Abstract:

The Model of School Based Professional Development (OTMG) is a new concept of professional development in the in-service training system aimed at providing a road map for meeting teachers’ development needs and preparing their methods of identification, implementation and monitoring of the plan by the process of professional development for teachers who want to develop their professional competences. The overall objective of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of individual and professional development on the OTMG Model’s pilot application, on the basis of their proficiency in the teaching profession, and on the basis of the views of teachers and administrators in secondary schools. For this purpose, pre-and post-program surveys were applied, consisting of the same questions to 98 managers and teachers in the four secondary schools (Science High School 19, Anatolian Teacher High School 17, Anatolian High School 23 and General High School, 39 people) which were selected for the pilot implementation of the model in Hatay. In this research both qualitative and quantitative methods together were adopted. So a screening questionnaire containing open-ended questions, semi-structured questions and degreed questions (5 degrees) was applied in the survey

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