Tebeje, Wegayehu (PhD)Legesse, Dawit2019-01-012023-11-102019-01-012023-11-102009-06http://etd.aau.edu.et/handle/12345678/15436The objective of this study was to investigate implementation of Teacher Development Program (TDP) in Hawassa Administrative City by focusing on Continuous Professional Development (CPD) of teachers. The study· examined the process of CPD implementation, stakeholders' perception about its implementation, constraints faced, benefits accrued and measures to be taken to promote CPD implementation. The study employed qualitative case study design. Participants of the study were 21 educational officers and teachers in the interview, and 13 teachers and 20 students in focus group discussion. Moreover, pertinent documents were used as a means of data gathering. Then, the results indicated that there are efforts to help teachers acquire various skills through induction, experience sharing, licensing courses, pedagogical and cluster resource centres. As a result, there is change in behaviour of teachers, decrease in drop-out and repetition rates, and increased parent-teacher communication. On the other hand, shortage of budget, resources, and experts, poor management and training programs, lack of commitment and awareness about action research are problems affecting CPD implementation. Thus timely release and proper use of budget, · employing/training experts, giving training for the grassroots and improving quality of training programs were suggested as solutions to the problems. The study concluded that though there are good attempts at upgrading teachers, these attempts are affected by the above constraints. Hence, the study implied that there is mu.ch to be done to help teachers learn and use what they learn from CPD. Finally, the study suggested that concerned offices/educational officers should give training for the grassroots; work in collaboration to act upon measures suggested by participants; construct additional classrooms/schools, and implement career promotions as stipulated in the policy documents.enGeneral Education Quality Improvement PackageThesis