Program Planning and Design Checklists

 

This page page contains two checklists: one for IET self-assessment and one for program planning and design. Each checklist includes action items with accompanying resources. The checkboxes can be used to track progress while you’re in the site, and they’ll clear when you leave the page. 

Part 1. IET Self-assessment

 

As a foundational part of IET planning, the IET self-assessment checklist provides a structure for researching and identifying IET planning needs, collecting information on how an IET might address needs, and preparing to engage with partners to design and implement an IET.

Identify the need for an IET.

Building Opportunities: IET Guide IELCE Self-assessment Tool

Draft a vision statement for how an IET might address the need.

Mission and Vision Statement: methods and examples Sample NonProfit Mission Statements

Identify stakeholders.

Virginia CareerWorks: Local Workforce Investment Boards COABE Article: Engaging Employers to Close the Skills Gap

Interview stakeholders.

ProLiteracy Workplace Literacy Guide

Locate relevant state IET policies.

Virginia Office of Career, Technical, and Adult Education Virginia Combined Plan 2020-2023

Research local or regional labor market information, business needs, and career pathway options.

Virginia Labor Market Information, VirginiaWorks Community Profiles, VirginiaWorks Review plans of local Workforce Development Boards Research training needs and workforce services at VCCS

Identify appropriate and promising IET models and practices.

CLASP: Models for Career Pathways at Every Skill Level

Identify local or regional learner needs.

Community Profiles for Educational Attainment and Employment

Based on the findings, revise the vision statement.

How to Write a Vision Statement

Part II. IET Program Planning and Design

 

This checklist focuses on collaboration between team members, partners, and stakeholders to design a robust, supportive, and comprehensive IET that fulfills the needs of learners and all stakeholders. Use the tools to outline your team, their roles, a plan for communication, staffing, timelines for planning activities, the IET structure itself, and the data and resources needed to evaluate its implementation and impacts along the way.

Assemble the IET team.

LINCS IET Design Toolkit, p. 32 Moving Pathways Forward, Brief, pp. 3-4

Develop the IET needs statement.

LINCS IET Design Toolkit, pp. 32-37 Needs Statement Toolkit, the Harvest Foundation

Develop a team purpose statement.

How to Create a Team Purpose Statement in 3 Steps, and Why

Identify partners, and define partner roles.

Career Pathways Toolkit, Workforce GPS - Element One: Build Cross-Agency Partnerships LINCS IET Design Toolkit, pp. 32-37

Collaborate with partners to develop and sign memoranda of understanding.

Collaboration Toolkit: Creating an MOU, Colorado NonProfit Ass. Career Pathways Toolkit, Workforce GPS - Element One: Build Cross-Agency Partnerships

Revise the purpose statement with partners, if necessary.

How to Create a Team Purpose Statement in 3 Steps, and Why

Develop a communication plan.

LINCS IET Design Toolkit, pp. 39-40

Identify funding sources.

Virginia Adult Education Grants and Funding

Create an IET timeline for development and delivery.

Virginia IET Planning Tool (scroll for document link) Career Pathways Toolkit, Workforce GPS - Element Three: Design Education and Training Programs

Plan for staffing.

LINCS IET Design Toolkit, pp. 37 - 48 (Consider instructional models, learner supports, and coordination)

Identify and secure needed materials for instructors to plan and deliver content.

Contextualizing Adult Education Instruction to Career Pathways LINCS IET Practices with Example IET Practices, including program needs

Develop structures for co-planning.

LINCS IET Design Toolkit, pp. 32-53

Build the IET structure.

Scroll down for the Virginia IET Planning Tool LINCS IET Design Toolkit, pp. 37 - 42

Develop an IET evaluation plan.

LINCS IET Design Toolkit, pp. 49 - 53

Additional IET Program Planning and Design Resources

ATLAS Adult Career Pathways Resources

Check out the ATLAS Adult Career Pathways Resources page for tools, guidance, and briefs for planning and designing IET programs, including curricula specific to a range of career clusters.

LINCS IET Design Toolkit

Use the LINCS IET Design Toolkit (2021) for step-by-step guidance on planning, developing, implementing, and evaluating IET programs for adult education.

Career Pathways Toolkit: An Enhanced Guide and Workbook for System Development

The Career Pathways Toolkit: An Enhanced Guide and Workbook for System Development through Workforce GPS includes six downloadable sections that provide guidance, resources, and exemplars for all steps of planning, designing, implementing, and evaluating IET programs.