Setting the Context
B4. Defining the Roles

All the participants brainstormed potential roles played by Workplace Education Practitioners in different contexts. The chart below shows the results of the brainstorming (reduced to eliminate duplicate entries), with broad general headings given to similar roles.

Facilitator Instructor Assessor Developer Administrator Marketer Promoter
Learner
Peer Instructor
Communicator/
listener
Entertainer
Instructor
Mentor
Coach
Facilitator
Educator
Train the trainer
Trainer
Mediator 		Evaluator
Tester
Assessor
Needs analyst
 -organization
 -individual
 -task analysis
 -training 		Program planner
Developer:
 -materials
 -curriculum
 -program
  -testing
Designer 		Project manager
Program manager
Administer
Co-ordinator
Administrator
$ Manager 		Marketer
Promoter
 -present
 -market
Awareness-raiser
Advertiser
Writer Trouble-shooter Researcher Broker Catalyst/ Partnership-builder
Proposal writer
Writer 		Mediator
Liaison
Negotiator
Diplomat
Counselor
Advocate 		Researcher Broker
Negotiator
Advocate
 -gov't lobbying
Policy maker
Broker
 - partnership
Developer 		Build capacity
  -practitioners
  - workplaces
  -stakeholder organizations
Change agent

Workplace Education Practitioners' Forum
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