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Name:	Follow-Up, A Key Component of Successful Professional Development
ID:	m36027
Language:	English (en)
Summary:	Inexperienced teachers' perceived classroom effectiveness of their planning and preparation, classroom environment, instruction, and professional responsibilities domains were analyzed to determine the effects of active follow-up compared to information-based follow-up of classroom management training (N = 50). Inexperienced teachers enrolled in I Can Do It Classroom Management Training were randomly assigned to active follow-up to the training (n = 24) or information-based follow-up to the training (n = 26). As reflected by the pretest and posttest evaluation form measuring their perceived effectiveness in the domains of planning and preparation, classroom environment, instruction, and professional responsibilities, teachers participating in active follow-up of the training demonstrated statistically significant growth in each of the domains. Teachers participating in the information-based follow-up demonstrated little or no growth in each of the domains. Pretest-posttest and posttest-posttest analysis of perceptions of teachers engaged in active follow-up demonstrated significant growth in three of the domains identified in the professional development model and significantly higher classroom effectiveness scores than teachers engaged in information-based follow-up. The study's results should encourage district officials to look at professional development and the type of follow-up included in staff development initiatives.
Subject:	Social Sciences
Keywords:	collaboration, collegiality, learning, Professional development, staff development
License:	Creative Commons Attribution License CC-BY 3.0

Authors:	Peter J. Smith (pjsmith@unomaha.edu), Diana Casey (diana.casey@ops.org)
Copyright Holders:	Peter J. Smith (pjsmith@unomaha.edu), Diana Casey (diana.casey@ops.org)
Maintainers:	National Council of Professors of Educational Administration (tcreigh@vt.edu)

Latest version:	1.1 (history)
First publication date:	Nov 7, 2010 6:28 am -0600
Last revision to module:	Nov 16, 2010 10:47 am -0600

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Version:	1.1 Nov 16, 2010 10:47 am -0600 by National Council of Professors of Educational Administration
Changes:	author review

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