Evidence to Practice Training Materials
The purpose of this learning series is for CalWORKs employment services and related staff to explore the evidence base that underlies CalWORKs 2.0 and see how it applies to their everyday work. The workshops do not focus on the tools, but on helping staff internalize and apply the evidence that inspired and guided CalWORKs 2.0.
Download the PowerPoint Facilitator deck here
Download the Participant packet here
Download the Facilitator guide Editable Word doc version here
Download the Facilitator guide PDF version here
This package includes five modules with a suggested sequence. We envision that you lead each of the five modules at separate times, so that staff have time to prepare for and focus on each one in turn. Each module is estimated to take two hours. Modules 1 through 3 and modules 4 and 5 are natural pairs if you want to offer them together in a half day.
Modules
- Building adult capabilities
- Addressing scarcity
- Coaching in client interactions
- The art and science of goal achievement
- Coaching with the CalWORKs 2.0 tools
Preparation and follow-up for the participants is key to the success of these modules. Why? Because learning that happens in a workshop often stays in a workshop. We want to create a bridge from and to staff’s day-to-day work. Each module offers a preparatory activity that creates a scaffold of learning upon which the content of the workshop will hang. Each module also offers some ideas for follow-up activities so that staff can recall the content of the workshop in their day-to-day work, and begin to use it where it can really make a difference.
You know your county’s unique context, program, and staff. In keeping with research on adult learning, we strongly encourage you to adapt the content of the modules based on (1) what your staff already know and do well and (2) your program’s greatest interests and opportunities for improvement.