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Scientific and Technical Employee Development Committee (STED)
Webinar Meeting
April 23, 2015
Attendees: Joe, Kevin, Jim C., Cindy, Rod
    1. WMA Training Needs Survey
    • Memo sent to Office Chiefs and WSFTs – Joe
      • Send to individual Centers - Kevin will send out WSFT Memo
    • Memo to Course Coordinators / Instructors – Alan
    • Briefing to Office Chiefs - Joe
      • Presentation on STED Google Drive
      • Positive feedback from Office Chiefs on Survey results
        • Discussion about effectiveness of instruction
          • Staying power of instruction
          • Usefulness of instruction
          • More refresher training may be a better option
        • Need to develop 1-paragraph on role of STED in WMA Training
          • Face-to-Face meeting topic
        • Role of WSFT in Training
          • Recognize need for training from field perspective
            • During Reviews
            • During Training
          • Facilitate training needs
            • Provide instructors
            • Identify instructors
        • Use of NTC/DOI Learn
          • All agreed need to utilize these resources
          • Some perceive this being an additional cost
          • Some perceive this being additional work
          • STED as possible venue to discuss, tweak, provide feedback
    • Follow-up - All
      • ‘Target marketing’
      • Data requests
      • Provided email list to OQW for ‘Monitor Record’ course
    2. STED Website - Mike
    • Added WMA Training Calendar
      • Feedback
    • Added Google calendar
    • Note: Calendar events are only visible in Google Chrome and
      • iPhone
      • Logistics of calendar maintenance (manual updates)
    • OED
    • WSFT
    • Discipline Offices Training Links
    • STED
    • Added links for Training Needs Survey
    3. STED Follow-up Items
    • STED access to WMA all email alias – Alan
    • Training Tracks
      • OWQ and OGW progress update – Stan, Rod OGW in draft, meeting in mid-June.
      • Present / display at Data Conference (?)
      • Compatibility of formats
    • Data Conference STED presences – Rod, Joe
      • Attendees
      • Information for packet
        • STED Brochure
        • Other, Possible Training Tracks
    4. New/Innovated Courses
    • PCFF Course - Stan
    • TEL Courses - Joe, Alan, TJ
      • i. Project Chief
      • ii. AQUARIUS for LDMs
      • iii. Index Velocity
    • NRP Lecture Series - Cindy

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