[Partnerships] Recommendations to DOE wanted

[KAREN PERVIER]

Hi Cathy and all Community Planning Coordinators:

The following are my ideas for recommendations for
improvement:

1.  DOE needs to be clear and concise about their
expectations.  Thus far, I have found their directions to be
vague and 'seem to  include everything but the kitchen
sink'.

2.  CP Coordinators would benefit greatly from  having  a
model assessment of assets and needs to follow from the DOE.

3.  It seems expectations are to have a very professional,
well done assessment of our communities.  Unfortunately, the
monies allocated by the DOE will not support the hiring of
an outside consultant to do this type of work.   Thus many
learning centers are doing this on their own and DOE needs
to be realistic.  

4.  I have enjoyed the trainings that SABES has presented
which provide us with actual hands on experience and work
that we can take back and use.  Example,  the program on How
to conduct a Focus Group was a good illustration of a
program that helped CP coordinators develop a plan to take
away and use immediately.  


Hope this helps.  Karen Pervier, Maynard Adult Learning
Center


On Tue, 16 Apr 2002 15:37:18 -0400
 Cathy Gannon <CGannon at qcc.mass.edu> wrote:
> Hi Community Planning Coordinators et al,
> 
> April is SABES month to compile for DOE a report that
> includes all the
> recommendations for improvement of the cp process that we
> have collected
> this year.   We gathered this information at sharing
> groups, through phone
> calls, from this list, and generally by noting your
> comments throughout this
> year.  We will not include any identifying information of
> the "recommenders"
> in the report.
> 
> What changes would you recommend for imrovement of the
> ABE Community
> Planning Process?    
> What would you recommend that SABES do differently to
> better support you in
> your Community Planning efforts?
> 
> Your recommendations are always welcomed but I encourage
> you to respond
> before April 22 for inclusion in this years report.
> 
> Hope to hear from many of you.  Please "respond to all"
> so that we can all
> benefit from hearing your recommendations.
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> Cathy Gannon
> SABES
> 
> 
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