The Effectiveness of a Training Program for Developing the Teaching Performance Competencies of Secondary School Teachers in Light of Effective Performance Quality Standards

Abstract

The present study aimed to design a training program for developing the teaching performance competencies of secondary school teachers in light of effective performance quality standards. The descriptive survey-analytical approach was employed. For the study purposes, an observation checklist consisting of (27) items distributed across four domains was developed and validated for reliability and validity. The observation checklist was administered before and after the implementation of the proposed training program. Abdul Nasser Secondary School was purposively selected as the study sample, which consisted of (20) teachers, including (3) male teachers and (17) female teachers. The findings revealed that the indicators of effective teaching performance necessary for evaluating secondary school teachers were generally high. The highest-rated domain was “preparation for teaching,” which achieved a very high level of performance, followed by the domain of “teaching implementation,” which also achieved a very high level, whereas the domain of “teaching evaluation” achieved a high level of performance. In contrast, the domain of “utilizing modern technology and the internet” ranked last and demonstrated a low level of performance. In light of these findings, the proposed training program was developed, and the results demonstrated its effectiveness in enhancing the teaching performance competencies of secondary school teachers according to effective performance quality standards. The study recommended benefiting from the professional standards list and the observation checklist developed in the current study for improving teacher preparation and training programs in secondary education, as well as promoting the integration of modern technological tools into secondary schools.