Why should an adult basic education program have a “process” for program and staff development?
Since every program and every individual practitioner benefits from efforts to develop systems or skills, a “process” helps programs and practitioners to conduct these efforts systematically. Random or haphazard efforts at program or staff development often result in frustration among the staff and wasted resources. Staff may not get the staff development they need; without appropriate planning, they may end up attending staff development activities based on convenience rather than need. Without appropriate planning or documentation, programs may end up focusing their improvement efforts on low-priority needs or on the same problems over and over. SABES also strongly believes that a good “process” allows staff members, students, community members, advisory group/board members, and directors to have input into the way program and staff development are conducted. Many programs have found that increasing staff’s participation in assessing needs and in planning program and staff developmen
