… It is for these hard-working teachers and educators that professional development opportunities
are needed, not only because they promote the recognition of their work as professionals…

… Although they recognize that what passes for professional development in many contexts
may be naïve and uninspiring, in other contexts it is an essential intellectual and emotional …

… annual conference of the International Professional Development Association in Belfast, a …
the International Professional Development Association journal Professional Development in …

… Jeå Watkins is continuing professional development coordinator at the University of Bristol
… Continuing Professional Development and to encourage interdisciplinary professional …

… Professional associations are the guardians of professional … to engage in continuing
professional development (CPD) in … Professional development is necessary for professionals to …

… as much for personal development and interest as for professional development. Employers,
however, were not generally interested in personal development and were only willing to …

… professional development directors, other district leaders, and teacher leaders, Professional
Development… job-embedded professional development program that moves ideas to action. …

… international associations. However, where there is substantial agreement on policy issues
within the international association… risk or continuing professional development might have to …

… ‘managerialist’ projects – on continuing professional development in England and Wales. It
… reassert the importance of individual professional development. Emerging issues, including …

… that international associations such as the International Professional Development Association
and … Moreover, these associations may fuel the need for further in-depth research into the …