PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT: It refers to many types of educational experiences related to an indivi...

1. to improve learning for educators and students.

2. Educators who do not experience eff ective professional development do not improve their skills, and student learning suff ers.

3. When educators learn, students learn more

4. Every educator engages in eff ective professional learning every day so every student achieves.

5. there are limitations to online professional development.

6. Professional development is most eff ective when it occurs in the context of educators’ daily work.

7. Educators benefi t most by learning in the setting where they can immediately apply what they learn — in the school where they work

8. A school or system may or may not pay for professional development that educators seek on their own.