Using Evaluation to Ensure Quality Professional Development in Rural Schools

Autor/inn/en	Mitchem, Katherine; Wells, Deborah; Wells, John
Titel	Using Evaluation to Ensure Quality Professional Development in Rural Schools
Quelle	In: Journal of Research in Rural Education, 18 (2003) 2, S.96-103 (8 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1551-0670
Schlagwörter	Rural Schools; Adult Learning; Professional Development; Program Evaluation; Program Effectiveness; Evaluation Methods; Methods Research; Models; Educational Quality; Quality Control; Program Development; Rural Education + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Rural area; Rural areas; School; Schools; Ländlicher Raum; Schule; Schulen; Adulte education; Adult training; Erwachsenenbildung; Programme evaluation; Programmevaluation; Methodenforschung; Analogiemodell; Quality of education; Bildungsqualität; Qualitätskontrolle; Programmplanung; Ländliche Erwachsenenbildung
Abstract	Professional development practices implemented in rural school systems have often led nowhere. These practices seem to produce adult learning activities with few results other than participants' mounting frustration and another innovation left by the wayside. To encourage the development of productive professional development, many studies are beginning to indicate the importance of making evaluation central to the design of professional development. Employing an evaluative approach may assist staff developers in addressing the frequent criticism that professional development activities are disconnected from one another and do not form part of a coherent program of teacher learning and development. The CIPP Model was formulated by Stufflebeam (1966) to show how evaluation contributes to the decision-making process in the program management. We propose a similar conceptual model for ongoing data-based professional development in rural settings. This model provides practitioners with a useful and manageable tool for incorporating an evaluative approach to the design, development, and delivery of professional development. In addition, we provide a practical application of the model to an ongoing rural professional development project. (Contains 1 figure and 2 tables.) (Author).
Anmerkungen	College of Education and Human Development. 5766 Shibles Hall, University of Maine, Orono, ME 04469. Tel: 207-581-2761; Web site: http://www.jrre.psu.edu/
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10