When using the Full Spectrum of training products several things need to be considered. The rank/capability of the learners, the skill level of the learners, and the environment in which they are in all must be considered when planning the training. The training usually begins when the learners are in a classroom setting and there is plenty of technology available. As the learners transfer out of the classroom and onto the bases, technology is not as easily accessible. It only gets worse as the learners are deployed to different areas of the world. I would suggest the same alternatives as what are mentioned in the textbook. The Marine Corps is placing Deployable Learning Resource Centers so that the deployed soldiers and personnel can have access to the network so that can continue to be trained using the courseware provided by the Marine Corp.
Since I work in a school district where one of the campuses is in Stage 3 of school improvement, I think that we need a radical educational change. I think the best staff development activity that would introduce both methodologies to my colleagues would be a power point presentation introducing both the Step-Up-To-Excellence methodology and the GSTE. Slides would be created showing how the two are similar and how they are different, as well as the pros and cons of each one. Each phase will be presented and we would discuss if a radical change is what the district really needs. Before presenting the staff development to my colleagues, I would discuss it in great length with the administrators. Either of these plans would have to start at the top and work their way down. I like the way that with the SUTE method the Strategic Leadership Team is appointed by their peers, not the superintendent.
The first university office for faculty development that I researched was the Office of Faculty and Organizational Development at Michigan State University (http://fod.msu.edu/). It is under the Office of the Provost. They are divided into two separate strands: Faculty and Instructional Development and Organizational and Leadership Development. They offer a wide variety of seminars and workshops for both strands. They also offer cohort programs, co-sponsored opportunities, consultation/services for instructors and for academic leaders, and several different orientations to fit the needs of all new faculty. They also offer on-demand online seminars for the faculty. At Harvard (http://www.faculty.harvard.edu/) they have Faculty Development and Diversity. It is led by the Office of the Senior Vice Provost. They offer a New Ladder Faculty Institute each year as an orientation for new faculty. They have an area on their website (Teaching and Advising) that contains resources for their faculty. The programs and services that they offer are not as easily located as on the MSI site. Fayetteville State University (http://www.uncfsu.edu/facultydevelopment/) features the Office of Faculty Development. They offer many services to its faculty including workshops, consulting services, classroom observation (by request), and a lecture series. They also help with curriculum and instructional development.
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