Case Study:Municipal Officials
Peg Hasted, Allison Hone,Pradeep Kalsi, Jeff Moggach,
Dave Sanders
Problem Outline Statement
Background Course Design and
Format Teaching and
Learning Models Recommendations
The provincial government has expressed a need for municipalities to develop a pandemic preparedness initiative.
Context
Background
Fort St. John Local government Current emergency
preparedness
Course Format and Assumptions
Elected officials and heads of municipal departments will require training
The preparation course should be offered once each year (or as needed)
Hours and/or pay should be adjusted to accommodate and encourage attendance
Pandemic Preparedness Course
The course will be mandatory for all elected officials and will be recognized with a certificate of completion
The delivery format will include both face-to-face and online methods
Learning materials will be offered online with a paper-based option
Learner Assumptions
The adult learners in this program will: Have a mixed level of formal education Have a variety of learning styles Respond best to a well-organized
program with clear expectations and applications
Exhibit varying levels of intrinsic and extrinsic motivation
Kolb’s Learning Styles
Kolb: an Inclusive Learning Model Accommodative
Learners:Hands-on learners
Convergent Learners:Factual, goal-based learners
Divergent Learners:Big picture, social learners
Assimilative Learners: Conceptual learners
RecommendationsPandemic Preparedness course
to be mandatory for all municipal officials and employees
Effectiveness of training: method for collecting and assessing feedback from learners after completion of the training
Recommendations
Certificate training to be certified by the province of British Columbia
Pandemic planning be added to the Emergency Program Act [RSBC 1996] and "disaster" to be amended to include pandemics
Fort St. John will be prepared for
a pandemic.
WILL YOU?
References Emergency Program Act, R.S.B.C. 1996. www.fortstjohn.ca The Kolb Cycle and Learning Styles.
(2005). Retrieved August 4, 2010 fromhttp://
www.learningtechnologies.ac.uk/e_ffective_teaching/southbirmingham/kolb_alpha_release/kolb/kolb_cycle_styles.htm
References MacKeracher, D. (2004). Making sense of
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