The Linkage between Teachers' Training Colleges and School Cluster Centers on Continuous Professional Development of Teachers in Oromia Regional State
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2007-07
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Addis Ababa University
Abstract
The main pUlpose of this s tudy was to investigate the status of teachers' CPD
program and, the degree of the linlcage between TTCs and CRCs, and to give
recommendations for its improvement. The study was conducted on the samples
drawn from CRCs, primary schools, WEO, ZED, and TTCs in Oromia Regional
State. Three of the TTCs were randomly selected from six colleges that similarly
pel/onn CPD practices. Six school cluster centers from the towns and another six
from. l11ral woredas were randomly selected. Two primary schools from each
school cluster were selected using pwposive sampling technique. Four groups of
respondents, namely; mentees, mentors, directors and coordinators of CPD at
different hierarchical echelons were included in the study. Questionnaire,
interview, and personal observations were used to collect the necessary data.
The collected data were analyzed using statistical tools like p ercentage, mean, ttest,
one way ANOVA and post hoc comparison of means. The results of the study
indicated that the re was lack of responsible body to manage the CPI{ and the
lin/cage between TTCs and CRCs, and their linkage was loose. In addition, the
involvement of most of the CPD providers at school, CRC and Woreda level was
almost partial. Regarding the training techniques or strategies, only li'mited
number and type of them were employed; however, teachers have benefited from
those scanty trainings. Teachers were interested to participate in the training,
mostly, to get financial and material benefit more than the knowledge of the
subject matter and the teaching methodology. Moreover, the competence and
commitment of some of the CPD stakeholders was low. There was also absence
or lade of clear guideline; materials, competent coordinators, and absence of
assigned personnel to manage the program. The recommendations include:
training the supervisors and assigning responsibilities, improving the linkage
between TTC and the CRC through preparation and provision of films and
training materials using cost sharing mechanism, involving different stakeholders
to malce them provide financial, material, and technical support and providing
incentives like salary increase for both the mentees and mentors.
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Cluster Centers on Continuous Professional Development