Training Modules in the Workplace

Overview

There are three important ways for you to transfer your learning from each module into your unique work setting and context.

• Practice & Reflect: Each training module will ask you to respond to reflective questions, practice filling out forms that will be used regularly and complete other tasks and activities that will directly apply to your daily work.
• Learn with Peers: Although each module can be completed solo, we strongly encourage you to connect with colleagues to take a module simultaneously and talk about it, supporting each other to apply what you are learning together.
• Check-In with Your Supervisor: You will be asked to discuss takeaways from each module with your supervisor. In some cases, you will develop materials that you’ll review with your supervisor, and in other cases you will be provided with a set of questions in the training to discuss one-on-one or in group supervision.

A Note on CEUs: None of the VCEH modules are pre-approved for Continuing Education Credits (CEUs). However, you can apply for CEUs by working with the VT Secretary of State’s Office of Professional Regulation. An article on how to submit a continuing education (CE) course for pre-approval as an individual licensee can be found in the FAQ section.

For Participants

Supervisor check-ins are not a perfunctory thing. We encourage supervisor check-ins (however brief) after each module so that you can clarify your questions, offer your ideas, and integrate what you’ve learned in the systems/processes of your unique workplace. We think of these check-ins as a way to ensure that your learning ultimately leads to the greatest impact possible for clients and communities.

Here is a simple outline you can use for your meeting with your supervisor. Remember to bring a printout of the certificate that you can download when you complete each module.

For Supervisors

Thank you for supporting the professional development of your staff and helping to improve the quality of services we provide to people experiencing homelessness in Vermont!

Each module within this VCEH training initiative ends by asking that learners have a brief meeting with their supervisor. In the meeting, they can:

• Get feedback on materials they’ve produced (e.g. an application for rental assistance, a housing plan, etc.)
• Ask clarifying questions, and/or
• Share observations from the lesson.

As a valued partner in this work, we hope that you will build in time to discuss training during one-on-one supervision meetings and/or make time for the learner to share their questions with colleagues during designated peer support time. These connections help reinforce new knowledge as well as clarify concepts and strategies described in the modules. Your meetings with staff are also a good opportunity to explain professional expectations and share information about the unique culture of your organization.

Here is a simple outline you can use for your end-of-module meetings. At the end of each module, participants can download a certificate — remind them to print out the certificate and bring it to the meeting, so that you can sign it and celebrate their learning.

Your Feedback

In order to ensure the training modules are providing practical and relevant information, we encourage feedback from both learners and supervisors. Your comments will help VCEH improve the quality of the training and make certain that staff and clients are benefiting from your investment in professional development.