Founded in 1993, The Partnership at Portland State University (PSU) is a mission-driven organization with a proven track record of leveraging research, consultation, training, education, participant and program evaluation and simulated practice opportunities to strengthen the workforce of Oregon’s human services agencies and enhance the outcomes of the communities they serve.
Customized Training by Your Team, for Your Team
Located in the heart of Salem, Oregon, The Partnership @ PSU boasts several large training spaces, with our largest accommodating up to 80 learners. All of our training spaces are equipped with state-of-the-art SMART Board™ and presentation technology. The Partnership is also equipped to bring the training directly to your worksite, with dedicated trainers, IT specialists and administrative support staff ready to make your team’s workforce development experience a success.
Our distance learning workforce development options also allow your staff to train no matter where they are. Making use of our unique, award-winning dual SMART Board™ training method alongside the classroom management tools of Zoom, The Partnership can replicate the in-person classroom experience virtually and seamlessly.
We collaborate with and encourage feedback from our community partners every step of the way, including during curriculum development, logistics planning, and post-training reflection.
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Workforce Simulations: Practice Skills, Achieve Mastery
“It gave me confidence in facing the future with court involvement. Less intimidation, more solid understand of what’s going on.”
– Court Simulations Participant
The Partnership at PSU is one of the earliest workforce development organizations to pioneer and develop live simulation programs. With 6 dedicated simulation spaces including one large multi-purpose simulation room, The Partnership has experience creating a variety of realistic simulation environments, including home-like settings, office settings, courtrooms, and classrooms. These simulation spaces are easily reconfigurable to create new, dynamic spaces that fit what your workforce may encounter in the real-world.
The partnership contracts real actors with real-world acting experience who are trained on the specifics of their scenarios. Simulation participants regularly praise their actors, surprised by the
Utilizing OWL cameras™ and proprietary, custom-programmed multi-camera setups developed by our in-house IT staff, The Partnership at PSU also offers one of the most effective distance-friendly simulations programs available, allowing for participation in simulations no matter the various locations of your workforce.
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Additional Tools to Maximize Your Team’s Potential
Assessment and
Evaluation
Our comprehensive training evaluation program leverages evidence-based, data-driven, customized evaluation and assessment tools that measure key performance indicators including training impact, effectiveness, and trainee acquisition and application of knowledge and skills as part of a holistic framework to evaluate the impact of training systems.
Consultation and Collaborative Coaching
We offer collaborative, equity-centered consultation and coaching to support systems change, transformative workforce development, and effective service delivery across the entire spectrum of human services — empowering leaders and helping agencies turn ambitious vision into measurable and lasting community impact.
Education and
Opportunity
Backed by the resources of Oregon’s only urban public research University, The Partnership’s existing stipend program affords individuals interested in working in the human services field access to financial support to pursue higher education, enhancing workforce stability and morale and achieving better outcomes for the clients you serve.
Community partners that we have served.
