Professional Development & Training

Through professional development programs, the Schaefer Center is able to enhance the management and leadership capacity in state and local government organizations. During a program sponsored by Baltimore’s Managerial and Professional Society, the center provided management and supervisory skills training to emerging leaders in city government.

Managing for Results is the center’s largest training program. Since the inception of this program in 1997, the center has trained more than 4,600 mid- and upper-level managers in state agencies. Courses include Introduction to Managing for Results; Mechanics of Developing Performance Measures; Collecting and Interpreting Performance Data; Ensuring Data Integrity; Auditing Performance Data; Performance Budgeting; and Activity-Based Costing.

Recently, the Schaefer Center provided management training to a cadre of 55 mid- and upper-level managers in the Baltimore City Public School System’s operations division. These dedicated employees provide the school system’s critical support services, including food service, safety, transportation and building and ground maintenance.