One step ahead: Effects of a professional development program on teachers’ professional competencies in self-regulated learning

Promoting students' self-regulated learning (SRL) is essential but rarely implemented in classrooms. Teachers' professional competencies as self-regulated learners and agents of SRL are crucial for effective implementation and, therefore, should be strengthened. This intervention study examines the impact of a multi-day SRL professional development (PD) program on fifty-four lower secondary teachers' SRL competencies and promotion. The results show mixed effects on their SRL competencies as learners and agents and their promotion, with no significant effect of initial competencies on their development. The study highlights the need for effective PD programs and ongoing support to improve teachers’ SRL practice. • Intervention study with pre-post and control group design on a multi-day PD program in SRL. • Investigation of teachers' professional competencies in SRL as agents of SRL and self-regulated learners. • The PD program affects teachers as agents rather than as self-regulated learners.