Junior high school headteachers participation in continuous professional development programmes in Tempane District

Abstract

The study was conducted to examine Junior High School headteachers participation in continuous professional development programmes in Tempane District of Ghana. The study objectives were to explore headteachers’ preference in continuous professional development, (CPD) investigate the role of continuous professional development programmes in meeting the professional needs of headteachers and to analyse the frequency of continuous professional development programmes organised for Junior High Schools headteachers in the Tempane District. The research approach is quantitative. I employed descriptive survey as the research design for the study. The census sampling technique was used for all Seventy-two (72) headteachers in the Tempane District. Close-ended questions were used to gather data from the study. The date was imported on the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) and analysed using frequency, percentages. The study found that the CPD programmes initiated in the Tempane District are important to the professional practices of headteachers and highlighted on Headteachers professional domain, school development domain and the professional relationship and service domain. Secondly, the level of preferences in participation of headteachers was very crucial and related to variables that include local conferences, symposia, workshop, and courses. But there is lack of connectivity between CPD programmes and Headteachers professional development Ghana Education Service should design Continuous professional development programmes that meet the relevance of Headteachers ’professional development and teaching and learning outcomes.