Costing training

There are several types of training typically included in literacy programs:

Most literacy programs require more training than included in the initial program plan. You need to plan an amount for this contingency so that initial training can be extended or added later as follow-up in-service trainingtraining.

All training events have approximately the same set of cost factors.

Here are some cost factors for training in your literacy program:

• People in your program who may need training such as

  • surveyors
  • teachers
  • supervisors and coordinators
  • promoters and mobilizers
  • technical personnel
  • materials developers and writers
  • administrative personnel, and
  • liaison and public relations personnel.

• Other factors such as

  • degree of staff redundancy desired
  • public relations, and
  • licensing or certification of teachers

• Specialized training in large programs that involves less typical costs such as

  • supervisor training
  • coordinator training
  • specialty training for staff such as bookkeepers, computer operators, and managers
  • training for people to manage local institutions, and
  • consultants or trainers to help with these events.

• Determine who will need to be trained.

  See also:

  Literacy personnel

• Decide how to deliver training.
• Determine the number of training courses needed in the beginning of the program based on the number of trainees and training locations.
• Determine the number and location of in-service training courses during the program.
• If the number of training courses is less than ten, estimate a cost for each course that accounts for all relevant factors.
• If there are many training courses in your program, estimate the costs for what you consider a “typical course" and multiply this figure by the total number of training courses you anticipate.

• Funding a literacy program
• Preparing a budget for a literacy program
• Costing a literacy program

• Task module: Costing training
• In task module: Determining preparation and training costs
• In task module: Costing a literacy program
• In task module: Preparing a budget for a literacy program
• In task module: Funding a literacy program, by Stephen L. Walter and Trudy K. Stewart (general editor)
• In task module: Identifying resources needed for a literacy progra..., by Stephen L. Walter
• In task module: Planning a literacy program, by Stephen L. Walter
• In modular book: Plan a literacy program, by Stephen L. Walter, Barbara K. Trudell (contributor), and Trudy K. Stewart (general editor)
• In bookshelf: Literacy

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