This new edition offers unique, state-of-the-art perspectives on library staff development and training.

This guide contains an overview of existing successful appraisal practices and practical suggestions for both those managing and undertaking appraisal. The book takes into account up-to-date policies and changes in appraisal.

Whether you are a practitioner or manager, the Professional Development Manual, 3rd edition, will provide you with guidance and advice on how to plan and evaluate successful staff development in schools. The manual presents you with practical solutions to real problems relating to the management of professional development. It sets out to provide you with knowledge and understanding of professional development, theory and practice and recommends courses of action to deliver results.

A Practical Guide to Staff Development, Second Edition Adrianne E. Avillion, D.Ed, RN Become an effective educator using evidence-based tools & techniques. Inexperienced educators are often thrust into the role of staff development specialist. Don't let the nursing shortage cause you or your staff members to be unprepared or your patients to be harmed due to ineffective staff education. Now, staff development specialists can turn to one resource to become competent and compelling educators while implementing evidence-based practice. This book teaches staff educators to: Base practices on best evidence Measure the effectiveness of their training sessions Understand adult learning principles to appeal to all age groups Implement strategies to motivate learners Teach to multicultural and intergenerational audiences Incorporate new technologies associated with distance learning This resource will help prepare the novice staff educators in your facility, as well as revitalize current educators with strategies for adopting new technology and teaching techniques. The innovative ideas in A Practical Guide to Staff Development, Second Edition will improve your entire facility's ability to deliver all types of critical education, enhancing your staff's ability to provide exceptional care. Every discipline in your facility can benefit from this book. Along with over 150 pages of invaluable information, it includes samples of missions, goals, and visions that can be modified to suit different educational needs. In addition, the companion CD-ROM includes tools that staff educators can use to document and assess their training methods, as well as plan activities based on the different learning styles of their audiences. New information in the second edition: Evidence-based practice Distance learning ROI Motivating multigenerational and multicultural learners Table of Contents Chapter 1: Evolution of staff development Chapter 2: Mission, vision, and values: Relying on EBP Chapter 3: Healthcare trends and their impact on staff development Chapter 4: Qualifications for the staff development specialist Chapter 5: Evolving roles of the staff development specialist Chapter 6: Principles of adult learning Chapter 7: Identifying learning styles Chapter 8: Teaching multigenerational audiences Chapter 9: Designing cultural diversity education for a multicultural audience Chapter 10: Motivation challenges: Managing resistant learners Chapter 11: Resourceful teaching strategies Chapter 12: Distance learning Chapter 13: From novice to expert: A framework for meeting learner needs Chapter 14: Compiling needs-assessment data Chapter 15: Orientation Chapter 16: Mandatory education Chapter 17: Inservice education Chapter 18: Continuing education Chapter 19: An overview of the evaluation process Chapter 20: Level one: Reaction/learner satisfaction Chapter 21: Level two: Learning/knowledge acquisition Chapter 22: Level three: Behavior Chapter 23: Level four: Results/impact Chapter 24: Level five: Return on investment Learning Objectives Describe the historical evolution of staff development Differentiate between traditional and contemporary staff development practice Implement strategic planning using mission, vision, and values statements Determine realistic departmental goals Determine realistic objectives that correlate with departmental goals Discuss the impact of current healthcare trends on staff development Describe the facets of an organizational culture of learning Determine the appropriate qualifications for staff development specialists in an organization Identify staff development specialist competencies Describe the various roles of the staff development specialist Implement the principles of adult learning in all education activities Describe characteristics of various learning styles Identify teaching strategies associated with various learning styles Describe the characteristics of the four generations active in the current workforce Identify teaching strategies that facilitate learning for each generation Identify ways to design effective diversity education Recognize education barriers that can cause resistance to learning Implement strategies to motivate the adult learner Identify resourceful teaching strategies to improve education delivery Implement specific resourceful teaching strategies effectively Differentiate among the various types of distance learning Gather evidence to select the most effective distance learning strategy Determine teaching strategies using Benner's levels of competency as a framework Correlate Benner's levels of clinical competency with staff development expertise Describe practical strategies to obtain needs assessment data Discuss orientation strategies that facilitate the orientee's organizational assimilation. Discuss the concept of mandatory training List examples of inservice education Devise strategies for implementation of inservice education Discuss ways to deliver continuing education Identify the purposes of evaluation Describe the various levels of the evaluation process Describe level one evaluation Identify ways to measure level two evaluation Gather evidence to evaluate behavior Describe level four evaluation Describe return on investment (ROI) Identify ways to conduct ROI

To stay ahead of the competition, today?s organizations must invest in ongoing training that continuously improves their employees? knowledge and skills. A Practical Guide to Training and Development is a comprehensive resource that offers a theoretical, strategic, and practical foundation of the entire training process. The book outlines a step-by-step approach for assessing, designing, delivering and evaluating training.