Data Literacy Training Series (QM2022-0104)
This four-part series will provide relevant information for VR administrators, managers, and VR counselors to increase VR data literacy and data quality at all levels of the agency.
Trainings will be released quarterly during Federal Fiscal Year 2023 and will be available in the training portal throughout the duration of the VRTAC-QM grant. The training series includes Part 1: The Essential Role of Data in the VR Program; Part 2: Data: A VR Cultural shift; Part 3: Data: VR Talent and Tools; and Part 4: VR Data and Analytics. CRC opportunities are available.
Advancement in Employment – Eligibility Determination and Post-Employment Services (QM2022-0307)
The VRTAC-QM is pleased to announce the release of a micro-training on determining eligibility for individuals seeking to advance in employment. Your presenters RoseAnn Ashby and Chaz Compton discuss the eligibility criteria as applied to individuals seeking to advance in employment, RSA guidance on advancing in employment and how post-employment services applies to this topic.
Onboarding: Lessons Learned and a Path Forward (QM2022-0306)
The training is intended for supervisors and managers in State VR agencies to provide an overview of the importance of onboarding for new employees in order to enhance their knowledge and skills in the following areas:
Webinar-CAP-VR Conflict Resolution- He Says....She Says....They Say....and the Ties That Binds Them Together
In conjunction with both the Rehabilitation Services Administration (RSA) and the Council for State Administrators of Vocational Rehabilitation (CSAVR), NDRN is hosting a free webinar on CAP-VR Conflict Resolution on September 15, 2022 from 3:00 – 4:15 pm ET
This presentation will explore and discuss the nature of conflict and strategies to address such conflicts — generally and also within the context of CAP-VR interactions. Additionally, specific CAP-VR collaborative techniques will be explained and discussed.
Module 1: Rapid Engagement in Vocational Rehabilitation: A Call to Action
This first module in the training series makes the case that streamlining and expediting the processes associated with eligibility determination and IPE development in State VR agencies is a practice that will have positive impacts in maximizing the likelihood that consumers will be active and full participants in their rehabilitation plans and achieve successful outcomes.
This webinar provides an overview of the performance management process and how to effectively conduct performance reviews. You will learn about performance review best practices and some dos and don’ts of performance reviews that will help those newer to supervision in carrying out this duty as effectively as possible. Eligible for CRC credit.
VRTAC-QM, in partnership with RSA, brings you a training on the Credential Attainment Rate, arguably the most complicated of the six performance indicators in WIOA. This training covers the basic components of this performance indicator and reviews the reporting requirements and how to calculate credential attainment rate using data elements from the RSA-911 and how those are populated into the WIOA annual report. This training also covers the performance results from program years 2019 and 2020, the first two years of credential attainment rate data, and presents credential attainment rate scenarios. Finally, the training answers some specific questions from VR agencies to the QM.