Curriculum Design Projects
World Bank, Intensifying the Fight against HIV/AIDS in the Workplace (2003-2005, 2008)
EnCompass supported the launch of a comprehensive strategy to intensify the fight against HIV/AIDS in the workplace throughout World Bank country offices. EnCompass conducted needs assessments, developed a results framework, and promoted learning activities and train-the-trainer workshops in six World Bank regions. EnCompass designed training approaches for World Bank staff in five regions of the world on HIV/AIDS. Each workshop design was adapted to make the language, materials, and exercises culturally appropriate; take into account varying HIV prevalence rates; and incorporate the needs of staff with various educational levels. These designs were delivered in three languages: English, French, and Spanish. A committed community of practice still exists among participants who stay in touch via the EnCompass developed-listserv and project website.
United Nations Organization, Joint Learning for HIV Prevention Leadership Training (2009-2011)
EnCompass designed and delivered the global Joint Learning for HIV Prevention Leadership program for a UN organization, which seeks to raise the capacity and skills of country-level technical staff in leading HIV prevention efforts and reducing new infections in their countries of services.
EnCompass designed four customized regional workshops for the organization’s technical staff in Southern Africa, Eastern Africa, Middle East and North Africa, and Latin America and the Caribbean. The core curriculum addresses knowing the epidemic and response, national strategic planning, leadership skills, gender equality and human rights, cost analysis and best practices in prevention interventions. To design the curriculum, we developed comprehensive facilitators’ guides, a video briefing for the executive staff, a brochure detailing the program’s HIV prevention initiatives, and delivered a three-hour session at the International AIDS Conference in Vienna in 2010.
U.S. Agency for International Development, Executive Writing Training Development (2009-2014)
For the Executive Secretariat of the U.S. Agency for International Development, EnCompass designed and currently delivers a three-day Executive Writing course for personnel based in Washington, DC, and a five-day English Writing Proficiency course for Foreign Service Nationals who are stationed in missions overseas. These programs are designed to improve the quality of executive correspondence produced by the staff of the Executive Secretariat and to enhance the American English writing skills of the FSNs and other staff whose primary language is not English.
National Education Association, Social Justice Curriculum (2010)
EnCompass worked with the National Education Association's Office of Leadership Development and Training, Department of Human and Civil Rights, to develop a curriculum on social justice for use by its cadre of trainers. Using content developed by social justice experts, EnCompass developed modules for one-hour, two-hour, or four-hour training sessions. The modules contain a mixture of lecturettes, guided activities, group discussion, and feedback opportunities. The program is designed to give association members the skills to identify forms of social oppression in public education and motivate them to engage in social justice activities that will create a more just environment for students and educators.
U.S. Peace Corps, Youth Livelihoods Training Modules (2011)
EnCompass is developing three classroom-based training modules on the topic of Youth Livelihoods, focused on Financial Education, Employability, and Entrepreneurship. These modules, comprised of 40 training hours each, will help the Peace Corps provide youth with practical skills development to improve their opportunities in the world of work.