A Case Study of a Technical College\u27s Faculty Perceptions Regarding the Value of Professional Development Activities

The purpose of this qualitative research study was to investigate technical college faculty members\u27 perceptions of the professional development. Most of the literature was focused on four-year higher educational institutions. For the purposes of this qualitative case study, the researcher addressed the limited amount in the literature about professional development in two-year technical colleges. The researcher investigated faculty perceptions concerning the usefulness of professional development in a two-year higher education institution through survey research design with 8 participants. The main themes were 1) technical college faculty desired professional development; 2) technical college faculty needed for follow up from the professional development; and 3) technical college faculty perceived that the professional development was to general to be useful for improving their instructional strategies