Commanders With all that is going on at the National Office, they are doing an excellent job getting things done. Good things take time and patience is a virtue. Remember, we evolved to where we were and it took about 36 years or so. Keith Brooks ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jonathan Trower" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2003 4:23 PM Subject: [RR] New LTA modules
> I have not been subscribed to RangerNet for several months, but I check the > archives every couple of weeks to see what's been going on. I thought I > would weigh in on the discussion about the new LTA modules that has been > going on for the past couple of days. > > Imagine trying to create an entire training program for a new Royal Rangers > program . . . one that hadn't even been created yet. That was the challenge > that was given to the training committee that has been working on the LTA > since before Rich Mariott was appointed to serve as national commander. > Sure, as the new staff in the national office developed materials they were > shared with the committee, who in turn shared them with the authors of the > various modules. But the materials continued to be changed and refined > through the entire development effort. Thus, when completed modules came > back to the committee, and things were "finalized" . . . they weren't > really final. The modules had to go to the national office for final > editing, since things could have, and did, change during the writing of the > module. > > Once the national office did their edits of the modules that were finished, > those modules were pilot tested in January of this year at a regional > conference. Based on those pilot tests, further changes were made that > affected not only those modules, but others as well, and even resulted in > changes to the list of modules that are required for the LMA. Other > modules were finished between January and March (yes, some were finished > the week of National Council), and the entire set was again pilot tested in > March. But now the results of those pilot tests must be incorporated back > into all of the modules, and again, changes to one may impact others. > > Why weren't all of the modules ready for the January pilot test? Partly > because many of the original authors of modules backed out, or simply > didn't deliver what they agreed to deliver. Or what they did deliver was > not usable without major modifications. Several people throughout the > country have worked many hours on modules that they did not originally > agree to do, just to try to have them done on time. The national staff > slept very little the week of National Council as they were frantically > trying to finish the modules for the pilot test; some of the committee > members were working with them as well to get them done. > > What has happened since March to delay the revisions? The new curriculum. > As the various pieces of curriculum go through the various stages of > production at GPH, the guys in the national office have to be involved. > Final edits, page layout, etc. all have to be approved by our national > office staff. So for the past 3-4 months (and actually longer than that) > they have had the difficult choice -- spend time with GPH so the curriculum > could be released, or spend time on training so it can be released. Since > experienced commanders can effectively use the new curriculum without > additional training (beyond the Transitions module), it makes more sense to > me for them to focus on getting the curriculum out, and it appears that > that is the choice that they made. > > At some point in time GPH will not need the guys in the national office as > much for approvals, and they will be able to focus again more of their > energies to getting the training materials out the door. > > Be patient with our national RR staff . . . as Mark Jones pointed out a > couple of days ago, they are working incredible hours to get all of the > materials done as quickly as they can. But they can only accomplish so much > in a 14-16 hour work day (6+ days a week). > > Jonathan > > > ------------------------------------------- > Jonathan Trower > South Central Regional Training Coordinator > E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Phone: 254-420-1941 > Fax: 254-710-1091 > Home Page: http://home.hot.rr.com/trower/ > > _______ > > > List host: http://eBible.org/mpj/ List info: http://eBible.org/rangernet/faq.htm > > To unsubscribe, send "unsubscribe rangernet" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > or visit http://eBible.org/subscribe.htm _______ List host: http://eBible.org/mpj/ List info: http://eBible.org/rangernet/faq.htm To unsubscribe, send "unsubscribe rangernet" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit http://eBible.org/subscribe.htm
