Needs Assessment

Needs Assessment for Adult Learners Engaging in my Workshops:

Where	When	How
Performed by the student at home using a questionnaire that they receive through email, that they would submit directly with Google Docs	Right before the start of the workshop week or when a participant engages in the workshop	Using survey questionnaires with pictures (especially since the organization has funding for a very specific purpose – which is employment).  There is restriction on the topics and skills that we can cover within the workshops

Here is a Questionnaire for Beginners that could be used for needs assessment for my learners

From: http://www.cal.org/caela/tools/program_development/elltoolkit/Part2-5NeedsAssessment&LearnerSelf-Evaluation.pdf 

Personally, I teach employability skills to learners that are aiming to secure a position as a sewing machine operator for Canada Goose.  I facilitate workshops that aim to increase their employability skills and job retention, and that really dives into aspects of their lives that can make it challenging to keep their jobs.  Therefore, the needs assessment above is chance to get to know my learners and give me a chance to know exactly what they need from me.

My Learning Plan

	1st GOAL	2nd GOAL
My goal for this course	Learn how I can incorporate assessment strategies into the existing curriculum in order to improve the quality of workshops and participant experience	Learn how to differentiate assessments, evaluations, and testing, and appropriately select one to apply in particular circumstances within the curriculum
How I’m going to achieve it	Reading through the course materials, connecting with other professionals and learners within the field, discussing it in forums and other social media platforms	Reading through the course and discussing it with my peers; getting guidance from other learners and the instructions through discussion points
How will I know that I have achieved it	Drafting assessment strategies that best fit the given circumstance and implementing it in the classroom setting to see how well it measures performance	Being able to thoroughly differentiate the concepts and terms.  Application questions and discussions will be relatively easy to engage in if I am able to differentiate amongst them
How I will demonstrate what I have learned	Incorporating and applying different assessment strategies to different learning situations to give a complete picture of performance and to analyze performance issues	Choosing the right term and idea when selecting one to apply in particular circumstances within the given curriculum, in order to further improve the curriculum and the learner experience
Notes	Reflecting and researching are important aspects of this particular goal	Researching and reading are going to be important with this particular goal; applying it in the classroom would increase understanding