Interview protocol [translated from Dutch]

Good morning / afternoon. My name is [deleted for privacy reasons]. Thank you for your willingness to participate in this interview. As you may know, we are conducting a research study focusing on the ‘professional development of teachers involved in PVSE’. The study was initiated by the Department of [deleted for privacy reasons] at the University of [deleted for privacy reasons].

As agreed, I will interview you about your work as a teacher. Do you have any objections to my recording this interview on an MP3 device? The digital voice record will be used exclusively for the present study and will not be distributed in any form or manner. Your input will be processed anonymously and none of the results described will be traceable to an individual within the sample.

First, I would like to ask you some general questions and these will be followed by questions about your work as a teacher.

General questions

Gender: M / F

What is your name?

What is your year of birth?

At which school are you employed?

Which subjects do you teach?

(Preferably a list naming the exact subjects; otherwise: general / vocational subjects?)

Specific questions

  1. Could you characterize briefly the innovation that you are participating in?
  2. What do you think is most special about this innovation? Why?
  3. Which difficulties do you encounter within this innovation? Could you illustrate these difficulties?
  4. What is your motivation for participating in this innovation?
  5. How did you get involved in this innovation?
  6. In what way has this innovation contributed to your development? Can you give an example?
  7. Which insightshave you gained from working on this innovation?
  8. How would you define professional development of teachers?
  9. Do you work on your own professional developmentconsciously? Can you give an example?
  10. For what reason(s)do you notwork on your own professional developmentconsciously?
  11. What do you think are the greatest benefits of investing in your own professional development?
  12. Does (the management of) your school value professional development? Why (not)?
  13. Are you aware of the professional development policy of your school? What does this policy entail, in your view?
  14. Whichopportunities does the school offer to you for your professional development? Which of these opportunities do you use?
  15. Which activities do you yourselfundertakefor your professional development? Can you give an example?
  16. (-> Possible answers could be: reading, applying and experimenting, reflection, collaborating)
  17. What would you like to achieve with the activities you mentioned?
  18. How can professional development of teachers be improved, in your view?
  19. How do you think that should be done?
  20. What (additional) support would you like to get for your own professional development?
  21. How is (the management of) your school involved in organizational development? Can you illustrate that with an example?
  22. How is (the management of) your school involved in schooling of teachers? Can you illustrate that with an example?
  23. How is (the management of) your school involved in action or development oriented researchrelated to education? Can you illustrate that with an example?
  24. To what extent and how are activities in the fields of professional development of teachers, schooling of teachers, research, and organizational development attuned to one another? Can you illustrate that with an example?
  25. What have you noticed of the implementation of Integrated Personnel Management (IPM)? Can you give an example?
  26. (activities and instruments are:
  27. Personnel management and care, for example: administration, employee planning, prevention of absenteeism
  28. Organizational policy, for example: organizational structure, culture, employee participation, job design
  29. Personnel instruments, for example: recruitment, selection , training and (professional) development, appraisals
  30. Competence management, for example:, relating development of teaching staff to organizational needs)
  31. Are the goals of the school and your individual goals for professional development attuned?
  32. In your view, are the different parts (activities and instruments) of personnel policy attuned to one another?
  33. (for example: personnel planning on organizational structure is aligned with recruitment activities)
  34. Are you as a teacher involved in making or implementing personnel policy in your school? How does that work?
  35. Are there any questions that you would have liked us to have asked you?
  36. Is there anything that you would like to put into perspective, change, or comment on?

We would like to thank you for your cooperation. We will transcribe the audio file and make an abstract of this interview that you will receive. We would like to ask you to respond within 5 working days with your reaction/approval. After your approval we will start analyzing the data. If you wish you can also indicate that you would like to receive the report of this study. Do not hesitate to email us if there are still remaining questions about the study.

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