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Article: Staff Development Practices: Is Your Organization "Learning" in the 21st Century?
- Article from:
- Parks & Recreation
- Article date:
- June 1, 2001
- Author:
CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 2001 National Recreation and Park Association. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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Practitioners and academics should be amazed at the lack of data designed to assist park district managers and programmers with making decisions about best practices in staff development. It would be useful if public officials had meaningful research to help them to make decisions regarding hiring practiceS, staff training and certification standards.
Unfortunately, there appears to be more theory than research examining the benefits of being career professionals, continuing education for staff and its effects on advancement, and the relationship between job performance/programming satisfaction and the credentials of those performing the jobs.
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