Phase III of the career planning model acknowledges that contemporary school systems are facing the demands of a changing culture and will continue to do so. This phase of the model viewed as a sharing of responsibility between the individual and the organization in which a comprehensive career development program is fostered to meet the career growth needs of a divers work force. Questions that should be asked and answered in career development planning during the induction process include the following :
Is there a performance appraisal process in place designed to encourage career growth? Does the processes stress the importance of performance diagnosis and behavioral objectives? Does the performance appraisal model fit the system’s human resources strategies?
To what extent is the supervisory staff committed to the belief that entry-level personnel need assistance and encouragement in job performance and career planning? That the sink-or-swim induction model is a strategy whose time is over?
Which of the following mechanisms are in place to assist newcomers in planning performance improvement and moves: formal and informal counseling, career information, position posting, talent profiles, skills inventories, position previews, role exploration, and position rotation?
Are there mentoring programs for guiding, developing, and help individuals to achieve self-actualization, performance effectiveness, peer acceptance, and career mobility?
Although the foregoing discussion has centered on individualized plans for new hires and reassigned personnel, personnel development also includes new tasks for present personnel and for those employees preparing for new positions. These aspects of personnel development are treated in Chapter 6 in terms of plans featuring elements such as types of learning needed to achieve individual and group objectives, environments for optimum learning, cost-effective programming, and delivery systems compatible with staff development needs.