Abstract:
This study explored the impacts of in–service professional development trainings of secondary school teachers on the academic performance of students in Lagos state public schools. The objective was to reflect the importance of in-service professional development to teaching and learning in our schools. The result of the findings affirmed in-service professional development as a contributing factor to high level of academic performance of students, IPD empowers the teachers with instructional tasks delivery skills that make them competent, thereby attaining the expected goals of education. These in service trainings include various workshops, seminars, lesson study, conferences that promote necessary skills, knowledge, attitudes and values that help to deliver quality education in the classroom. It is highly recommended that these trainings which promote consistent acquisition of knowledge, skills, values, right attitudes and potentials needed for academic excellence, should be specifically designed to address the needs of teachers to promote teaching and learning effectiveness. There should be motivation for teachers to ensure transmission of the acquired skills from the trainings into teaching and learning in school system. Premised on these findings, government and relevant agencies should intensify effort on the regular provision for quality teachers ‘in-service professional development to promote quality education through effective instructional delivery tasks.
Keywords:
Professional Development, Impacts, Lagos, Academic Performance