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The Continuing Professional Development Of School Psychologists In Georgia: A Comparison To National Practices And Preferences, P. Dawn Tysinger, Jeffrey A. Tysinger, Terry D. Diamanduros, Rebecca Smith
The Continuing Professional Development Of School Psychologists In Georgia: A Comparison To National Practices And Preferences, P. Dawn Tysinger, Jeffrey A. Tysinger, Terry D. Diamanduros, Rebecca Smith
Georgia Educational Researcher
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 …