems thinking and change
  • Why traditional training fails
  • Human performance gaps

12:45 PM - 4:30 PM

Introduction to the DACUM System

  • The “new” requirements
  • Rationale and history
  • DACUM system components
  • DACUM chart development

8:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Occupational Analysis

  • Brainstorming an occupation
  • Establishing general areas of competence
  • First skill band development
  • Additional skill bands

12:45 PM - 4:30 PM

How We Learn

  • Skill sequencing and structuring
  • Application of rating scale
  • Program development model
  • Instructor selection
  • MBTI

8:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Learning Module Development

  • Connecting analysis to design
  • Types of learners
  • Populating program development grids
  • Learning evaluation model

12:45 PM - 3:30 PM

Assessment of Achievement

  • The learning process
  • Evaluating learning
  • Program administration

3:30 PM - 4:30 PM

Wrap-Up, Review and Questions

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