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Training - Government-wide Section 508 Assessment Criteria

Training

This section asks about your agency's development, use, and tracking of ICT accessibility related training.

Question 58

Indicate to what extent your agency's Section 508 training plan defines training needs and training curriculum by ICT roles and responsibilities. (*Required)

Select one:

  1. Agency has no Section 508 training plan
  2. Agency has a general Section 508 training plan but does not specify training needs and training curriculum by ICT roles and responsibilities
  3. Agency has a Section 508 training plan that identifies training needs and training curriculum for some ICT roles and responsibilities
  4. Agency has a Section 508 training plan that identifies training needs and training curriculum for most ICT roles and responsibilities
  5. Agency has a Section 508 training plan that identifies training needs and training curriculum for almost all ICT roles and responsibilities and the Section 508 training plan is regularly reviewed and revised, as needed
  6. Unknown

Question 59

Indicate to what extent your agency requires Section 508 awareness training for employees. (*Required)

Select one:

  1. Agency does not offer any Section 508 awareness training
  2. Agency offers an optional Section 508 awareness training that employees sometimes take, but generally on an ad hoc basis
  3. Agency requires Section 508 awareness training as a one-time requirement (e.g., as part of employee onboarding)
  4. Agency requires Section 508 awareness training on a regular basis (e.g., annually)
  5. Agency requires annual Section 508 awareness training on a regular basis, and feedback loops are established to refine and update training content regularly
  6. Unknown

Question 60

Indicate to what extent your agency provides ICT accessibility-related training for employees. (*Required)

Select one:

  1. Agency has no capacity to provide training
  2. Training is sometimes provided, but generally provided on an ad hoc basis, and for a limited selection of ICT accessibility topics
  3. Training is regularly provided for most ICT accessibility topics
  4. Training is frequently provided for most ICT accessibility topics, and new topics for training are actively identified based on changing need and/or emerging technologies
  5. Training is almost always provided for any ICT accessibility topic, new topics are actively identified based on changing need and/or emerging technologies, and feedback loops ensure regular review and refinement of training content
  6. Unknown

For the purposes of this question, “accessibility-related training” includes, but is not limited to:

  • Section 508 policy,
  • acquisitions,
  • internal development,
  • how to make electronic documents accessible,
  • accessibility testing, and
  • other training that provides specific direction on how to incorporate accessibility considerations into processes, policies, and/or procedures.

Question 61

Indicate the level of employee training on guidance, templates and tools used to create accessible content. (*Required)

Select one:

  1. No training on how to use guides, templates and tools
  2. Some training on how to use guides, templates and tools is available but only sometimes delivered and generally on an ad hoc basis
  3. Training on how to use guides, templates and tools is regularly delivered to employees
  4. Training on how to use guides, templates and tools is frequently delivered to employees
  5. Training on how to use guides, templates and tools is delivered to all employees on at least an annual basis and feedback loops are employed to improve training content

Reviewed/Updated: May 2023

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