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Developing a new course
Preparing a course lesson plan
Preparing your PowerPoint presentation and class materials
Modifying an existing course

Developing a new course:

All new training programs need to be submitted for review. This is to insure that the training fits the needs of the lab and will conform to our administrative requirements.

To submit a course for review, please do the following:

  • Fill out the new ES&H Course Proposal Form
    • The form captures essential information such as:
      • Course title
      • Course description
      • Prerequisites
      • Who should attend
      • Regulatory drivers
      • How the course will be presented:
      • Computer or web based
      • Instructor led – who is the instructor? Outside vendor?
  • The form once completed should be submitted to Terry McMahon.
    • If you need help filling out the form, Terry or Paul Bloom are available to assist you.
  • Once the form is submitted, the course will be put in the queue to be evaluated. These evaluations take place once a month at the joint ESH - ESH Coordinator meetings. A review will be scheduled at the earliest possible date. Further clarification and/or specifics about the course may be requested at this meeting as a condition of recommendation.
    • Once the course is reviewed, a recommendation is submitted to the ES&H Training Group lead for approval. In certain circumstances where the course impacts a large percentage of the SLAC population, or has an otherwise high profile, approval by the SLAC Chief Safety Officer may be required.
    • Once the course is approved, ESH Training will work with the proposal submitter/SME to see that the course is developed and entered into the course catalog. ESH Training can also assist the training submitter develop and execute communications to the training target audience at the lab.
      • If the course is developed by an internal (SLAC) instructor, ES&H training should receive a lesson plan of the course and a copy of any PowerPoint or other electronic media used for the presentation.
      • If you would like help in preparation of your course or developing your lesson plan, contact ESH Training. We are available to work with instructors on improving their presentations or to simply provide constructive feedback.

    • Preparing a course lesson plan:

    • Every training course should have a lesson plan on file with ESH Training. Terry McMahon is available to help you prepare your lesson plan. Please contact Terry if you wish to schedule an appointment at ext. 3465.
    • Below is a template that you can use:

    Preparing your PowerPoint presentation and class materials:

    An electronic copy of the latest version of your class materials should be stored in the ESH Training folder on the V drive here - V:\ESH\ESH_Training\ESH course materials\course XXX. The XXX is your course number. Every active ESH Training course has it's own folder.
    Samples of material that should be stored in this folder are:
    • PowerPoint presentations
    • Photos
    • Video
    • Lesson plans
    • Other graphics and visual aids associated with the lesson

    PowerPoint presentation Template - You should use the ESH Training PowerPoint template for all your training presentations. You can download a copy of the template here (chose save when the dialogue box opens and save it to your desktop) or you can find it on the V drive at V:\ESH\ESH_Training\ES&H PowerPoint Template.

    Emergency Information slide - In addition to the PowerPoint template, we are providing a slide on Emergency information that should be presented at the beginning of your class. This slide goes in the beginning of your presentation.

    Final Slide - We also have a slide which goes at the end of your presentation which addresses our online class evaluation and the process of receiving a training certificate of completion.

    The above slides can be downloaded here (chose save when the dialogue box opens and save it to your desktop) or they can also be accessed on the V drive at V:\ESH\ESH_Training\ES&H PowerPoint Template.

    If you have any questions about how to incorporate the ESH Training PowerPoint templates in your presentation or how to convert your current presentation to this template, please contact Paul Bloom at ext. 4041 or Scott Mangold at ext. 4295. for assistance.

    Modifying an existing course:

    The process for modifying an existing course is similar to proposing a new course but may or may not require the full review process as described above.  Review is determined by the extent of the modification. This will be determined on a case by case basis by the ESH Training Group Lead..

    • Fill out the ES&H Course Modification form
      • This form is used to capture the changes that you are proposing to an existing course.
      • Submit the form to Terry McMahon who will discuss the modifications with you to determine if a committee review is necessary.
      • If no review is necessary, the modifications will be implemented.
      • If it is determined that a review is necessary, a presentation at the ESH - ESH Coordinator meeting will be scheduled.
        • Approval from the ES&H Division head will be required for major course modifications.


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