The Contribution of Continuous Professional Development in Enhancing Teachers Performance in Abaferansua secondary Schoo

Abstract

The purpose of this study was focused on contribution of continuous professional development in enhancing teachers performance in Abaferansua secondary school in Gubre sub-city. To achieve fair representation of the sample, out of the 72 teachers in Abaferansua secondary school, 18(25%) teachers was selected randomly by using lottery method. The research employed in the study was descriptive survey method. The sampling used includes availability and simple random and nearby accessibility of respondents with the limited time available at the researchers disposal. For this study the entire available principal and vice principal were taken as a sample. The researcher recommended that for better contribution of continuous professional development in enhancing teachers performance and school management as well as principals should work with teachers towards selection of methods of teachers training. The research employed in the study was descriptive survey method, which is supplemented by qualitative data. From the analysis the finding of the study showed that lack of motivation, lack of training, lack of fulfilling Continuous Professional Development materials, lack of trained facilitators, insufficiency of supports provided for teachers growth, insufficient allocation of budget, lack of peer coaching and peer evaluation, and absence of induction program, were identified by this research as the serious factors affecting of Continuous Professional Development realization in Abaferansua secondary school