| Summary: | 碩士 === 國立中正大學 === 政治學系政府與公共事務碩士在職專班 === 103 === Abstract
The purpose of the study is to know the current status, effectiveness and influencing factors of “Teacher Professional Development Evaluation” and also how it works on teachers in elementary schools in Houbi District in Tainan.
In this study, literature reviews and qualitative interview are adopted as the research methods to understand the effects of “Teacher Professional Development Evaluation ” in elementary schools in Houbi District in Tainan.
The main research objects are the administrative staffs homeroom teachers and subject teachers who joined Teacher Professional Development Evaluation in the elementary schools of Houbi District in Tainan. Moreover, among those staffs and teachers ten were picked randomly to be interviewed. There are two important aspects of Teacher Professional Development Evaluation, one is Teaching Observation and the other one is Teaching Portfolio. The study analyzes the effects of teacher professional development evaluation according to the results of the interviews. The following conclusion were obtained：
1. The staffs or teachers joined teacher professional development evaluation having different purposes. Not everyone volunteered to join it.
2. Most staffs and teachers agreed that self-evaluation did help teachers on their teaching and professional improvement.
3. Most of the staffs and teachers agreed that teaching observation did help teachers on their teaching and classroom management.
4. Most staffs and teachers agreed that teaching portfolios did help teachers get ready for the class and also help teachers to make self-examination in order to know how they performed in class.
5. Most staffs and teachers think teacher professional development evaluation only help them to grow in two aspects. One is teaching and the other one is classroom management.
6. Most staffs and teachers show low intention to joining teacher professional development evaluation.
According to the results of the study, suggestions were drawn for the purpose of providing the references for the education authorities, elementary schools and elementary school teachers, and further studies on this topic in the future.
Key Words：teacher professional development evaluation, teaching observation, teaching portfolio
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