Safal is leading the development and implementation of the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) first- ever Registered Apprenticeship (RA) Academy—a national learning platform designed to provide standardized and scalable education and training for the national Registered Apprenticeship (RA) system. Through a combination of instructional design, multi-modal course delivery, stakeholder- informed content, and a centralized resource repository, the RA Academy serves sponsors, apprentices, investment partners, registration agencies, and federal partners with flexible and relevant training to support program success and compliance.
Safal Partners delivers results-oriented consulting that is uniquely focused on empowering clients with clear, measurable outcomes based on customized training solutions.
Our corporate knowledge and expertise in adult learning theory, instructional design, and multimedia content development helps clients like DOL Office of Apprenticeship (OA) more quickly and effectively increase stakeholder participation.
Registered Apprenticeship (RA) stakeholders indicated a need for more control over their learning experiences. Safal proposed a cost- and time-effective idea to DOL OA to address the issue and more effectively engage stakeholders. Safal’s client goals were to:
1. Implement rapid learning videos (RLV), a quick-to-develop training format that is responsive to a client’s changing priorities and audience’s learning needs.
2. Prioritize adult learning principles by designing concise, controllable, and accessible learning experiences.
3. Maintain rigorous knowledge quality standards by using RA subject matter experts (SMEs) throughout the training development process.
Safal’s cross-functional team of Instructional Designers, RA SMEs, and Editors collaborated with OA Leadership in designing strategic, scalable, user-centered training, positioning the RA Academy as the central resource for RA stakeholder learning needs through:
1. Unique content format, optimized for adult learning success by formatting RLVs to be under three minutes, focusing RLVs on a single skill or objective, availability of 24/7 asynchronous RLVs, modifying existing training for learners to control their own pace, empowering personalized learning over individual goals, and curating a purpose-driven user experience.
2. Efficient, quality-driven training development by establishing scrum-style meetings to gain DOL SME feedback early in the development phase, streamlining review cycles and reducing the time burden on OA staff, enabling DOL to provide timely training guidance to stakeholders in the RA ecosystem, enhancing the speed of delivery, and expediting skill development.
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