Philippines Remote Advanced Trainer Workshop

Only persons receiving an invitation may register for the Remote Advanced Trainer Workshop

On the behalf of the US Department of Defense, Defense Threat Reduction Agency/Biological Threat Reduction Program (DTRA/BTRP), and with Sandia National Laboratories (SNL)/Global Chemical Biological Security (GCBS) will offer five remote synchronous mentoring sessions on Advance Trainer Workshop (ATW) for the Filipino GBRMC Trainers. The five remote sessions will cover the training design cycle (ADDIE: analysis, design, develop, implement, and evaluate) to initiate the process of training analysis and identification of financial resources, development of FY 24-25 Training Plan and schedule.

Participants will successfully complete six ATW modules and assignments (on MATRIX) during the workshop.  All modules must be completed prior to session 4.  Participants and SNL facilitators will meet monthly on Zoom for 2-hr sessions.  The date/time is TBD.

Session 1 (April): 2-hr session

This session will cover:

• Introduction to ATW
• Assignments:
  • Review Modules 1: Analyze
    • Complete assignments 1A-E
  • Review Module 2: Design
    • Complete assignments 2A-D
  • Review GBRMC Course Catalog
• Email results assignment 1A-E and 2A-D to Linda Winona (ljwinon@sandia.gov) and Dr. Cecelia V. Williams (cvwilli@sandia.gov).
• Be prepared to present your results in Zoom Session 2.
• Hint: you might want to begin designing your training plan and schedule.

Session 2 (May): 2-hr session

This session will cover:

• Share your results from module 1 and 2.
• Assignments:
  • Review Module 3: Develop
    • Complete assignments 3A-E
  • Review Module 4: Continuation of Develop
    • Complete assignments 4A-E
  • Email results assignment 3A-E and 4A-E to Dr. Linda Winona (ljwinon@sandia.gov) and Dr. Cecelia V. Williams (cvwilli@sandia.gov).
  • Be prepared to present your results in Zoom Session 3.
  • Hint: you might want to begin designing your training plan and schedule.

Session 3 (June): 2-hr session

This session will cover:

• Share your result from module 3 and 4.
• Assignments:
  • Review Module 5: Implement
    • Complete assignments 5: design a training event agenda.
  • Review Module 6: Evaluation
    • Complete assignments 6A-C
  • Email results assignment 5-agenda and 6A-C to Dr. Linda Winona (ljwinon@sandia.gov) and Dr. Cecelia V. Williams (cvwilli@sandia.gov).
  • Be prepared to present your results in Zoom Session 4.
  • Hint: you might want to begin designing your training plan and schedule.

Session 4 (July): 2-hr session

This session will cover:

• Share results from module 5 and 6.
• Assignments:
  • Develop/complete your training plan and schedule.
  • Conduct a test-run of one GBRMC module.
• Email your training plan and schedule to Dr. Linda Winona (ljwinon@sandia.gov) and Dr. Cecelia V. Williams (cvwilli@sandia.gov).

Session 5 (August): 3-hr session

This session will cover:

• Present your training plan and schedules (5 min).
• Share your training experiences, results, and lessons learned (5 min).
• Final assignment: Conduct a training workshop at your facility.

Registration:

Participants must register at: TBD.

Once registration has been approved, participants must create an account in the SNL Center for Global Security and Cooperation Learning Portal in Matrix (https://snl.matrixlms.com). Guidance on creating the user account will be provided after their registration is approved.

Once enrolled, participants will have access to the six ATW modules and the supplemental materials on the SNL CGSC Learning Portal in MATRIX, which will be open on April 1, 2024.  Participants will work asynchronously to review modules and work on the assignments and activities.  We suggest downloading all the materials provided on each module.  At each remote session, we will review two modules per session. If questions arise, please email to Dr. Linda Winona (ljwinon@sandia.gov) and Dr. Cecelia V. Williams (cvwilli@sandia.gov) directly, do not email through MATRIX.

Materials:

• Six ATW modules and exercises
• GBRMC Course Catalog
• Training event design template (TEDs_Event Template): use for Analyze module.
• Training event template (TEDs_Template): use for implement/agenda.
• TEDs assignment worksheets (SM_Worksheets)

Contacts:

FACILITATORS:

Dr. Linda Winona (ljwinon@sandia.gov)

Dr. Cecelia V. Williams (cvwilli@sandia.gov)

MATRIX SME:

Julia Burel (jeburel@sandia.gov)

GLOBAL PROTOCOL (Plone Registration):

Sarah Calcutt (scalcut@sandia.gov)

ZOOM SME:

Alicia M. Aragon (aarago2@sandia.gov)