A process evaluation of a website for family life educators

Effective professional development is critical to maintaining high-quality family life education. Most professional development continues to he conduc ted through workshops, newsletters, and other traditional ways. The growth of information technology provides an important new teaching capacity for p rofessional development. This article explores the development of a website for family life educators, examines procedures for obtaining formative eva luation data about websites, and considers the implications of this work fo r developing more effective professional development experiences for family life educators.