Opening Doors Apprentice Program: Structure

Reporting and Assessment

1. Semi-annual administrative report (a brief summary of apprentice participation in program components).
2. Semi-annual apprentice assessment (self-assessment by apprentice followed by dialog with mentor and written feedback).
3. Semi-annual mentor assessment (self-assessment by mentor followed by dialogue with apprentice and written feedback).
4. Semi-annual team assessment (written survey of individual team members that is compiled and discussed in a team meeting.

Glossary of Terms

Apprentice:  Participant in a two-year (minimum) Opening Doors Apprentice Program.

Lead Facilitator:  Person who has successfully completed the Opening Doors Apprentice Program, thereby being qualified to co-facilitate any Opening Doors workshop.

Mentor:  Teacher and guide in the learning process, focusing on both academic knowledge and personal development, as well as a teacher of the facilitation techniques and strategies for creating a safe learning community. 

Partnership:  A process for creating an inclusive organizational environment that achieves outcomes across the range of differences present, with a goal of increasing collaboration, communication and outcomes; defined collectively by the organizational group utilizing the following parameters: Conscious inclusion of all dimensions of diversity, equivalent outcomes across differences, and ongoing learning for staff and leadership.

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