Staff development

Staff development

1. A way of ensuring that people learn and develop, and that the organization can grow and respond to a changing environment.

   • Training
     • new staff
       • introduction training
         • job description, conditions, salaries, etc.
     • newly promoted staff
       • skills training
     • existing staff
       • continuous development
     • anybody facing change
       • training for specific needs

2. Performance review

   • A chance of feedback, encouragement, help or change.
   • formal
     • Every 6 months or every year.
   • Absolute methods
     • Evaluate an individual by reference to defined standards.
   • performance interviews
     • Reviews: strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and problems.
   • Results orientated methods
     • Concentrate on specific accomplishments achieved.
   • lesson observation
     • To assess teaching.
   • Comparative review
     • The performance of the employees relative to each other.

3. Discipline

   • Check on required conduct compared with actual behavior.
     • Improvement with instruction and training.
   • Disciplinary code
     • Informal interview
       • State problem, be specific, discuss solutions, agreements.
     • Formal interview
       • written record
   • Dismissal
     • To dismiss an incompetent member of the staff.

4. Career planning

   • Promotion
     • lenght of time working, qualifications, performance.
     • Career counselling
       • Encourage staff to think about promotion
   • To extract the full potential of its employees

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