[CALIBK12] [CSLA Research Update] Teacher professional development studies

[Lesley Farmer]

A shift to greater school-level control of teacher professional
development may be responsible for "perceptual discrepancies" over who
is primarily responsible for organizing teachers’ learning activities,
according to a survey of 1400 teachers, principals, and district
superintendents. Principals and teachers in larger schools tended to
have the greatest sense of school-level influence over professional
development; however, in low-income schools, district administrators
were perceived to have more authority. Districts were seen as the main
source of financial support for teacher professional development, but
the findings "also suggest a fair amount of discretionary authority at
the school level to select and purchase materials and services specific
to their needs." PBS Teacher Line/Hezel Associates.(2007). The PBS
TeacherLine National Survey of Teacher Professional Development.
Syracuse, NY: Hezel Associates.http://www.hezel.com/pbstlsurvey.htmlA
good research roundup on this topic is available at:
http://www.teachermagazine.org/tm/articles/2007/10/25/01report-1.h01.html?tmp=612090635

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Posted By Lesley Farmer to CSLA Research Update at 11/29/2007 05:33:00
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