Send one each to each of the 5 day courses. Then that person must train the other two on his/her class. ( train the trainer ) Prove they learned the required material in the class by teaching it to others. Possibly the other two get self study materials before the first trains them.
maybe all three to the three day class. Rework the numbers with this scenario and see if more palatable On Wed, Oct 12, 2011 at 12:16 PM, Ralph Smith <m...@gatewayindustries.org>wrote: > > This may be a little OT, but I was just pricing out some training for 3 > staff here with the idea of sending them to some classroom training for > Windows 7 and Server 2008 administration. > If I target the courses related to "MCITP Enterprise Desktop > Administrator on Windows 7" certification and the "MCITP Server > Administrator on Windows Server 2008" certification, (and this is from > ONLC because they have a local office, but New Horizons seems to be > about the same) the appropriate courses include three five day courses > and one three day course. > > The total cost at their published prices would be almost $27,000 for > three staff. I don't think I can get that through our budget process. > > For those who provide training for staff development, is this kind of > classroom training the way to go? Are there other alternatives for > classroom training, or do you use other training resources such as video > training from places like Trainsignal? > > I'm looking for a bit of a reality check, as well as suggestions. We > haven't provided this kind of staff training up to now, so I have no > experience in this area. For myself I have relied on Google Training > and some good books, but I was looking for something more > formal/structured. > > Appreciate any comments and advice. > > Ralph > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
