Training Minimum Must Do’s & Resources

This page contains resources and guidance for working on a training. If you have any questions about if and how these resources may apply, please reach out to the Training team (direct inquires to Bridget).

For the planning process: 

• Training Minimum Must Do’s: Training checklist 

  • This checklist is intended to be a resource for staff managing a custom training as a high-level overview of tasks that must be completed before, during, and after a custom training.

• MOCHA considerations and templates: Custom training MOCHA guidelines 

  • MOCHA templates and examples at the bottom of this document

• Asana template for custom trainings

• Training Menu of Offerings: Training Team Offerings Menu 

  • This document contains descriptions and formats of commonly offered trainings

• Training Toolkit: J-PAL North America Training Toolkit 

  • This resource is aimed at those who work on the Training team, but may have useful information for staff thinking about or planning a training (scoping conversations, decision-making, project management, etc.)

• Run of show in-person example, virtual example 

Additional Events planning resources for consideration

For the content development process:

• J-PAL North America Training Library → Training library database

• Practice session template → [Make a copy] Training practice session template

• J-PAL Design Resources → links to J-PAL icons, J-PAL Zoom backgrounds, and other resources that may be useful

  • J-PAL design team: design@povertyactionlab.org can be contacted if Shutterstock photos or other design support is needed.

• J-PAL Presentations → links to J-PAL “About Us” stock slides

• J-PAL Global Training Knowledge Base → managed and maintained by the J-PAL Global Training team

Key words: Training resources, training menu, menu of offerings, minimum must do, custom training, training library

Page last updated: October 14, 2025  by Sara