Professional Development

When talking about teacher PD days you normally hear a lot of moans and groans from the educators about having to go.  Most do not see the reason, because they don't tie into what they are going to be evaluated on; therefore, like the students why do you need to learn it then?  However, the article mentioned about how PD has been evolving over the years and how it is much better than in previous years, where the PD days are actually training us to become better teachers now by sharing tips, sites, ideas we can utilize within our classroom.  In my school our PD days are set to give the teachers resources to implement into their classrooms to help students learn in the best way possible.  It is great information for the most part, but a little overwheleming sometimes when they want you to implement everything beging discussed in only a few weeks.  PD is good when it for teh benefit of the students, but when it is just talk and no follow through I become frustrated.