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Welcome to PASS – Level 2 What You Need to Know Before Enrolling The essentials: The focus of PASS Level 2 is to build skills in teambuilding, team membership and project support responsibilities. Weekly supervisory communication and coaching is essential to the success of the participant and project!

For further information:
DAS - Office of Training and Development
Marsha Stoops, Program Coordinator
30 E. Broad Street, 29th Floor
Columbus, OH 43215-3414
(614) 466-0577; (614) 619-0935 (c)  (888) 577-6276;  Fax (614) 232-1609
E-mail: marsha.stoops@das.state.oh.us

What is PASS Level 2?

Building on all of the skills learned during PASS Level 1, PASS Level 2 will be a learning process that will challenge the participants current skills on several levels. PASS Level 2 requires the following commitments from each participant.

• Creative Thinking
• Willingness to try new processes weekly
• Take responsibility for individual and group task completion on a weekly basis

PASS 2 learning activities are classroom based, but require some outside assignments between course dates. A Pre and Post ACT WorkKeys Teambuilidng assessment is conducted.

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1

Orientation Day
The class will include program expectations, the WorkKeys assessment on Team Building, and prepare you for the next 14-weeks.

2

Project Management Made Easy!
Learn the basics of project and team management as you learn about the team roles, developing charters and mastering skills necessary to be an involved team member and leader. A re-focus will be conducted on MBTI and how personality type affects personal and team behaviors. This program uses the foundations of project management techniques as the guiding principles of the program.

3

Leadership and MBTI - Team Time
The program will help develop the natural leadership abilities of every participant using the skills and knowledge gained in Level 1 with a focus on MBTI and interpersonal communication challenges. Team meeting time will finish this class day.  

4

Project Team Day
The design and accurate use of a project planning tool is essential to the completion of a project. The BASICS of MS Project will be covered to create a team Gantt Chart, along with learning some other project management tools. You will also spend time with your project team completing individual and group tasks regarding your assigned project. Facilitators will be onsite to assist in the weekly team processes.

5 

Time Management
Time Management will include clearly defining goals, scheduling, discussing and prioritizing short-term and long-term goals. The design and accurate use of a project-planning tool is essential to the completion of a project. The teams will produce an in-depth project timeline. You will also spend time with your project team completing individual and group tasks regarding your assigned project.

6

Critical Thinking & Problem Solving
Team projects require every member to have a cadre of decision-making analysis and problem solving techniques for individual and group issues. You will learn the skills necessary to work through conflict and project challenges using a dedicated method that can be applied in all facets of a work day.

7

MS PowerPoint & Team Day
This session will teach the basics of the most powerful presentations software available. You will also be spending time with your project team refining the project product for the Day 14 presentation.