How to set priorities for the training curriculum

Most adult literacy programs give inadequate time and attention to training because of the constraints of time, motivation, and finances.

Therefore, the planner and the trainer must regularly decide what training is

• absolutely necessary
• highly desirable, or
• a luxury.

Here are the prerequisites for how to set priorities for the training curriculum:

• You need to define the training goals.
• You need to define the training objectives.

1. List all the topics related to the training goals and objectives.
2. From that list, determine which topics the trainees must master in order to function in their roles.
3. Mark these topics with number 1 to indicate they are a high priority.
4. From the remaining list, determine which topics the trainees should master in order to strengthen their level of expertise in their role.
5. Mark these topics with number 2 to indicate they are a lower priority.
6. Mark all remaining topics with number 3 to indicate they are the lowest priority.

• Task module: How to set priorities for the training curriculum
• In task module: How to design a training curriculum
• In task module: Planning a training activity
• In task module: Planning a training program
• In task module: Training literacy personnel, by Susan Malone, Angelika Marsch (contributor), Stephen L. Walter (contributor), Kenneth A. Boothe (editor), and Trudy K. Stewart (general editor)
• In task module: Developing an instructional program, by Kenneth A. Boothe (contributor), Patricia M. Davis (contributor), Trudy K. Stewart (general editor), Leah B. Walter (contributor), Glenys Waters (contributor), and Adelle R. Walter (illustrator)
• In task module: Implementing a literacy program, by Carole P. Spaeth (compiler)
• In modular book: Implement a literacy program, by Carole P. Spaeth (compiler) and Leah B. Walter (compiler)
• In bookshelf: Literacy

This page is an extract from the LinguaLinks Library, Version 4.0, published on CD-ROM by SIL International, 1999. [Ordering information.]

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