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Frequently Asked Questions Survive and Thrive: Roadmap for New Local Health Officials Basic Information
The primary goal of this project is to prepare new local health officials (LHOs) with the necessary knowledge and skills to succeed (“survive and thrive”) within the multi-faceted environment of local public health practice through an orientation program.
The primary target audience is new LHOs, typically the top executives at a local health department (LHD), , including but not limited to local health directors, officials, administrators, or commissioners who have been LHOs for two years or less.
Unfortunately, NACCHO is currently only able to offer this inaugural program to Local Health Officers, who are responsible for the overall administration of their health department. We understand that there is a training need for new deputy health officers as well. NACCHO is working towards developing and offering resources to persons in your role. We are also working towards offering online resources and tools associated with Survive and Thrive accessible to anyone. Please continue to visit the Survive and Thrive web pages. If you meet this definition, please click here to begin filling out your application.
Unfortunately, we are forced to set this time frame for eligible participants because of limited funding and space, even though the learning can still apply to a larger group. We are working towards offering online resources and tools associated with Survive and Thrive making them accessible to anyone. Please continue to visit the Survive and Thrive web pages for these tools.
The orientation consists of 100 hours over a twelve month period, including three in-person workshop totaling six days, workshop preparations, group conference calls and a coaching relationship. Each student (fellow) will create a learning contract which will help them guide their course of study over the year.
No, Survive and Thrive stresses management skills for leaders, to help LHOs become more effective leaders for, and managers within, their local health department.
Participating in Survive and Thrive
The overall time commitment for the orientation is one hundred (100) hours over a twelve (12) month period. This includes time spent doing the pre-workshops assessments, the in-person workshops, as well as group conference calls and coaching done throughout the year. Some fellows may find themselves committing more time to the program depending on their knowledge level and individual learning contract components.
In total, you can expect to be away from the office attending the in-person workshops for approximately nine days over the course of the year. This does include travel time and may vary depending on the location of the fellow.
During the course of the orientation program (one year), you can expect to spend approximately five hours per month working on assignments for Survive and Thrive Project. This will include teleconferences with your peer group, coaching conversations, as well as individual work towards your learning contract.
To successfully complete the orientation program, it is expected that fellows will complete the following:
In addition, fellows will be expected to complete all evaluation components of the program.
After fellows are accepted into Survive and Thrive, they will receive a welcome packet that includes all necessary information for the orientation as well the books required by the curriculum and instructions as to how to complete the pre-workshop assessments
At this time, we will not be offering CEUs or college credits for completing Survive and Thrive. However, this is something we are exploring and we may be able to offer credits in the future.
At this time, Survive and Thrive cannot assist with any certification process.
All fellows participating in the pilot phase of the orientation will receive a full scholarship. This scholarship will include program tuition; books and materials required by the curriculum; and travel, lodging and per diem for the three in-person workshops. Fellows may choose to purchase additional books and resources to help them advance their learning contract; however those materials will be at the fellows’ own expense.
Workshop 1 will total in 3 days Workshop 2 will total in 2 days Workshop 3 will total in 1 day
Workshop 1: August, 2008; Location TBD, central to the US Workshop 2: February, 2009; Location TBD, central to the US Workshop 3: July 28, 2009; Orlando, FL (in conjunction with NACCHO’s Annual Conference) SURVIVE AND THRIVE Fellows
Each group of fellows (cohort) will consist of approximately 30 fellows.
There are several qualifications for participation in Survive and Thrive. To be eligible, the applicant must:
In order to fully participate in Survive and Thrive, fellows must have access to a telephone line and a computer with the following technological capabilities:
Applying to Survive and Thrive
Prospective fellows can apply to Survive and Thrive through an online application that will be posted on the NACCHO Website. The application will ask for basic demographic information about both the applicant and the health department the applicant serves; and will ask the applicant to answer four short essay questions.
The application for the first cohort will be available online at the NACCHO website at www.naccho.org/surviveandthrive starting March 2008.
All applications must be completed and submitted by March 31, 2008. Incomplete or late applications will NOT be considered.
Please click on the link in orange font that says "Click here to create an account and login for the first time". Do not fill in the email and password fields below that. Once you click this link, it should lead you to fields where you can enter your information for the first time. This application is not linked to any other program at NACCHO in which you may already have an email and password registered.
Applicants will be notified of their application status by May 31, 2008.
A strong commitment is required of fellows in Survive and Thrive. In order to successfully complete the orientation program, it is necessary to attend all of the in-person workshops. Therefore, you should not apply if you know that you will not be able to commit to all the workshops.
Fellows will be selected by a review committee made up of NACCHO members and other local public health officials. Each application will be reviewed by three reviewers. Reviewers will score the applicant based on the quality of essays and then every effort will be made to balance the cohort to obtain a diverse group of qualified fellows. For more information, contact: |
