Continuous teacher professional development: Value and expectations
Continuous teacher professional development: Value and expectations By Desmond Allotey-Pappoe 8 HOURS AGO Continuous professional development of teachers plays an integral role in improving learning outcomes in schools. Teachers’ continuing professional development (CPD) has become a major focus within the school reform and school improvement literature because of the belief that student learning and success are due, in large part, to the effectiveness of teachers (OECD, 2009). In 2005, MOE/GES with support from JICA set the pace to operationalize CPD at the basic education level with seri...