Teachers Need Trainings for Professional Development

Training and development or "learning and development" is one of the most important aspects to our lives and our work. In our culture, we highly value learning. Yet, despite our having attended many years of schooling, many of us have no idea how to carefully design an approach to training and development. One key factor in teaching motivation and retention is the opportunity teacher s wants to continue to grow and develop job and career enhancing skills. In fact, this opportunity to continue to grow and develop through training and development is one of the most important factors in teaching motivation. Training and development opportunities are not just found in external training classes and seminars. These ideas emphasize what teachers want in training and development opportunities. They also articulate your opportunity to create devoted, growing teachers who will benefit both your organization and themselves through your training and development opportunities.

Typical Reasons for Teacher Training and Development

• When a performance appraisal indicates performance improvement is needed.
• To "benchmark" the status of improvement so far in a performance improvement effort.
• As part of an overall professional development program.
• As part of succession planning to help a teacher be eligible for a planned change in role in the organization.
• To "pilot", or test, the operation of a new performance management system.
• To train about a specific topic.

Training involves an expert working with learners to transfer them certain areas of knowledge or skills to improve their teaching skills. Development is a broad ongoing multi-faceted set of activities. (training activities among them) to bring someone or an organization up to another threshold of performance.

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Mrs. Acelyn Aparilla
Teacher I
Orion ES - Orion District