The Influence of Technology-Enhanced Professional Development onSchool Teacher Empowerment

As the socioeconomic environment changes rapidly, so do the demands for educational reforms, making it more important than ever to provide instructors the autonomy they need to rethink their approaches to the class room in order to better serve their students 'unique learning styles.Research in this area suggests that in order for educators to have an impact on their pupils, they, and themselves, need to feel empowered.Educator agency is therefore fundamental to the processes of quality improvement and institutional development.The researchers want to hear from primary school educators on the ways in which they feel their schools support their professional development.A total of 124 primary school teachers from North Bengal filled out an online survey based on the Teacher Empowerment Scale as part of the quantitative sample survey.Participants exhibit a moderate to high degree of agreement a cross all characteristics of empowerment, as presented and analyzed.In particular, the decision-making component has the greatest mean while the professional growth dimension has the lowest mean.