Hello Friend,
Good Afternoon,
I hope you’ll consider joining us on December 16, 2021, when GIS’s Professional Learning and Resources committee will be hosting the first webinar in a learning series to explore the recently updated Competencies for Implementation Facilitators.
This learning series wouldn’t be possible without the work of our Co-chairs and GIS volunteers: John Ovretveit, Paul Tortolani, Patricia McDaid, Terrence McCarthy, Francisca Infante, and Ashleigh Townley. A HUGE thank you to them for organizing and making this possible!
At the kick-off webinar on December 16, attendees will have a chance to get hands-on with The Competencies for Implementation Facilitators, which were developed to help people begin their implementation experience, as well as understand the key characteristics of “intermediate” and “more expert” implementation facilitators.
The webinar will be a mix of…
didactic presentations about how the competencies can be applied to unique contexts in the education sector,
discussion/Q&A with our panelists and attendees, and
collaborative group work to brainstorm the indicators for specific competencies.
This first workshop in the series (which will continue through May 2022) will explore the Knowledge Domain (i.e. Knowledge about the Evidence-Based Intervention and implementation methods) of the Implementation Facilitator Competencies as applied to work in the Education Sector.
Please note: While this first workshop is focused on the education sector, that does not mean that only those who work in education should attend. Not only will later workshop sessions explore how the Implementation Facilitator Competencies are applied elsewhere (e.g. Criminal Justice, Public Health, etc.), but also, the Implementation Facilitator Competencies are intentionally designed to be quite flexible and applicable across sectors.
We hope you’ll consider joining us on December 16, but even if you are unavailable to come to the webinar, you are encouraged to use these standards and competencies in your own implementation work. They are a dynamic and widely applicable tool, which could provide insight to managers recruiting staff or contracting services; funding agencies wishing to support service development through implementing innovations; frontline professionals who wish to deepen their project management skills; and more.
Ultimately, the more voices and perspectives we have to help shape the competencies and their application, the more useful a tool they will be.
Thank you for your time and consideration – hope to see you on the 16th!
