Implementation and Challenges of Continuous Professional Development in Enemor Ener Woreda Goverenmet Secondary Schools
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2023-07
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Addis Ababa University
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The purpose of this study was to assess the implementation of continuous professional development in Government secondary schools of Enemor EnerWoreda. The study employed descriptive survey design and method. A total of 104 respondents were including in the study. Data were collected through questionnaires, interviews and document review. The teacher, school leader and WEO expert participants were selected using simple random sampling technique, whereas CPD coordinator and cluster supervisors were selected by purposive sampling technique. Using SPSS version 20, quantitative data were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics while the qualitative data were analyzed using content analysis approach. The finding of the study revealed that ’the extent of participation in the implementation of continuous professional development in different secondary schools was not satisfactory. This was with the intent to assess the implementation of CPD program and recommend possible ways of alleviating the problems. To this end, basic questions addressing the issues related to CPD such as the CPD programs practice, contribution to CPD implementation, attitudes of teachers towards the CPD program and major challenges of secondary schools have encountered in implementing CPD program were raised. Thus, it was concluded that teachers’, school leaders’ and supervisors’ participation in the implementation of continuous professional development was not satisfactory in this study. Finally, it was recommended that schools, cluster Woreda Education Office, Zone Education Department, Region Education Bureau, Ministry of Education and NGOs should support the teachers at the grass root level to implement continuous professional development implementation successfully in their school.
Keywords, Continuous professional development, monitoring, coaching, induction
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Continuous professional development, monitoring, coaching, induction