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Traditional teacher professional development depends on external training handed down to teachers after having identified their weaknesses as a professional. If you're not so great at teacher writing, or if assessment is becoming a bigger focus in your school or district, you fill out a growth plan of some sort, attend your training, get your certificates, and repeat until you've got your hours or your school has run out of money to send you to more training.

This bookmark is given to show how the idea of lesson plans can be used in other things besides school.

Educator's Professional Development Online database of conferences and workshops around the world. Professional Development for Educators Library of Congress

Educator's Professional Development Online database of conferences and workshops around the world. Professional Development for Educators Library of Congress

Tammy Worcester Tang, a former classroom teacher, specializes in finding unique and creative, but most of all, effective ways to use technology in the classroom. Her website offers some fabulous free resources and ideas that can excite teachers and engage learners!

Mind Tools teaches more than 900 skills that help you excel at work and in your life. Learn management, decision-making, time management, goal-setting, communication and more.

Publications, training, networking. You can search for resources by theme, grade level, learning objective, and resource type. There is a professional library and videos you can watch.