THE CONTRIBUTION OF CONTINUOUS PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN ENHANCING TEACHERS PERFORMANCE IN CASE OF YABERUS WOLKITE GENERAL SECONDARY AND PREPARATORY SCHOOL

Abstract

The purpose of this study is focused on contribution of continuous professional development in enhancing teachers performance in Yaberus wolkite general secondary and preparatory school of Gurage zone, snnpr State. To achieve fair representation of the sample, out of the 126 teachers in Yaberus wolkite general secondary and preparatory school, 63 (50%) teachers were selected randomly by using lottery method. In addition four KETBs and PTAs were participated in the study. More over for this study the entire available principal and vice principal were taken as a sample. The research employed in the study was descriptive survey method. The sampling used includes availability, simple random, and proportionality and nearby accessibility of respondents with the limited time available at the researchers’ disposal, the purposive sampling techniques were used for sampling. The research employed in the study was descriptive survey method, which is supplemented by qualitative data. The sampling techniques used included purposive, availability and simple random sampling the necessary data for this study were gathered through questionnaire and interview. 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 that affects Continuous Professional Development realization in Yaberus wolkite general secondary and preparatory school. Where as 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 methods of teachers training.