ADDRESSING WOMEN IN TPD
Just as Education for All mandates educational access for all students, opportunities for TPD should be provided to all teachers, regardless of ethnic group, geographic location or religious affiliation. Because educating girls is critical to a nation’s development, and because access to qualified female teachers is critical to girls’ development, female teachers should be provided with every opportunity to continue their professional education.
CHARACTERISTICS OF EFFECTIVE TPD
Relevance and appropriateness: The individual teacher must find the content and delivery of professional development relevant to his/her needs, and appropriate for the culture of the community, as well as in sync with the goals of the school. Dr. Shirley Hord, Scholar Emerita University of Texas and Southwest Educational Development Laboratory Austin, Texas (USA)
SITE-BASED TPD AT A GLANCE
Strengths
• More conducive to building a community of practice
• Locally based, focused on local needs and builds and cultivates local expertise
• Supports sustained TPD efforts that cultivate expertise in schools
Limitations
• Time intensive
• Difficult to provide expertise to low-resource areas, especially those impacted by conflict or that are geographically remote
Cost considerations
• On-going training involves recurrent expenditure
• Costs include creating training materials, and purchasing audiotapes, cassette players, batteries
• Must budget for transportation so facilitators can reach schools
SELF-DIRECTED TPD AT A GLANCE
Strengths
• Flexibility
• Opportunities for choice and individualization
• Teacher can participate in online communities and access resources that would be otherwise unavailable.
Limitations
• Teachers must have access to technology or to other resources
• Assumes that the teacher has already developed a high level of expertise
• Only works with teachers who are highly motivated and autonomous
• Since the teacher works alone, the attrition rate may be higher
• When technology is not working, the learning opportunity is lost
Cost considerations
• None to little (to school or government). Individual assumes the cost of his/her own professional formation
• If teachers access the Internet at school, learning may involve dialup costs and printing
• If teachers use telecenters or Internet cafes, access costs may pose a barrier
ADDRESSING WOMEN IN TPD Just as Education for All mandates educational access for all students, opportunities for TPD should be provided to all teachers, regardless of ethnic group, geographic location or religious affiliation. Because educating girls is critical to a nation’s development, and because access to qualified female teachers is critical to girls’ development, female teachers should be provided with every opportunity to continue their professional education.CHARACTERISTICS OF EFFECTIVE TPD Relevance and appropriateness: The individual teacher must find the content and delivery of professional development relevant to his/her needs, and appropriate for the culture of the community, as well as in sync with the goals of the school. Dr. Shirley Hord, Scholar Emerita University of Texas and Southwest Educational Development Laboratory Austin, Texas (USA)SITE-BASED TPD AT A GLANCEStrengths• More conducive to building a community of practice • Locally based, focused on local needs and builds and cultivates local expertise • Supports sustained TPD efforts that cultivate expertise in schoolsLimitations• Time intensive • Difficult to provide expertise to low-resource areas, especially those impacted by conflict or that are geographically remoteCost considerations• On-going training involves recurrent expenditure • Costs include creating training materials, and purchasing audiotapes, cassette players, batteries • Must budget for transportation so facilitators can reach schoolsSELF-DIRECTED TPD AT A GLANCEStrengths• Flexibility • Opportunities for choice and individualization • Teacher can participate in online communities and access resources that would be otherwise unavailable.Limitations• Teachers must have access to technology or to other resources • Assumes that the teacher has already developed a high level of expertise • Only works with teachers who are highly motivated and autonomous • Since the teacher works alone, the attrition rate may be higher • When technology is not working, the learning opportunity is lostCost considerations• None to little (to school or government). Individual assumes the cost of his/her own professional formation • If teachers access the Internet at school, learning may involve dialup costs and printing • If teachers use telecenters or Internet cafes, access costs may pose a barrier
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