Accomplishments

Since its inception in March 2003, the Coalition Project has accomplished the following:

• Increased its membership of non-profit human services member organizations from 8 to 42.
  
  
• Held 35 successful Coalition meetings with Committee members, represented by the member organizations. (These collaborative meetings have resulted in the planning, design, development and coordination of the annual Staff Training Needs Survey; twenty-four successful workshops since July 2003; the development of Coalition Initiatives 2 and 3; NPSCDC's Learning Statement and NPSDC's Learning Pods sessions).
  
  
• Designed, developed and administered a Staff Training Needs Survey to staff of Coalition partner organizations in April/May 2003. 180 surveys were returned. Eight priority training need areas were identified. (Based on these identified needs, the Project developed and delivered relevant staff development workshops).
  
  
• The Staff Training Needs Survey is now administered annually to staff of NPSDC member organizations to continue to identify new priority training need areas.

• Since July 2003, 57 workshops have been developed and delivered based on the identified needs of staff of coalition member organizations.
  

  An average of 40-50 staff attended each of these workshops and workshop evaluations continue to be very positive.

• Per Coalition Initiative #2: (Transfer and Application of Learning):
  In 2005 the Coalition Committee designed two tools to track and assess the application of knowledge and skills gained from the NPSDC workshops for effective job performance:

  • A post workshop evaluation (e-mail) survey
  • NPSDC "Learning Pods" sessions (incorporated at the end of each workshop. Participants complete an Action Plan committing to share and transfer their learning)
    
    
• Per Coalition Initiative #3: (Promoting and Strengthening a consistent “Learning Culture):
  The Coalition Committee spent much of 2004 creating, developing and designing the Coalition’s first tool towards supporting this Initiative in member organizations. In March 2005, the Committee launched this tool i.e. “NPSDC’s LEARNING STATEMENT” (see box).
  
  

The Coalition meets every other month.