Assessment of Needs and Capacity of District Office Professional Staff
Assessment of Needs and Capacity of District Office Professional Staff
Assessment of Needs and Capacity of District Office Professional Staff
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PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT<br />
ROLES &<br />
RESPONSIBILITIES<br />
CAPACITY BUILDING<br />
Table 22: Comments from Educator Welfare<br />
AN ANALYSIS OF ISSUES AND GAPS IN SCHOOL OPERATIONS<br />
EDUCATOR WELFARE<br />
CATEGORIES<br />
ISSUES & PERCEPTIONS FROM THE<br />
SCHOOL<br />
ISSUES AND PERCEPTIONS FROM<br />
THE DISTRICT OFFICE<br />
Personal <strong>and</strong> pr<strong>of</strong>essional development plan Develop cultures <strong>of</strong> self studying / reading<br />
Adequate staff development<br />
Development should not be attached to<br />
increment <strong>of</strong> salaries<br />
Educators fail to read the resource file<br />
Adequate staff development opportunities should<br />
be exposed to all schools(done during holidays)<br />
Personal & pr<strong>of</strong>essional plan - NE to changing<br />
education system - redeployment<br />
Ensuring adequate staff development<br />
opportunities for educators. - These are being<br />
disturbed<br />
Ensuring that all educators have a personal &<br />
pr<strong>of</strong>essional development plan. - There is no<br />
consistency in this<br />
among educators<br />
Educators are assigned responsibilities - the Clear guidelines for teacher's rights<br />
capacity to perform<br />
Teachers rights - discipline problem<br />
Educators underst<strong>and</strong> their rights <strong>and</strong><br />
responsibilities<br />
Assigning educators to responsibilities<br />
Ensuring that educators are assigned to<br />
responsibilities in which they have the capacity to<br />
perform<br />
Substance abuse not exemplary to our learners<br />
Use <strong>of</strong> authority to abuse learners (physically,<br />
sexually, emotionally)<br />
Child abuse, Alcohol abuse, HIV-Aids<br />
Training needed for "new" learning areas Principals need course on how to h<strong>and</strong>le<br />
EMS Technology, Arts & culture, Maths Literacy personal problems<br />
More training on IQMS<br />
Motivational speakers to motivate <strong>and</strong> change<br />
negative attitudes <strong>of</strong> teachers<br />
Lack <strong>of</strong> in-service training<br />
Training <strong>of</strong> managers in delegation<br />
Workshops must be limited to ensure that<br />
educators performance is managed <strong>and</strong><br />
assessed<br />
Re-skilling teachers in computer <strong>and</strong> in<br />
technology<br />
Training <strong>of</strong> SMT & HOD's - HOD's are<br />
overloading in a phase<br />
Skills development for principals<br />
STAFFING<br />
Schools are understaffed, as a result educators<br />
re not specially trained for the areas they now<br />
teach<br />
Year to year staff establishment<br />
Adequate EDO for educators<br />
EAP - No staff appointed in district - need high<br />
63<br />
Inadequate staff, provision must be made<br />
for farm schools
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