Evaluation of Human Resource Development Programs in Elementary Schools (Marand City Case Study)

The present study was conducted to evaluate human resource development programs between elementary school educators in Marand City. This study is a survey in terms of data collection method, and it is practical. The statistical population includes all elementary school educators of Marand city in the academic year of 2019, numbering 1140 people, which was chosen by simple random sampling method and by means of Morgan's table, a sample of 275 people. The validity of the questionnaire was approved by experts, and its reliability was obtained using Cronbach's alpha coefficient of 0.88 for the index of the existing situation of the development program and 0.90 for the index of the need for the development program. Analyzing the data of the questionnaires using SPSS software and paired t-test, independent t-test and one-way ANOVA presented that there exists a significant difference between the indicators of the current situation of development (teacher’s participation level, needs assessment and educational planning, implementation and evaluation), and the need for development program, and the current situation is significantly less. Similarly, there exists a meaningful difference between the opinions of the people about the indicators of the existing situation and the need for development program in terms of age. In terms of educational level, apart from the current situation of implementation and evaluation, there is a significant difference between the two situations. And after all, there is no meaningful difference between situations in terms of gender.