Make Development Personal
Leslie Beauchamp
When Amazon knows exactly what products you want, one-size-fits-all learning doesn’t work anymore. Grovo suggests a ways to make employee development more personalized:
1) Create Career Pathways: Work with employees to plot out a long-term vision for how their career arc fits within your school or district. The coach, AP, Principal, District leader may not allow for enough choices. How can you expand the impact of “lead” or “master teachers” without having them completely leave the classroom? Be creative with compensation in order to compensate your most effective educators for their increased impact.
2) Make learning accessible: You don’t want learning to be an “event.” You want it to seamlessly blend in with employees’ work and day.
3) Give learners agency: Redundant training kills morale—and quickly. Set up a system where employees can learn new things without having to suffer through concepts they already understand or practice. Use some of your effective educators to lead session and be able to differentiate by needs.
Learn more details in “Light a Fire: 7 Strategies for Developing Employees.”