The Factors Influencing The Effective Implementation Of Continuous Profesional Development Program. The Case Of Selected Secondary Schools Of Addis Ababa
The ma in objective of this study was to inves tigate th e factors influencing the effectivernimple ment a ti on of CPO Program in Addis Ababa city administration. To accomplish thi s purpose. arndescriptive Survey method was e mployed. Da ta for th e study were coll ec ted using Qu es tionna ires.rninterview and document analysis. By Purposive sampling method from Addis Abab a c ityrnadministration, Abiyot Kirs. Oerartu Tullu and Lafto secondary sc hools were se lected as a sample.rnIn the study 109 Teac hers participated on filing th e questionnaires and 1 5 Teachers havernParticipated on interview in number 6 teac hers. 3 Unit leaders . 3 direc tors. 3 sub city EducationalrnExperts have Participated on a n interview and document analysis is also took place in se lectedrnsc hools a nd portfolio of six te ac her. two teachers from each school have been seen. Data ob ta in edrnthrough ques tionnaires were qua litati ve ly described and interpre ted a nd co mbin ed with therninformation ob ta in ed throug h interview were qualitatively described in to supplement th ernqu antitat iv e d ata. Th e res ult of da ta a na lysis a nd interpreta ti on indi cated tha t the su pport given tornteachers both pre-services a nd post practice was low. the supports provided for teachers after. th eyrnstarted teaching and follow up-sys tem was also very poor it was consid ered the only responsibilityrnof the sub ci ty T OP expertis e and supervisors . the attitude of teac hers towa rds th e CPO programrnwas found n ega tive. and the idea of the teac hers a nd direc tors shows contradiction on CPOrnac tivities. On the bases of these major findings conclusions were made in c hapt e r fiv e. Fin a ll yrnrecommendations were suggested.