PROFESSIONAL CHALLENGES AND DEVELOPMENT OF TEACHERS

Improving teachers’ skills and knowledge is one of the most important factors that one needs to think about. Yet with the wide variety of professional development options available, which methods have the most impact on student learning, needs to be thought about. Today’s teachers are facing big challenges. Different problems faced by the teachers are narrated here and some programs for professional development of these teachers are recommended. Research on professional development is scattered throughout subject areas, with its focus ranging from classroom processes and structures to teachers’ personal traits. In this paper, the author has limited view to learning opportunities for teachers that are explicitly aimed at increasing student achievement