Training Needs Analysis: A Springboard To The Faculty’s Continuous Professional Development

Training develops the skills and competencies of the workers because it eliminates or reduces the mismatch between the levels of acquired and required skills. Teachers are required to upgrade their knowledge, skills, and attitudes to meet the needs of the 21st century learners in a fast-transforming technological era (Nooruddin & Bhamani, 2019 [13]). Dilshad, Hussain, & Batool, (2019) [5] suggested an ongoing process of professional development among the teachers at the University. The main concern of the study was the determination of the training needs of the faculty members as a springboard to the faculty’s continuous professional development. The study utilized a descriptive research design to a total of twenty-five (25) full time and part-time faculty members of the College of Arts, Sciences, and Education in a private higher educational institution in Bulacan during the School Year 2020-2021. Based on the findings of the study, the Faculty Development Plan should include training, write-shops and webinars in the following research skills: accessing research resources, scientific writing and editing, authoring and translating modules and books, preparing scientific posters and presentations. Similarly, professional development on managing with limited resources is needed to address the leadership skill. Budget should be allocated for external resource speakers or from the pool of internal resource speakers. The modality of the training will be synchronous through Google Meet.