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This study aimed at investigating the quality of the training programs offered at the Training and Professional Development Center for teachers of the Arabic language in North Al Batinah Governorate. The descriptive approach was adopted in this study to achieve its objectives. The study consists of 160 male and female teachers, distributed in 26 schools in Al Batinah North Governorate which were randomly selected by using cluster technique. The researcher designed a 34 items questionnaire based on the Donald Kirk-Patrick model, distributed across four areas: the evaluation of the reaction of the trainees, the learning, the evaluation of the behavior and the evaluation of the results. The validity of the questionnaire content was measured through the validity of the item and the validity of the reliability. The coefficient of its internal consistency was α=0.78. The results showed that the quality of the training programs provided at the Professional Training and Development Center for teachers of the Arabic language in North Batinah governorate reached a high degree in a rethmatic average of 3.4138. The results also showed no significant differences with regard to the sex variable and there were no statistical differences with regard to the variable years of experience. The study recommended; using the Donald Creek Patrick model to assess the quality of the training programs offered by the Training and Professional Development Center, consulting an external evaluator to obtain more credibility in measuring the return of training, increasing the number of training programs to include the largest segment of teachers and reconsidering the times when training programs are conducted to suit teachers' academic schedules. (Published abstract)