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Professional development.

Another expectation of School-based Management is an environment supportive of professional growth and collaboration. There were 73 results (3.2%), aimed at expanding professional development activities. The task analysis shows that 22 out of 30 schools identified professional development activities and 25 out of 30 identified collaborative efforts directed to improving program delivery, as ways of improving student achievement.

Table 2: School Result Directed Toward Professional Development

Results Involving

Results Achieved


Total

Yes

No

NR

% Yes

Curriculum Knowledge

12

10


2

83.3

Program Strategies

39

29


10

74.4

Environmental Awareness

12

11


1

91.7

Personal Growth

10

7


3

70.0

Column Total

73

57


16

78.1

Total is the number of results for the 196 schools.

Number is the total number of results in the category.

Curriculum Knowledge are results intended to increase staff understanding of the required curriculum.

Programming Strategies are results intended to improve curriculum delivery.

Environmental Awareness are results intended to make the staff aware of outside influences on the school.

Personal Growth are results that didn't identify an outcome for the professional development activity.

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