The Framework: What Already Works

My school district is the most advanced in professional development as far as the concept of letting teachers work on what their need to. We are allowed to pick an area of a choice that we believe needs to be improved. The school will provide limited funds that can be used to cover substitute pay or materials. The funds are enough to cover about four days. The money can only be used with prior approval by the administration. Once approval has been provided, the teacher is responsible for any additional cost that wasn’t written into the plan.
We are behind in professional development because of the increasing costs and availability of some classes. We have to spend a lot of time looking for classes that are available to continue our education as only a select amount are posted in the employee break room.
I hope to be teaching online soon. I take steps towards this every day as I see what benefit this has for all students. I also see how interested students are in working with technology, and how they need to be taught to use technology appropriately. I see how students need to learn problem solving using technology because their future will require this sort of education.


Thanks!