Professional Development (based on staff individual needs).
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FROM THE OFFICIAL HANDBOOK
Official QNSA requirement
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Official standard5.1.2
Professional Development (based on staff individual needs).
Focus areas
Allocating part of the school's budget for training and professional development programs.
Mechanisms adopted to determine the individual needs of staff.
Preparing a professional development plan for staff based on the results of the school's self-monitoring processes.
Involving school staff in training courses (internal and external).
Coordination and cooperation between the school and accredited training parties for staff training.
Training and developing an educational cadre to deal with different groups.
Preparing and implementing a development plan appropriate to the needs of new employees.
Preparing and implementing tools and methods to gauge the impact of professional development (by senior and middle leadership).
Gauging employee satisfaction with professional development
Suggested evidence
School budget (for three years).
Tools and methods for identifying staff needs.
Professional development plan.
Induction and preparation plan for new staff.
Records of attending training courses.
Evaluation forms for programs and training courses.
Teacher evaluation policy.
Records of staff follow-up / evaluation
Tools and follow-up methods, including: surveys, class observations...
Interviews.
Classroom observations.
Surveys’ results.
Self-reflection
How is professional development considered in the school’s budget? Is it enough? How was it confirmed?
How does the school work to improve and develop the performance of school staff? How are training needs identified for them? How effective is that?
Is there equity in providing adequate training for all staff? What is the evidence on that?
Is individual support provided to staff according to their needs? How effective is this in developing and improving staff performance?
Is appropriate support provided according to the needs of the new staff to qualify them to work in the school? How effective is this in developing and improving their performance? How is the impact of professional development programs on staff implemented and gauged? How effective is it?
Official rubric
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Highly Effective
The school prepares a professional development plan based on the training needs of the staff and includes internal/ external training programs/ workshops. School uses various and effective methods to follow up and gauge the quality and impact of the development programs on the performance of staff and teachers, which reflected positively on the educational practices of almost all teachers.
The school has a diversified and effective development plan to qualify and train new staff and teachers before and during the start of the school year, and fulfill their actual needs, which has positively affected the educational practices of almost all teachers.
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Effective
The school prepares a professional development plan based on the training needs of the staff, so that it includes internal/ external training programs/ workshops. School uses various and effective methods to follow up and gauge the quality and impact of the development programs on the performance of staff and teachers, which reflected positively on the educational practices of most teachers.
The school has a diversified development plan to qualify and train new staff and teachers before and during the start of the school year, and fulfill their actual needs, which has positively affected the educational practices of most teachers.
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Somewhat Effective
The school prepares a professional development plan /procedures somewhat based on the training needs of the staff. The school uses various methods to follow up and gauge the quality and impact of the development programs on the performance of staff and teachers, which reflected positively on the educational practices of some teachers.
The school development plan of new staff and teachers before and during the start of the school year has positively affected the educational practices of some teachers.
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Ineffective
Professional development plan has a minimal impact on teaching. or
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