This document outlines a 10-hour training for Community Health Workers (CHWs) through Houston Community College. It covers topics like defining community, health, and social determinants of health. It discusses instructional design principles like learning styles, retention models, and Bloom's taxonomy. Objectives include listing community assets, recognizing learning strategies, discussing curriculum development, and writing a lesson plan. The goal is to increase CHW knowledge and skills through collaborative learning.

1. LEARNING FROM AND WITH THE
COMMUNITY IN ORDER TO BECOME
A COMMUNITY OF LEARNERS
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2. A 10 HOUR PARTICIPATORY CHW I CEU
OFFERED BY HOUSTON COMMUNITY COLLEGE -
COLEMAN COLLEGE FOR HEALTH SCIENCE -
CENTER FOR HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS
FOR
CHW I’s WITH THE
TEXAS A&M COLONIAS PROGRAM
SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS

3. INSTRUCTORS
ELIZABETH (LIZ) KELLY, #1
RICHARD (RICH) ROSING, #157

4. LEARNING GOAL
TO INCREASE KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND APPLICATIONS
WITHIN A COMMUNITY BASED SETTING THAT SUPPORT THE
ADULT LEARNING PROCESS
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5. LEARNING OBJECTIVE #1 – List assets of the
community you serve
1) Introduction by each attendee
2) Explain your understanding of the CHW I role
3) State your learning goal for this CEU
4) Relate your learning goal to your understanding of each of these words,
community
health
5) Resources that offer further discussion concerning community and
health.
www.WHO.int
www.HealthyPeople2020.gov

6. DEFINITION OF COMMUNITY
COMMUNITY: “a group of people living in the
same place or having a particular characteristic in
common.”
OR
“a feeling of fellowship with others, as a result of
sharing common attitudes, interests, and goals.”
(Merriam-Webster Dictionary)
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7. WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION
Health is a state of complete physical, mental and
social well-being and not merely the absence of disease
or infirmity.
What are social determinants of health?
The social determinants of health are the conditions in
which people are born, grow, live, work and age. These
circumstances are shaped by the distribution of money,
power and resources at global, national and local levels.
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8. Overview Health starts in our homes, schools, workplaces, neighborhoods,
and communities.
HEALTHY PEOPLE 2020
Goal
Create social and physical environments that promote good health for
all.
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9. LEARNING OBJECTIVE #2 – Recognize the value of learning
styles, learning retention strategies and instructional technology
that facilitate instructional design
Instructional Design: "instructional experiences
which make the acquisition of knowledge and skill
more efficient, effective, and appealing.“ (en.wikipedia.org)
1) Learning style inventories
2) Learning retention models for designing effective
instruction
3) Instructional technology

10. LEARNING RETENTION MODEL
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11. LEARNING RETENTION MODEL
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12. LEARNING OBJECTIVE #3 – Discuss Bloom’s educational
taxonomy as a guide for curriculum development
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13. Purpose: To encourage learners to increase learning through a
progression of learning rather than memorization of content or
what is taught.
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14. BLOOM’S TAXONOMY
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15. Bloom’s Educational Taxonomy
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16. Utilizing Bloom’s taxonomy to write learning
objectives
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Categories Key words for
objectives
Learning activities
Knowledge – ability to
recall previous learning
Choose, define, list,
read, recall
Read, Q/A, recite, offer
definitions
Comprehend – grasp
meaning, explain
Compare, contract,
define, find, show
Discussions, reflections,
illustrate main idea
Apply –use learned
material in new
situation
Classify, estimate,
expand, modify
Role play, case studies,
build a critique,
interpret
Analyze – separate
materials into parts and
show relationships
Determine, discover,
outline, relationships
Plan an event, produce
a skit, assess an ad or
activity
Synthesis – put
together separate ideas
to form new whole
Construct, design,
create, change
Self-study, learn
through mistakes,
conduct a debate, create
using teams
Evaluation – judge
worth of material
Appraise, prioritize,
value
Write an article, make a
presentation, SWOT

17. CRITERIA FOR WRITING LEARNING
OBJECTIVES
Learning objective
criteria
Definition
Specific Each objective is a distinct
category for learning
Measurable Use only active verbs
Attainable Can be achieved within an
educational setting
Results-oriented Prepares students for
employment
Time focused Within the school program
schedule
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18. Learning Objective Example
Identify one recent, community-based learning experience as a CHW I
for advocacy activities
OR
State a CHW I advocacy learning experience from your community
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19. Learning Objective Example
Explain your understanding for attending this CHW I
CEU
OR
Recognize the relationship between learning
objectives the CHW I prepares and CHW workforce
preparation
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21. A rubric is a standard of performance that:
A rubric is a standard of performance that:
• Allows for assessment of student learning based on learning
objectives;
• Includes levels and criterion;
• Allows for consistency in student evaluation;
• Provides student with clear feedback on how they learn and
criteria to improve learning
Learning Objectives + Rubrics relate to
learning outcomes (essential learning learners achieve)
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22. RUBRIC COMPONENTS
Components Component descriptors
Assignment title Relates to the learning
objective
Descriptors Performance – states what is
expected of student at each
level
Criteria Levels to measure outcomes
Levels of Performance Content oriented taken from
learning objective
,
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25. Learning with and from each other
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26. LEARNING OBJECTIVE #5 – Write a community based lesson plan
for a future CHW class to be presented during the CHW I CEU
LESSON PLAN OUTLINE
Goal: (Broadly speaking)
Learning Objective: (SMART)
Source(s) for learning content and learning activities
Develop an educational rubric
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28. REFERENCE LISTINGS
www.HealthyPeople2020.gov
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http://ctle.hccs.edu/facultyportal/360/360guide.htm
http://uncc.edu/learning - Bloom’s taxonomy
www.teaching.berkeley.edu
http://teachingcommons.depaul.edu
www.who.int – “Joint commitment to harmonize partners actions for
community health workers and frontline health workers.”