The Continuing Professional Development of School Psychologists in Georgia: A Comparison to National Practices and Preferences
The current study investigated Georgia school psychologists’ continuing professional development (CPD) practices and preferences for comparison to a national study of school psychology professional development by Armistead, Castillo, Curtis, Chappel, and Cunningham (2013). Utilizing the same instrum...
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| author | P. Tysinger Jeffrey Tysinger Terry Diamanduros Rebecca Smith |
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| description | The current study investigated Georgia school psychologists’ continuing professional development (CPD) practices and preferences for comparison to a national study of school psychology professional development by Armistead, Castillo, Curtis, Chappel, and Cunningham (2013). Utilizing the same instrument as Armistead et al., a survey was emailed to 442 members of the Georgia Association of School Psychologists (GASP). Ninety-five surveys were completed at a 21.5% response rate. Both Georgia school psychologists and national school psychologists reported receiving a median of approximately 40 hours of professional development in the previous year. Georgia school psychologists differed from the national sample with a higher percentage expressing satisfaction with the amount of professional development provided by their state professional association, with lower personal costs associated with CPD, and with greater participation in online professional development opportunities. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-7a7a66369f6149c394b134c59219d7922022-12-22T00:42:17ZengGeorgia Southern UniversityGeorgia Educational Researcher2471-00592015-06-0112110.20429/ger.2015.120104The Continuing Professional Development of School Psychologists in Georgia: A Comparison to National Practices and PreferencesP. TysingerJeffrey TysingerTerry DiamandurosRebecca SmithThe current study investigated Georgia school psychologists’ continuing professional development (CPD) practices and preferences for comparison to a national study of school psychology professional development by Armistead, Castillo, Curtis, Chappel, and Cunningham (2013). Utilizing the same instrument as Armistead et al., a survey was emailed to 442 members of the Georgia Association of School Psychologists (GASP). Ninety-five surveys were completed at a 21.5% response rate. Both Georgia school psychologists and national school psychologists reported receiving a median of approximately 40 hours of professional development in the previous year. Georgia school psychologists differed from the national sample with a higher percentage expressing satisfaction with the amount of professional development provided by their state professional association, with lower personal costs associated with CPD, and with greater participation in online professional development opportunities.https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/gerjournal/vol12/iss1/4Continuing professional developmentschool psychologistsschool psychology |
| spellingShingle | P. Tysinger Jeffrey Tysinger Terry Diamanduros Rebecca Smith The Continuing Professional Development of School Psychologists in Georgia: A Comparison to National Practices and Preferences Georgia Educational Researcher Continuing professional development school psychologists school psychology |
| title | The Continuing Professional Development of School Psychologists in Georgia: A Comparison to National Practices and Preferences |
| title_full | The Continuing Professional Development of School Psychologists in Georgia: A Comparison to National Practices and Preferences |
| title_fullStr | The Continuing Professional Development of School Psychologists in Georgia: A Comparison to National Practices and Preferences |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Continuing Professional Development of School Psychologists in Georgia: A Comparison to National Practices and Preferences |
| title_short | The Continuing Professional Development of School Psychologists in Georgia: A Comparison to National Practices and Preferences |
| title_sort | continuing professional development of school psychologists in georgia a comparison to national practices and preferences |
| topic | Continuing professional development school psychologists school psychology |
| url | https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/gerjournal/vol12/iss1/4 |
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