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Organisational policies and procedures
- budget constraints
- safety procedures
- maintain and update records
What does an education plan consist of
- Aim (issue)
- User group
- Strategy to address issue
- Educational materials
- Presentation technique
- Equipment and resources
- Promotion strategy
- Contingencies
- Evaluation
Aim
- What is the issue that has been identified (the reason for the educational program).
- What is the goal
- what outcome do you want to achieve
Educational materials
What is produced…
What is produced to communicate your content to your user group. e.g. presentation, email, flyers etc.
Contingency plan
- What will you do if your program is not going as anticipated
- Consider what could go wrong and how you can address it (plan ahead, will you require special resources or equipment, have them prepared and ready)
Evaluation
- How will you evaluate your program,
- who will you gain feedback from and how
- Have questions on hand and ready to use at the end of your program
- Consider how you will use this feedback to make improvements
Contingency plan definition
An alternative approach to something in the event that the original plan doesn’t work as predicted.
Target user groups
- Older adults
- Cultural background
- Linguistic background
- Children
- Disability needs and learning difficulties
User groups
- Regular user
- New or occasional users
- Spectators
Advantages of a Presentation
- Great way to engage with user group
- Allows for users to interact
- Allows users to ask questions
Disadvantages of a Presentation
- Time consuming to plan and create
- Can be expensive
- Sometimes difficult to get people to attend
Advantages of an Email
- Can target a large audience
- Cost effective
- Users can reply and ask questions
Disadvantages of an Email
- Recipient may not read or open email
- Need a person’s email address to send to them
- May end up in spam folder
Considerations for Promotional strategies
- Who is your user group?
- Equipment and resources required
- Cultural and linguistic barriers
- Disability and learning difficulties
- Budget and time availability
Promotional strategies
- Flyers, handouts and brochures
- video and film
- signs and posters
- formal presentations
- social media
Equipment need for a face-to-face presentation
- Projector or TV
- Computer with presentation software
- Speakers
Equipment need for an email
- Computer with internet access
- Email account
Evaluation criteria (6)
When designing your evaluation tool, it is important to ask questions about:
- The aim
- Efficiency
- Equipment and resources
- Promotional Tools
- Presentation techniques
- Educational content
Feedback methods
- Formal (questionnaire, survey, interview questions)
- Informal (Observations, conversation)
- Data ( Reviewing user performance, attendance rates, client retention,
participation rates)
