The biggest needs of teachers in pre-K to grade 12 are learning how to manage their classrooms more effectively and developing skills to improve student achievement related to the No Child Left Behind Act, according to a national survey.
A summary of “Report on the Teacher Needs Survey” is posted by the American Psychological Association.
Rookie teachers are particularly in need of developing skills to raise student achievement, according to the nationwide survey of more than 2,300 public school teachers by the Washington-based American Psychological Association’s Coalition for Psychology in Schools and Education.
To address those needs, teachers said they would prefer professional-development courses or small, in-district workshops over larger regional workshops.
