This document discusses staff development in schools. It defines staff development as activities intended to upgrade the knowledge, skills, and behaviors of school staff. The goals are to create positive changes in staff and ensure compliance with school policies. Effective staff development includes in-service training, leadership development, consultation, and evaluation. It benefits teachers by providing current information and benefits schools by helping them achieve their goals. Common types of staff development are induction training, job orientation, in-service education, continuing education, and training for special functions. Today, supervision plays an important role in coaching and guiding staff development.

1. STAFF DEVELOPMENT
Sherrel M. Felismino

2. Sub Topics:
STAFF DEVELOPMENT AND TODAY’S
SUPERVISION
STAFF DEVELOPMENT AND IN-
SERVICE
TEACHER EDUCATION

3. The word STAFF is defined as people
employed to assist in the day-to-day
affairs of running a
business, organization or government
while the word DEVELOPMENT means
to bring out or expand the potentials.

4. WHAT IS STAFF DEVELOPMENT?
Staff development provides the activities
intended to upgrade and update the
knowledge, skills and understanding of the
human resource in the school. The aims to
create positive and productive changes in the
human resource’s thinking and behavior, and to
secure compliance with school and national

5. Lawrence Dale’s Planning Document
1. In-service education
2. Organization development
3. Consultation
4. Leadership training
5. Evaluation

6. Olrich:
to provide thoughtful and guided enhancement of
human talent in the school through a long-range
working model which incorporates well-conceived
strategies.
Seyfarth:
an effective staff development program may be
measured by the changes in personnel behavior
and better working relationship in school.

7. WHY TO PARTICIPATE IN STAFF
DEVELOPMENT?
interest lifelong learning
sense of moral obligation
To maintain and improve professional competence
To enhance career progression
To keep abreast of new technology and practices

8. BENEFITS OF STAFF DEVELOPMENT
1. gives teacher the ability to get the most
current information
2. gives school the opportunity to affirm
their goal
3. allows teachers to perform their job
better

9. 4. personal development of staff
5. provide students with the latest on
the topic that is being taught

10. TYPES OF STAFF
DEVELOPMENT
1. Induction Training
is a brief, standardized indoctrination to an
agency’s philosophy, purposes, policies and
regulation given to each worker.

11. 2. Job Orientation
– individualized training to
acquaint a newly hired employee

12. 3. In-service Education
– planned learning experience provided by
the employing agency to its employee. It is
also a planned educational experience
provided in the job setting and closely
identified with services in order to help
perform more effectively as a person and as
a worker.

13. 4. Continuing Education
– is all the learning activities that
occur after an individual has
completed his basic education.

14. 5. Training for Special Function
– that is concerned with developing
expert technical or manual
skills, communication and helps the
personnel to perform their functions
effectively.

15. FORMS OF INDUCTION

16. 1. Internship –
works as an exchange of
services for experience between
the students and his or her
employer.

17. 2. Preceptorship –
a short term relationship between a student as
novice and an experienced staff person
professional who provides individual attention to
the student’s learning needs and feedback
regarding performance; student experience
relative independence in making
decisions, setting priorities, management of
time, and care activities.

18. 3. Mentorship –
programs offered to support in program
completion, confidence building and
transitioning to further education or the
workforce.

19. STAFF DEVELOPMENT
AND TODAY’S
SUPERVISION

20. What is supervision?
 Supervision is carried out by the supervisor
to oversee the productivity and progress of
the employee.

21. Supervision is defined as any communication
between two or more staff, one of whom is a line
manager, where the primary purpose is to
enhance staff performance and effectiveness in
carrying out the requirements of their post and
meeting the objectives of the organisation. It is
an accountable process.

22. ROLES OF SUPERVISOR IN STAFF
DEVELOPMENT
 Coaching employees to help them determined what they
need for development
 Providing both positive and corrective feedback
 Offering organizational insight, information and advice
 Guiding and planning through goal setting and checking back
overtime
 Allocating fund and money for development expenses
 Ensuring opportunities for application of new learning

23. STAFF DEVELOPMENT
AND IN-SERVICE

24.  In-service training is a process of staff
development for the purpose of improving the
performance of an incumbent holding a
position with assign job responsibilities.

25. Four Types of In-Service Training
1.Induction or Orientation
2.Foundation Training
3.Maintenance or Refresher
4.Career Development

26. In-School Training Program
1.Mentoring program
2.Direct training
3.Echo training

27. TEACHER EDUCATION

28. Teacher education refers to the policies and
procedures designed to equip
prospective teachers with
the knowledge, attitudes, behaviors and skills
they require to perform their tasks effectively in
the classroom, school and wider community.

29. Teacher education is often divided into
these stages:
1.initial teacher training / education
2.induction
3.teacher development or continuing
professional development

30. 1. initial teacher training / education (a pre-
service course before entering the classroom
as a fully responsible teacher)
2. induction (the process of providing training
and support during the first few years of teaching
or the first year in a particular school)
3. teacher development or continuing
professional development (CPD) (an in-service
process for practicing teachers)

31. “Not all of us can do great
things. But we can do small
things with great love.”
(Mother Teresa)