Conducting a Training Needs Analysis

CRITERIA 

NON-PERFORMANCE 

BASIC 

PROFICIENT 

DISTINGUISHED 

Describe what a training needs analysis is. 

Does not identify what a training needs analysis is. 

Identifies, but does not describe what a training needs analysis is. 

Describes what a training needs analysis is. 

Analyzes what a training needs analysis is, using scholarly resources. 

Identify the gaps one might expect to uncover in a training needs analysis.

Does not identify the gaps one might expect to uncover in a training needs analysis. 

Identifies only common gaps one might expect to uncover in a training needs analysis. 

Identifies the gaps one might expect to uncover in a training needs analysis. 

Describes the gaps one might expect to uncover in a training needs analysis, using real-world examples. 

Assess the strategic impact that training on a selected topic would have for the organization.

Does not describe the strategic impact that training on a selected topic would have for the organization. 

Describes, but does not assess the strategic impact that training on a selected topic would have for the organization. 

Assesses the strategic impact that training on a selected topic would have for the organization. 

Analyzes the strategic impact that training on a selected topic would have for the organization, presenting both pros and cons. 

Assess how training needs have an effect on the organization’s expansion plans.

Does not describe how training needs have an effect on the organization’s expansion plans. 

Describes, but does not assess how training needs have an effect on the organization’s expansion plans. 

Assesses how training needs have an effect on the organization’s expansion plans. 

Analyzes how training needs have an effect on the organization’s expansion plans, using real-world organizations for comparison. 

Analyze methods for performing a training needs analysis (gap analysis) to determine what trainees know or can do prior to training.

Does not describe methods for performing a training needs analysis (gap analysis) to determine what trainees know or can do prior to training. 

Describes, but does not analyze methods for performing a training needs analysis (gap analysis) to determine what trainees know or can do prior to training. 

Analyzes methods for performing a training needs analysis (gap analysis) to determine what trainees know or can do prior to training. 

Analyzes methods for performing a training needs analysis (gap analysis) to determine what trainees know or can do prior to training, and illustrates the most effective methods. 

Justify the SMEs selected to interview and the questions asked for the training needs analysis. 

Does not analyze the SMEs selected to interview and the questions asked for the training needs analysis. 

Analyzes, but does not justify the SMEs selected to interview and the questions asked for the training needs analysis. 

Justifies the SMEs selected to interview and the questions asked for the training needs analysis. 

Justifies the SMEs selected to interview and the questions asked for the training needs analysis, and summarizes other results obtained in the simulation.