Identify what the School for Advanced Segmental
Paving can provide to contractors? (Steve Jones)
MAIN GOAL FOR COURSE: Skills Training
Attendees: Foremen and Superintendents
ASP 201= Course #1, Communicating the Principles of Segmental Paving.
Designed the first course for the school
Course ASP 201
- Begin
the course with a roundtable
- Teach techniques to students
- Assign
students to instruct parts of the manual to the other students
- Evaluate
students instructing (Evaluated by students and instructor)
- Practice
laying techniques
- Hands-on
Only contractors
with previous experience in the mason industry should be attending
the class. If class does not fill up, then look out to those individuals
who have no previous training that can be trained. Students will
be pre-determined before the class after completion of the required
questionnaire.
Course ASP 201 should take about 2 ½ days to complete. Students
will receive classroom time as well as hands-on-training.
Why did founders choose this process? All founders expressed interest
in the foremen to become teachers.
All students will follow guidelines given to them before the course
to know what is expected of them while attending the course.
Are founders exempt from Course ASP 201? No, they should not be
exempt. Founders need to set the standards and be good examples.
The question was asked, why attend the class if someone has been
laying pavers for 5 years or more? The goal for the student is to
leave the school with the ability to teach others through the act
of communicating. It is harder to communicate the process with someone
than it is to teach. Foremen have the knowledge but are unable to
teach (Steve Jones). As the school evolves, vision will need to
be changed (Bob Goossens).
For course ASP 201, the instructor will have a checklist that each
student will need to follow and be evaluated on.
Title for Course ASP 201
"Communicating the Principles of Segmental Paving"
Course ASP 201 will not be classified as a Pre-requisite class.
The founders determined that the name pre-requisite is misleading.
TIME LINE
Curriculum
Development report by Russ Heitman.
Accomplishments so far...
- Set Objectives for
Curriculum
- Established course
offerings for 2005 (3 courses)
- Held ASP 201 Course
development sessions with foremen over 3 days
- Drafted initial syllabus
for ASP 201
- Created initial course
outline and rough draft instructors manual
- Reviewed syllabus
for ASP 201 (via conference call)
- Completed syllabus
for ASP 201
- Blocked time for ASP 201
- Established timeline
for curriculum development
- Reviewed progress
on curriculum development (June 15, 2005)
Bill Schneider brought
up the possibility of holding OSHA Trainings at the school. Safety
should be covered at all course levels within the classes (Steve
Jones).
A suggestion was to provide
a New Technology Course, but Steve Jones stated we can't cure the
world all at once. Technology course could be taught later on but
the main focus should stay with the skills course.
Things that might be needed for the school…
- Goggles
- Hard hats
- Ear Plugs
Fred Adams would
like to see an informative course on Silica.
Steve Jones would like to see a course on layout.
Please take a look at the course syllabuses for ASP 201 and ASP 202.
If you see an area that needs improvements or need to add information
into the syllabus, please contact Russ as soon as possible at theheits@cs.com.
INSTRUCTORS:
Costs for liability insurance per student are $6.25.
School for Advanced Segmental Paving is currently looking to bring
on a Vocational Trainer to train students on how to be teachers.
The position Vocational Trainer/Equipment Sales is advertised in www.milwaukeejobs.com; www.wisconsinjobs.com;
as well as all the Technical schools in the area, MATC, Gateway
and Wisconsin Indianhead. The salary range would be between $30,000
and $42,000 a year. Founders all approved of the position.
Steve Jones made contact with Gary Berg, a Vocational Trainer, and
Gary is holding a Seminar June 15-17, 2005 and will hand out invitations
to those interested in teaching for the school.
It was approved by the Founders that the pay scale for the founders
would look like the following…
Pat O'Hara, Barry Hofer, Russ
Heitman and other trainers will receive
$300.00 plus expenses on training days and $150.00 for traveling
days.
CERTIFICATE:
A discussion
was held on whether the students attending would receive certificates
at the completion of the course. The founders did approve the certificates.
Along with the certificate, students will receive an evaluation
form that will be based on certain criteria set for the course.
Course ASP 201 is neither a pass or fail class.
FUTURE
VOTING:
Any
major voting regarding the School for Advanced Segmental Paving will
be held over the internet with a response time of no more than 2 days.
Please keep Kim updated with information that is crucial to keeping
the communication moving between the founders. If new email addresses
are issued or for some reason your company server is down, please
contact Kim immediately.
HISPANIC COURSE:
There will be 2 annual meetings
for the School for Advanced Segmental Paving. One will be held during
the World of Concrete, and the other will be held at the School.
The World of Concrete show is being held in Las Vegas on January
17-20, 2006. Hotels rooms for the founders will be at the same hotel.
Any details about the upcoming meetings will be forwarded by email.
UPCOMING MEETINGS:
August 4-5, 2005 Curriculum
Development for courses on Permeable and Steps, Landings and Evaluation
changes.
October 29, 2005 Grand Opening Invitation to Industry
Founders and Guests will be invited to attend along with the clay
and concrete industry to help build financial support for the school.
Purpose of meeting is to gather support and promotion for new school
and curriculum. A preliminary agenda has been set up and it is as
follows…
Coordinated
transportation will be provided from your hotel.
1:00-2:00PM Late lunch at center
2:00- 2:15PM Presentation by Steve Jones
2:15-3:00PM Presentation by Contractor Bill Schneider,
Martin Probst
3:00-3:15PM Presentation by Ted Corvey , Pine Hall Brick
3:15- 3:45PM Presentation by Larry Nicolai
3:45- 4:00PM Presentation by instructor Pat O'Hara
4:00- 4:15PM Financial Presentation by Ed Fioroni
4:15- 4:45PM Presentation of Sponsorship by Charles Gamarekian
4:45 - 5:30PM Discussion
5:30- 6:00PM Tour
6:00 - 7:00PM Hor D'Oeuvres and cocktails at center
7:00 - 8:30PM Dinner at the Charcoal Grill Restaurant in
Racine
9:00 - Midnight Live Band and cocktails at Center
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