Curriculum Consulting
Start Your Training Initiative with a Clear Path to Success
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Building Your Training with Purpose
Every effective training initiative, big or small, begins with a solid plan. You know your business needs and have valuable expertise to share, but transforming that into a learning experience that truly drives results requires a strategic approach. Without a clear roadmap focusing on the end goals, even well-intentioned training can fall short of its objectives.
This is where curriculum consulting, a foundational function of expert instructional design, comes in. It’s the essential planning phase that happens before detailed storyboarding, bringing clarity and focus to your project. Our consultants partner with you to analyze your needs, define clear objectives, and map out the most effective path forward, helping you confidently answer:
- What specific performance gaps (skill, knowledge, or attitude) are we trying to solve?
- Who is our target audience, and what do they truly need to succeed?
- What are the clear, measurable learning objectives that will define success for this training?
Your Strategic Roadmap for Effective Learning
We partner with you in a strategic consultation to build a powerful and defensible learning plan tailored to your project. Our process, led by expert instructional designers, is designed to ensure your training is built with purpose from the start.
Conduct a training needs analysis
We begin by analyzing your specific performance gaps and strategic priorities, ensuring the training solution is tailored to address the right problems and provide the right solutions.
Define your learner personas
We help you create clear profiles of your key learner groups, analyzing their roles, existing knowledge, motivations, and technical context to ensure relevance and effectiveness.
Establish learning objectives
We collaborate with you to define clear, measurable learning objectives that articulate precisely what learners should be able to know, do, think, or feel after the training.
Develop the course outline
We structure your content into a logical course outline or “skeleton,” organizing the core content areas and determining the scope boundaries for the training.
Recommend optimal modalities
Based on the analysis, we advise on the best blend of delivery methods (ILT/VILT, eLearning, blended) and media (video, animation, infographics, 3D assets, narration).
Outline the learning plan
We develop the course outline into a detailed lesson plan, mapping specific activities, resources, assessments (formative/summative), interactions, learner engagement strategies, and estimate the timing for each section.
Ready to Build a More Strategic Training Program?
Schedule a strategic consultation to discover how our curriculum experts can help you develop a clear and practical roadmap for learning within your organization.
Why Choose Us for Curriculum Consulting
You know your business. We know how to build a learning strategy that drives it forward. Our curriculum consulting service ensures that every training investment you make delivers maximum impact. We act as your expert partner, providing the outside perspective and proven process needed to lay a strong foundation for your project.
We are your allies in creating training that works. We provide you with a clear, defensible plan that connects your learning initiative to tangible outcomes, helping to align and inspire all your stakeholders.
- Strategic Foundation for Every Project: Our process isn’t just for large programs; it ensures that even a single module is built with purpose, based on a thorough needs analysis, and aligned with your goals.
- We Build Your Shared Vision: The strategic roadmap and detailed plans we create help you clearly articulate the “why” and the ROI of your training initiatives, creating alignment and excitement with your stakeholders.
- A Plan You Can Execute Anywhere: Our consulting provides a clear, actionable blueprint (including course outlines and lesson plans). You can confidently take this plan to your internal team for execution or seamlessly transition to our expert eLearning Development services.
Building a Strategic Curriculum to Support Critical Caregivers
The Challenge: Beacon of Light, an organization that provides critical care for at-risk youth, needed to develop a comprehensive and standardized training curriculum for its caregivers. Its existing knowledge was spread across various documents and expert staff; it lacked a cohesive, strategic plan to turn it into a consistent and effective learning program.
Our Solution: The project began with deep curriculum consulting. Our team partnered with Beacon of Light’s subject matter experts to conduct a thorough needs analysis, defining the core competencies every caregiver needed. From there, we designed a comprehensive curriculum map, structuring their deep expertise into a logical, multi-level learning journey.
The Result: Beacon of Light now has a powerful, 3-level certification program that provides a clear and consistent training path for its staff. The initial strategic work in curriculum consulting was the key, transforming their scattered knowledge into a structured program that ensures the highest standard of care for the youth they serve.
Read the full case study to learn how Beacon of Light strategically support its network
FAQ about Curriculum Consulting
How is this different from your instructional design service?
Curriculum consulting is a vital component of our comprehensive Instructional Design service, provided by our expert instructional designers. It focuses specifically on the upfront strategic planning phase, which includes conducting a needs analysis, defining objectives, mapping the content structure (course outline/lesson plan), and recommending formats. This essential groundwork happens before the detailed storyboarding phase of a complete instructional design project.
What does the consulting process look like, and what do you need from my team?
The process is a collaborative partnership. We facilitate in-depth discovery sessions with your key stakeholders and subject matter experts, and we review any existing training content or assets you may have. We need their time and expertise to help us understand your goals, challenges, and content. From there, our team takes the lead on the analysis and design work, presenting you with a comprehensive learning roadmap for feedback and approval.
How does this service help align our stakeholders and leadership?
The strategic learning roadmap we deliver is a powerful tool for creating a shared vision. Because every part of the plan is explicitly linked to a core business objective—like improving efficiency or reducing risk—it allows you to clearly demonstrate to all stakeholders how the training investment will deliver a measurable return and drive the organization forward.
What are the final deliverables?
The final deliverables are tailored to your needs but typically include key components of a strategic learning roadmap, such as a needs analysis document, detailed learner personas, a course outline, and a lesson plan, along with our expert recommendations for the most effective training formats and assessments. We work with you to create the specific assets you need to formulate and communicate your plan for the future.
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