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The NASA/IPAC Teacher Archive Research Program (NITARP) partners small groupsof educators with a research astronomer for a year-long authentic researchproject. This program aligns well with the characteristics of high-qualityprofessional development (PD) programs and has worked with a total of 103educators since 2005. In this paper, surveys were explored that were obtainedfrom 74 different educators, at up to four waypoints during the course of 13months, incorporating data from the class of 2010 through the class of 2017.This paper investigates how participating teachers describe their motivationsfor participating in NITARP as evidenced in these feedback forms. Analysis ofself-reported data allows a mapping onto a continuum ranging from moreinward-focused to more outward-focused; there is a shift from moreinward-focused responses to more outward-focused responses. This insight intoteacher motivations has implications for how the educators might be supportedduring their year with the program. This work provides a new way ofparameterizing why educators participate in PD programs that require aconsiderable investment of time. NITARP, since it has many qualities ofsuccessful PD, serves as a model for similar PD programs in other STEMsubjects. Likewise, the analysis method might also be useful to similarlyevaluate other PD programs.

Motivations of Educators for Participating in NITARP, an Authentic Astronomy Research Experience Professional Development Program