Measuring the Impact of Professional Development

Sample Items for Evaluation

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The following items assess individuals’ knowledge, attitudes, and practices related to core competencies for creating safe schools for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer/questioning (LGBTQ+) youth.

Schools and school districts may use these sample items to evaluate the core competencies of their teachers and other school staff prior to, during, and/or following professional development (PD).

Alternatively, they may also use them to guide development of their own items to evaluate the content and effectiveness of their PD offerings regarding support for LGBTQ+ youth in schools.

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Indicator Categories

Three categories of indicators are presented for each core competency: knowledge, attitudes, and practices assessment items.

Knowledge

Knowledge

Knowledge items measure staff’s familiarity with concepts, terminology, and other information covered in PD courses.

Knowledge items measure staff’s familiarity with concepts, terminology, and other information covered in PD courses.

Attitude

Attitude

Attitude items assess staff’s beliefs and opinions about LGBTQ+ youth and other topics relevant to core competencies.

Attitude items assess staff’s beliefs and opinions about LGBTQ+ youth and other topics relevant to core competencies.

Practice Assessment

Practice Assessment

Practice Assessment items ask about classroom activities and other actions that teachers may implement following PD.

  • post-test immediately following PD (e.g., “I intend to implement”)
  • longer-term follow-up assessment (e.g., “I implemented”)

Practice Assessment items ask about classroom activities and other actions that teachers may implement following PD.

  • post-test immediately following PD (e.g., “I intend to implement”)
  • longer-term follow-up assessment (e.g., “I implemented”)

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