Roles and Responsibilities

6. Staff Development and Training

All tutors are expected to take part in staff training and development appropriate to their role.  Staff development may involve a variety of activities, which may include attendance at centre meetings; Hampshire Achieves staff development training events; open or distance learning including e-learning; and external courses.

Identifying Staff Development Needs

Staff development needs may arise from curriculum changes or the introduction of new courses and may also be identified through feedback from tutor support visits, teaching observations, team meetings, peer and self-assessment.

How to Apply for Staff Development

 Hampshire Achieves Staff Development Programme of events is published at the start of the academic year.  In addition additional activities may be arranged during the year.  If you wish to attend a staff development activity you should discuss this with your Centre Manager, and follow the enrolment instructions for the advertised course.

Evaluation of Staff Development

We need to know how effective staff development is so that we can make improvements where necessary.  Staff participating in staff development training events will be asked to provide written feedback on staff development activities at the end of each event.  You may also be asked to comment on the benefits of staff development activities undertaken some time after you have completed your training by completing a follow-up evaluation form.  Please ensure that you return this form to Hampshire Achieves within the timescale requested.