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| − | =Overview=
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| − | The National Air Pollution Training Program Collaborative was formed to review and develop training materials for the National Air Pollution Training Program (the Training Program). One component of this Training Program is to support the training of federal, state, local, and tribal (SLT) air agency staff by maintaining a library of course materials on different subjects related to air pollution management. A collaborative effort between federal, regional, and state air program staff is needed to continually review the course materials and to evaluate whether the materials are meeting the training needs of the SLT air programs.
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| − | =Scope=
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| − | The scope of this Collaborative is to review all Training Program course materials on a regular schedule and facilitate updates to the materials, as needed. In addition to reviewing the materials for updates, there are many courses in the Training Program curriculum that are underutilized. The Collaborative will review the courses in the curriculum and recommend removing and/or consolidating courses in order to streamline the task of managing the course materials. Finally, the Collaborative will identify courses materials that may be missing from the curriculum and develop recommendations for creating entirely new courses.
| + | =Joint Training Committee= |
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| − | =Subject Matter Teams=
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| − | The task of reviewing the hundreds of courses currently in the Training Program will be managed by organizing the Collaborative around subject matter teams. Each team will be charged with reviewing and maintaining the materials for different subject matter areas. Team membership will include two co-leads. One co-lead will be from EPA, the other will be from a state agency or an MJO. The co-leads must have experience with the subject matter area and be well-connected in the national community for that area. The co-leads are responsible for prioritizing issues related to the review and maintenance of the training materials, recruiting team members, leading team member interactions, and ensuring that outputs/results from the team are communicated to the coordinating committee.
| + | A series of discussions between the MJOs and EPA in 2018 resulted in a proposal to organize the JTC into four working groups to focus on the current high priority issues in the Program. The priorities were defined by the MJOs based on discussions with their SLT members and their own perspectives on the state of the Program. A new organizational structure for the JTC and workgroups was proposed by the MJOs as a straw proposal. |
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| − | The co-leads will recruit additional team members, as needed, to support the course material review. Team members are responsible for contributing to the effort of reviewing the course materials and prioritizing improvements to the materials. | + | The structure is envisioned as an hourglass with the JTC at-large membership and workgroups each as the wide collection points, and a steering committee as the central funnel point in the hourglass. Information will flow into Program from the SLTs, MJOs, and federal partners through the JTC at-large. The information entering the program through the JTC will be processed and redistributed by the Steering Committee to the workgroups. Co-leads from the MJOs and SLTs, will manage and facilitate activities in the workgroups with participation from EPA advisors. Work products will flow back from the workgroups to the Steering Committee in the form of regular communications on workgroup progress, and deliverables. The Steering Committee will push these deliverables back to the JTC for communication and distribution out of the JTC to the National Program stakeholders, including SLTs and training contractors. |
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| − | The subject matter teams will work independently and in parallel on reviewing the course materials in their subject area in pursuit of creating recommendations and priorities for how to improve the materials within their domain. A coordination committee will provide logistical support and facilitation to the subject matter teams as they move toward the goal of fully updated course materials to support the training needs of SLT air agencies.
| + | ==History== |
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| − | This wiki will be used to document the progress of the work within each team.
| + | Prior to 2018 the National Air Pollution Training Program and the JTC operated under various configurations and with different areas of focus. In 2021, John Hornback (Metro 4/SESARM) and Chris Stoneman (US EPA) interviewed participants in the past and current training program to compile a comprehensive history of the program. |
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| − | == Tasks ==
| + | [https://www.ladco.org/wp-content/uploads/Training/JTC/National-Air-Pollution-Training-Program-History_23June2021.pdf Informal History of the National Air Pollution Training Program] |
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| − | The subject matter teams will be responsible for accomplishing the following tasks | + | ==Steering Committee== |
| − | | + | The JTC Steering Committee is a subset of the JTC and includes the co-leads of each of the work groups. The objective of the Steering Committee is to provide governance to the JTC, set priorities for the Program, and review Program communications and deliverables. |
| − | * Categorize all available training materials in APTI and NACT (and elsewhere, if applicable) into their subject matter area. This task may involve working with other subject matter teams to determine in which area a set of course materials is best categorized.
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| − | * Determine when each set of course materials was last updated and where those updated materials are stored (e.g., are they on APTI-Learn or with a contractor)
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| − | * Determine the level of demand for a set of course materials. When were they last used? How many trainings/year use the materials? Are there planned courses that will use the materials?
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| − | * Determine where there is redundancy across course materials and develop a plan for consolidating courses
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| − | * Identify courses that are no longer in demand, and create a plan for decommissioning the materials for the course
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| − | * Identify training needs in the subject matter area that are not being met with the current course materials. Create a list of new courses that will need to be created to meet these unmet training needs
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| − | * Estimate the amount of effort (FTEs) that will be needed from outside of the team, either as contractor support or in-kind support from the EPA/MJOs, to update/develop new course materials in order to meet the training needs of the SLTs in the subject matter area
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| − | * Hold monthly calls with the team to work through the above tasks
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| − | * Document progress on this wiki and report progress to the coordination committee
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| − | =Coordination Committee=
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| − | The coordination committee will provide governance and logistical support to the Collaborative subject matter teams. The coordination committee will be composed of two co-leads (EPA + MJO/state), each of the co-leads from the subject matter teams, and the MJO executive directors.
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| − | == Tasks ==
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| − | The coordination committee will be responsible for accomplishing the following tasks | + | The [[Steering Committee|Steering Committee wiki]] lists the membership, scope, and call notes. |
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| − | * Develop a workplan for the Collaborative
| + | ==JTC Members== |
| − | * Create and maintain logistical infrastructure for communication and information sharing
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| − | * Collect and consolidate the priorities/recommendations from the subject matter teams
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| − | * Work with EPA to secure and facilitate resources to address the recommendations for improving the training materials
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| − | * Convene regular calls with the subject matter area co-leads to track progress and work through issues in the Collaborative
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| − | =Subject Matter Team Wikis= | + | ==Recruitment== |
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| − | The course materials are divided into the following subject matter areas, with several courses included in each area. Click on the links below to visit the wikis of each subject matter team.
| + | '''National Recruitment Call for the JTC''' |
| | + | * Targets: SLT training staff, subject matter experts |
| | + | * Commitment: 1-20 hours/month, variable depending on work cycle and priorities |
| | + | * Skills needed: |
| | + | ** Knowledge of SLT training priorities/needs |
| | + | ** Expertise in planning, technical, and other training curriculum subject matter areas |
| | + | ** Expertise in training delivery, teaching, online learning, LMS technology |
| | + | * Motivation: Influence the direction of the National Air Pollution Training Program, advocate for the training priorities and needs of your agency, contribute to the growth and development of air quality planning across the country |
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| − | * [[Coordination]]
| + | ==Conference Calls== |
| − | * [[Permitting]]
| + | [[December 10, 2019 JTC Call]] |
| − | * [[Monitoring]]
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| − | * [[Inspections]]
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| − | * [[Source Monitoring]]
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| − | * [[Hazardous Air Pollutants]]
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| − | * [[Modeling]]
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| − | * [[Planning]]
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| − | * [[Emissions Inventories]]
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| − | * [[Special/Industrial Categories]]
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| | + | [[October 8, 2019 JTC Call]] |
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| − | =Joint Training Committee=
| + | [[August 13, 2019 JTC Call]] |
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| − | ==Steering Committee==
| + | [[June 11, 2019 JTC Call]] |
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| − | ===Conference Calls===
| + | [[April 9, 2019 JTC Call]] |
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| − | ====February 5 2019====
| + | [[March 8, 2019 JTC Call]] |
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| − | ''Action Items''
| + | =JTC Workgroups= |
| − | * John: update Straw Proposal, send to Zac for review; circulate to this group
| + | The four current (2019-2020) Training Program priority areas for the JTC are listed in the proposal schematic to the right. The workgroup responsibilities to the right briefly describe the scope of these groups. Additional details about the workgroup leadership, membership, scope, and deliverables are listed in the workgroup wikis (links below). Each workgroup wiki also includes conference call notes and links to working documents. |
| − | * Zac: develop a conceptual model of the new JTC structure
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| − | * MaryAnn: check about EPA involvements in steering committee leadership, and EPA involvement in the steering committee calls
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| − | * Zac: try to schedule a meeting before the JTC call next week
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| − | ''Attendees''
| + | ==[[Communications (Planning and Support) WG]]== |
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| − | Zac, Adam, Kara, MaryAnn, John, Michael, Phil, Brian, Jeff, Julie
| + | ==[[Curriculum WG]]== |
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| − | ''Agenda''
| + | ==[[Training Delivery WG]]== |
| − | * Steering Committee charge/scope and structure
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| − | * Communication principles
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| − | * Membership: MJOs + National Orgs + EPA, do we need a state? Or trainer rep?
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| − | * 2019 JTC workplan and role of the steering committee
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| − | ** Develop a workplan template and scope for the training material subject matter teams
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| − | ** Develop a workplan (process/timeline) for LMS upgrade
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| − | ** Engage with EPA on resources, funding, in-kind contributions, allocation
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| − | ** Coordinate on next regional surveys for setting training priorities
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| − | ''Call Notes''
| + | ==[[LMS WG]]== |
| − | '''Steering Committee charge/scope and structure'''
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| − | * JTC was formed to create a structure for collecting information on training that was national in scope, gathering information on national training needs, including courses, instructors, logistics, and making decisions on how to prioritize work to grow/improve the program
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| − | * Hourglass model envisions the JTC as the top of the hourglass, the collection point in the process, and funneling that a steering committee that works to organize the inputs, and set priorities; the steering committee then distributes these needs into actions/workgroups that draw from a broader community of expertise to accomplish the goals of improving the training program; the work of these groups are funneled back through the steering committee for review/evaluation, and back to the JTC for distribution to the SLT community through the national training program
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| − | * Steering committee would sort through this information, and prioritize; develop a coherent national training strategy, convene workgroups, and provide guidance/support to accomplish the goals of the strategy
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| − | * Create structure under the steering committee that work on actions and activities, possibly organized by functional areas, push out work products, include JTC and potentially other active/ancillary participants in these workgroups
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| − | * MaryAnn: in working with WG2, a chart was developed to visually represent this process (19 July 2017 Training Strategy straw proposal); John to resend to group for review, actual workgroups TBD, will change from the original proposal based on the current needs/direction of the community
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| − | '''Communication principles'''
| + | =Initiatives= |
| − | * This wiki can be used for notes and distributing information/materials across the JTC
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| − | * Need to develop this area further: what are the rules of engagement?
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| − | '''Membership: MJOs + National Orgs + EPA'''
| + | The JTC engages in training initiatives to improve how training is being delivered and state/local air programs, and to respond to emerging and current training needs in these programs. The initiatives are identified and planned within the JTC Steering Committee and executed by the JTC workgroups. |
| − | * Do we need state reps on the steering committee? Yes, to ground truth the activities of the steering committee, it would be good to include the agencies that we serve
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| − | * AAPCA and NACAA membership could serve a dual purpose, both as national and state reps
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| − | * Request that the AAPCA and NACAA training co-chairs participate as state reps; can we get all four involved? need to respect their time availability
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| − | * Are there other strong active state/local counterparts who we would consider?
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| − | ** Julie: helps to have a smaller group in a steering committee
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| − | ** John: steering committee members may need to be assigned to track what's going on in the course update workgroup, rather than have co-leads of the different workgroups on the steering committee
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| − | ** Zac: could have a structure where the workgroup co-leads get assigned to the steering committee; may create a larger number of people than we want in the steering committee
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| − | ** John: course update group needs a couple of strong leaders to organize a larger number of workgroups and heavy work load; trying to limit duplication of effort and focus the coordination activities
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| − | ** Julie: let's figure out what the subgroups are going to be, and then come back to determine representation
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| − | ** John: don't have a revised strategic plan, need to conceptually go through the plan to help solve the organizational structure; at some point we need to develop a revised strategy that we work from
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| − | ** Who else gets involved? National EPA, regional offices, contractors? Will be determined the membership by scope and scale of the workgroup efforts; only other EPA office involved in JTC is OECA, their targeted audience is EPA folks, may not need to be on the steering committee
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| − | '''JTC Structure'''
| + | Click the links below to learn more about current and past training initiatives underway in the JTC. |
| − | * See John's updated National Air Quality Training Program straw proposal
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| − | '''Proposed new JTC committees/workgroups'''
| + | ==[[Rapid Online Training Delivery in Response to COVID-19 Teleworking]]== |
| − | * Steering Committee
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| − | * Communications & Needs Assessment WG
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| − | * Instructional Services WG
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| − | * Learning Management System (LMS) WG
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| − | * Course Library, Updates, Development (Library) WG
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| − | - Library Coordination WG
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| − | - Subject Matter Teams: Intro to Air Pollution, Pollution Control, Ambient Monitoring, Emissions, Modeling, Planning, Permitting, Inspection/Enforcement, HAPs, Stationary Sources, Source Sampling/Monitoring, Mobile Sources, Climate Change
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| − | * Course Library, Updates, & Development WG
| + | ==[[Online Training Resources for Course Organizers]]== |
| − | ** Do we need a single organizing group for course updates with sub groups working on topic areas; need a coordination effort above the topic area groups (see proposed structure above)
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| − | ** Coordination level in this WG will organize the subject matter teams; need to isolate the JTC steering committee from being too involved in the minutiae of the course updates
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| − | ** Coordination layer produces more structure, but it could help with organizing the broad work under 10+ subject matter areas; can we expect that people are going to be able to commit to the level of work needed to get this work done?
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| − | ** Concerns about the large scope of this WG, need to be careful about the organization, commitment, and oversight
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| − | ** As JTC is not staffed by subject matter experts, looking to this structure to engage/involve experts in reviewing and updating training materials
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| − | ** Will subject matter team co-leads really be interested in participating in discussions with other teams? Coordination committee will need to have a charge to constrain the conversations, to the extent possible, to general issues that apply across WGs
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| − | ** Coordination committee would probably be a more appropriate place for contractors and states; need to identify the charge of the coordination WG
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| − | ** Library WG will focus on identifying priorities and mechanics of course updates, not deployment
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| − | * LMS WG
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| − | ** Engage with EPA on plans for LMS updates
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| − | * Communications and Needs Assessment WG
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| − | ** Organize periodic needs assessment through the states/MJOs
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| − | * Instructional Services WG
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| − | ** Focus on e-learning, distance learning, deployment of materials
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| − | ** Rename to Training Delivery?
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| − | ''General Topics/Next Steps''
| + | ==[[ADA/508 Compliance for the National Air Quality Training Program]]== |
| − | * Organize another call before the JTC meeting next Tuesday; focus of the call will be to look at the proposed structure of the new JTC WGs and figure out how many people are needed to coordinate, think about co-leads, and set a series of charges for the co-leads to begin forming these WGs
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| − | * Who will lead the Steering Committee? Does it need to include an MJO and EPA person, or could it be just MJOs? MaryAnn will check with Adam and report back
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| − | * How important is it to work around Adam's schedule? Can we have meetings if he is not available? Who else is critical to have on the calls?
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