Using Focus Groups To Assess Staff Development: A School Learning Community Benefits.

Cavey, Mary Lynn

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ERIC Number: EJ587584

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Publication Date: 1998

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Using Focus Groups To Assess Staff Development: A School Learning Community Benefits.

Cavey, Mary Lynn

School Community Journal, v8 n2 p73-79 Fall-Win 1998

Summarizes a study applying a focus interviewing technique to assist stakeholders with evaluating a 3-day staff-development training with monthly follow up sessions. Contrasts use of surveys and focus-group interviews as assessment tools. New information gained from focus groups helped the principal identify weaknesses in the staff-development program. (MLH)

Descriptors: Educational Improvement, Elementary Education, Evaluation Methods, Focus Groups, Interviews, Program Evaluation, Staff Development, Surveys, Urban Schools

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Language: English

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