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AFOA 8 - Developing an Effective Remedial Management Plan in First Nations

This course will help you acquire the knowledge and techniques needed to develop a Remedial Management Plan for your community and in so doing help to achieve financial stability and accountability.

The cost for this course is:

Members: $535 (plus GST)

Non-members: $645 (plus GST)

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Course Description

Developing an Effective Remedial Management Plan (RMP) offers Aboriginal financial managers and Band members the opportunity to familiarize themselves with the Remedial Management Plan process.

Course Learning Objectives

Upon completion of the course, you will be able to:

Lesson 1 - What is a Remedial Management Plan?

  • Understand the six most common reasons for debt accumulation;
  • Have a working knowledge of the components of a Remedial Management Plan;
  • Understand the different levels of intervention;
  • Understand the approval process;
  • Have a working knowledge of the types of funding arrangements used by Indian and Northern Affairs Canada (INAC);

Lesson 2 - Who, What and When in the Remedial Management Plan?

  • Have a working knowledge of why and when a Remedial Management Plan is required;
  • Appreciate the impact of an RMP on a community;
  • Understand the many factors involved in producing an effective Remedial Management Plan.

Lesson 3 – Creating the RMP - Step 1 Getting Everyone on Side

  • Have a sound understanding of the characteristics of the Co-Manager;
  • Be able to describe the many steps involved in producing a RMP;
  • Have an understanding of Conflict Resolution principles.

Lesson 4 – Creating the RMP - Step 2 Collecting the Information

  • Learn what information is required to write report;
  • Have a better understanding of the many facets of Band life affected by a RMP;
  • Have a better understanding of the financial knowledge required to understand the information collected.

Lesson 5 – Creating the RMP - Step 3 Writing the Report

  • Have a sound understanding of the RMP template;
  • Have practice in completing a RMP;

Lesson 6 – Measuring and Assessing the Performance of the Remedial Management Plan

  • Understand the importance of assessing the performance of an RMP;
  • Have the skills to monitor the performance;
  • Understand how critical communications is to the success of a RMP.
Course Completion and grading

The course material is broken down into six lessons. Each lesson includes specific objectives and instructions for completion. Directions are provided to guide you through the readings, other references, and the work to be completed.

Lesson Topic Assignments
1 What is a Remedial Management Plan? Assignment 1
2 Who, What and When in the Remedial Management Plan? Assignment 2
3 Creating the RMP - Step 1, Getting Everyone on Side Assignment 3
4 Creating the RMP - Step 2, Collecting the Information Assignment 4
5 Creating the RMP - Step 3, Writing the RMP Assignment 5
6 Measuring and Assessing the Performance of the Remedial Management Plan Assignment 6
Course Assignments and Grading

Students are evaluated in this course as follow:

Participation 25%

Assignments 75%

Participation

It is 25% of the student’s course grade, and has two elements.

  • Group Discussion. Each lesson includes one or more group discussion activities where you will be required to share information with others in your group via the “Discussions” area. Your instructor/facilitator will monitor your discussion contributions to determine a participation mark and provide support where required. While the number of times you contribute postings to the “Discussions” area is a factor in the assessment, the quality of the interaction is more important. For each lesson, you should strive to contribute at least three (3) substantive postings and to include responses to other participants.
  • Web searches. You are required to conduct Web searches. These are to be posted in the “discussion activity database,” and are described within the lessons.