The Communiqué—Our Newsletter
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Our newsletter, the PDP Communiqué, provides critical information, stimulating facts, and valuable insights about the education and training fields as well as relevant developments in the larger environment. With articles written by practitioners and scholars from diverse settings, the PDP Communiqué informs and sustains inquiry and conversation related to individual and organizational performance in our rapidly changing world.
“Oh, The Places We’ve Gone and
The Things That We’ve Done:
Technology in Training —
Ten Years of Change”
by Eugene J. Monaco—Public Service Professor and Executive Director, Professional Development
Program
At the June meeting of the New York State Training and Development Council, I was
given the opportunity to present a retrospective of training over the past decade. By taking
an inventory of the extensive work that PDP has done through partnerships with state
and federal agencies over the last decade, I was able to trace the ways in which technology
innovations have changed the training and workplace learning of public employees.
And, although I’ve addressed this topic in other issues of the Communiqué, this 10-year
retrospective led me toward a more comprehensive appreciation of the changes that have
taken place, the ways in which today’s training and teaching platforms have come to look
quite different from those of a decade ago, and the role that PDP has played in keeping
state agency training in step with these changes and practices.
“Innovations in Improving Outcomes for Children”
by Edward Borges—Director of Communications
New York State Office of Children and Family Services
At the New York State Office of Children and Family Services
(OCFS), the single, critical core mission is improving outcomes
for children. It is the responsibility of every OCFS manager and
worker to stay current with emerging trends and evidence-based
approaches in the field. Linking these developments with the
practice environment is central to mission success — a mission
that consists of transforming juvenile justice, child welfare, and
child care.
Also in this issue:
- • "Using the Web to Train the Public Health Workforce"
