Theme: Personnel and Trainees
Theme: Personnel and Trainees
Objective: Establish collaborative relationships and share resources across network.
The Toolkit information-gathering process consistently identified a priority of establishing collaborative relationships and sharing resources throughout the AUCD Network. Resource and information sharing relationships can be mutually beneficial.
Collaborative partnerships, in particular, consist of sharing resources and coordinating efforts to achieve a shared objective. UCEDDs or LENDs, for example, may want to share resources and other information in a joint effort to accomplish a common objective. Resources shared may include information, consultation, and expertise resulting in cost and time savings. Benefits of partnering with other centers also include the avoidance of unnecessary duplication of efforts and services, reaching a wider audience and broader distribution of ideas and services, and greater accomplishments that otherwise might not be possible if working independently.
Strategies
Action Expectations:Strategy B: Ensure clear expectations for action following every conference or meeting, and in every collaboration.
Ensure clear expectations for action following every conference or meeting, and in every collaboration. Develop action items at the end of each meeting, or within 24-48 hours afterward. This will ensure talk is followed by action. Follow-up builds trust.
AUCD Orientation:Strategy I: Develop an orientation to AUCD for all UCEDDs and LENDs to use with new staff, faculty, and trainees to support connection to Central Office and full network and build awareness of available resources.
Develop an orientation to AUCD for all UCEDDs and LENDs to use with new staff, faculty, and trainees to support connection to Central Office and full network and build awareness of available resources. (UCEDDs only) Use each meeting of Consumer Advisory Council (CAC) members or other advocates as an opportunity to inform all Center staff, faculty, and trainees. Develop materials with participant comments. Share in Center and AUCD newsletters and with AUCD’s Council on Community Advocacy (COCA).
AUCD Website Resources:Strategy A: Utilize AUCD website resources to identify AUCD network colleagues for collaboration, and resources to utilize.
Utilize AUCD website resources to identify AUCD network colleagues for collaboration, and resources to utilize.
Cross-Council Collaboration:Strategy N: Stagger Council meetings at AUCD conference so silos between Councils can be broken down and MCC and COCA members can join and inform other Council discussions.
Stagger Council meetings at AUCD conference so silos between Councils can be broken down and MCC and COCA members can join and inform other Council discussions.
Cross-Disciplinary Collaboration:Strategy E: Create opportunities for staff and faculty to work across disciplines, teams, and the AUCD network to enhance collaborations.
Create opportunities for staff and faculty to work across disciplines, teams, and the AUCD network to enhance collaborations.
MCC & COLA:Strategy L: Support MCC and COCA to host regional web-based meetings to share info addressing regional trends, needs, resources, and strategies.
Support MCC and COCA to host regional web-based meetings to share info addressing regional trends, needs, resources, and strategies.
Multicultural Council (MCC):Strategy G: Ensure staff participation in AUCD’s Multicultural Council (MCC), and provide opportunities for information flow between Center and Councils through staff participants.
Ensure staff participation in AUCD’s Multicultural Council (MCC), and provide opportunities for information flow between Center and Councils through staff participants.
Create clearinghouse of resources that UCEDDs/LENDs have created in other languages, for sharing across network.
NIRS:Strategy O: Revise online presence of the public NIRS search and the network directory on AUCD website to be more effective and captivating to peers across network.
Revise online presence of the public NIRS search and the network directory on AUCD website to be more effective and captivating to peers across network.
Personal Contacts:Strategy D: Contact people personally, using as much connection as possible (in-person, Skype, phone, email, and social media) to enhance relationships.
Contact people personally, using as much connection as possible (in-person, Skype, phone, email, and social media) to enhance relationships.
Populate Toolkit 1:Strategy F: Identify, share, and present toolkit successes in this area from UCEDDs/LENDs so network members can learn from each other through website updates, training opportunities, and group learning forums.
Identify, share, and present toolkit successes in this area from UCEDDs/LENDs so network members can learn from each other through website updates, training opportunities, and group learning forums.
(UCEDDs only) Ensure Consumer Advisory Council (CAC) participation in AUCD’s Council on Community Advocacy (COCA), and provide opportunities for information flow between Center and Councils through staff participants.
Populate Toolkit 2:Strategy H: Identify, share, and present successes in Toolkit website, so network members can learn from each other.
Identify, share, and present successes in Toolkit website, so network members can learn from each other. Focus TA efforts to all levels of UCEDD/LEND faculty, staff, and trainees – beyond the top leadership – to provide support, professional development opportunities, and leadership development to all in network.
Seek Feedback:Strategy C: Intentionally recruit people from diverse backgrounds to give feedback related to an event, meeting, or collaboration. Implement continuous improvements based on feedback.
Intentionally recruit people from diverse backgrounds to give feedback related to an event, meeting, or collaboration. Implement continuous improvements based on feedback.
Sharing Goals:Strategy M: Collect and share Center/Program goals and objectives related to diversity, inclusion, and cultural and linguistic competence, so network members can learn from each other.
Collect and share Center/Program goals and objectives related to diversity, inclusion, and cultural and linguistic competence, so network members can learn from each other.
Sharing Information:Strategy K: Encourage UCEDD/LEND trainees to share information about AUCD and other disability resource organizations with peers in their own disciplines and/or leaders in their own communities.
Encourage UCEDD/LEND trainees to share information about AUCD and other disability resource organizations with peers in their own disciplines and/or leaders in their own communities. Identify and share strategies of Consumer Advisory Councils (CACs) and other advisory groups for UCEDDs/LENDs who have succeeded in increasing member representation and participation from diverse communities.
Trainee Network Awareness:Strategy J: Ensure that UCEDD/LEND trainees are aware of nearby UCEDD/LEND programs, the AUCD network and trainee community, and the AUCD conferences.
Ensure that UCEDD/LEND trainees are aware of nearby UCEDD/LEND programs, the AUCD network and trainee community, and the AUCD conferences. Encourage collaboration within the Network. Have an orientation session for new staff, faculty, others at conferences; include key leaders. An active process of welcoming is the difference between physical presence and feeling at home.