Impact of Instructional Alignment Workshop on Teachers’ Self-Efficacy and Perceived Instruction Performance

Abstract

The extent to which teachers’ level of efficacy and quality of instructional performance changed after they receive a professional development workshop on instructional alignment is currently unknown in a school district in Florida. As such, the researcher investigated how professional development on standards and assessment alignment impacts teachers’ self-efficacy level in writing lesson plans. Results indicated that teachers' level of efficacy and quality of instructional performance, measured as their beliefs on how alignment can benefit their students and improve how they write lesson plans, overall improved after the professional development they underwent. The findings can be used to initiate positive social change, starting with the field of education. The results benefit not only the students but also the teachers themselves, as well as the administrators and school districts. State and federal policymakers can also benefit with better evidence of how professional development could work to improve instructional alignment. 

Keywords

• Instructional alignment,Professional development,State standards,Teacher self-efficacy,Instructional performance

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