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Training of Trainers scheduled for October 23

JUL 14 1995 DC95-47

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 October 23 - October 27, 1995.

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. Improvements to the course include changes made in the topic areas used to illustrate the 5-D Process. These include Paternity Establishment as contained in the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993 and the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (UIFSA).

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 learn customized in-house training.

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

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

þsetting instructional goals and objectives;

þselecting instructional strategies and methods;

þdesigning and producing specific instructional activities and materials;

þconducting multiple course deliveries; and

þevaluating 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 know-how to design effective job-oriented training which can measurably improve employee performance.

Final arrangements for this delivery will be made once we know the number of staff who plan to attend. The intensive nature of the TOT curriculum is such that we must limit enrollment to no more that 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 October 10, 1995. Mr. Nix will provide each registered participant with more information (e.g., location of hotel, etc.). While there is no registration fee or 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 him at: OCSE, National Training Center, 370 L'Enfant Promenade SW, 4th Floor, Washington, DC 20447.

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