Grantee training resources are designed to help grantees manage challenges they encounter, including recruitment, stakeholder engagement, and managing unexpected change. Experts are developing new tools specifically to help EIR grantees with these critical tasks. Check this page for new tools designed to support your work!
Resources on Managing Change
- Tools for Managing Turnover Guidance Document
All project teams have to manage staff turnover and onboarding over the course of their projects. This guidance sheet with accompanying worksheet can help you plan for and execute smooth transitions within your project team and your various stakeholder groups.
EIR Presents: Grantastic! Podcasts:
- A Tool for Managing Turnover
During the multi-year grant implementation process, all teams experience some amount of turnover within their project staff. Managing that turnover effectively can help projects run smoothly. In this episode, Patrice Williams and Amy Detgen discuss a tool they created to support EIR grantees’ approaches to managing turnover.
- Onboarding Strategies
Current EIR grantee Alicia Haller joins Shalika Robie to talk about strategies her project uses to onboard team members.
- Effective Reflective Onboarding
Current EIR grantee Alisha Haller continues her conversation with Shalika. They discuss the importance of consistency in communication and workflow integration when onboarding new team members.
- Here to Help
Long-time EIR Program Officer Debora Southwell joins the podcast to share her perspective on ways in which grant projects can plan for and execute smooth transitions when onboarding new team members.
Resources on Recruitment
EIR Presents: Grantastic! Podcasts:
- Recruitment: Building Those Relationships
Current EIR grantee Alicia Haller joins Shalika Robie to talk about strategies her project uses to onboard team members.
- Recruitment: In Their Shoes
Joanna Garner, executive director of the Center for Educational Partnerships at Old Dominion University, shares her insights on recruitment strategies for her EIR project. She emphasizes the importance of understanding the work from multiple perspectives and taking proactive approaches to anticipatable challenges.
- Recruitment: A Wide Net
In this conversation, Jessica Navarro, the Director of Partnerships for MIPLAN, discusses the importance of building relationships and maintaining connections in the recruitment process. She emphasizes the need to cast a wide reach and tap into different networks to recruit successfully.