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Training of Trainers Course

FEB 26 1996 DC96-12

TO ALL STATE IV-D DIRECTORS

Dear Colleague:

I am pleased to announce that the Federal Office of Child Support Enforcement's (OCSE) National Training Center is planning to conduct a delivery of the Training of Trainers (TOT) course. The course will be conducted at the Ramada Inn Old Town in Alexandria, Virginia on April 22 - April 26, 1996. (Please note that the training starts on Monday afternoon and ends at noon on Friday. See the enclosed agenda for more detail.)

The TOT course is built around the 5-D Training Process, a systematic approach for assessing training needs and for designing, developing, delivering, and evaluating training. Topic areas used to illustrate the 5-D Process include the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (UIFSA) and in-hospital paternity establishment.

The 5-D Process can be applied to adapt generic prepackaged training to child support enforcement (CSE) specific needs; to adapt CSE packages developed at the Federal level to meet needs specific to State programs or local offices; and to design customized in-house training.

TOT training is designed for persons who are responsible for all or most of the following activities:

149conducting training needs assessments and synthesizing the information for purposes of designed course specifications;

149setting instructional goals and objectives;

149selecting instructional strategies and methods;

149designing and producing specific instructional activities and materials;

149conducting multiple course deliveries; and

149evaluating training.

The intent is to help State CSE agencies improve their training capabilities in accordance with individual needs. Additional benefits can accrue as a result of TOT training. For example, by sharing training capabilities across local agencies, organizations throughout the CSE Program can increase their ability to design effective job-oriented training which can measurably improve employee performance.

The intensive nature of the TOT curriculum is such that we must limit enrollment to no more than 25 participants. Acceptance, as in the past, will be on a "first-come, first served" basis, so I urge you to review your needs and respond as quickly as possible.

A Participant Registration Profile and agenda are enclosed for your convenience. Please remind staff who plan to attend the training to complete the form and return it to Roy Nix at the National Training Center no later than April 5, 1996. He will provide each registered participant with more information (e.g., location of hotel, etc.). While there is no charge for this course, travel and related expenses must be borne by participants' CSE agencies. These expenses, of course, are eligible for Federal financial participation at the regular 66 percent matching rate.

For further information about TOT or other National Training Center activities, please call Roy Nix at (202) 401-5685 or write to: OCSE, National Training Center, 370 L'Enfant Promenade SW, 4th Floor, Washington, DC 20047.

Sincerely,

David Gray Ross

Deputy Director

Office of Child Support

Enforcement

Enclosures

cc: CSE Program Managers (ACF Regions I - X)

Regional CSE Training Liaisons

State Training Liaisons