Best practices in professional development for sustained educational change. ERS Spectrum , 33-41. Technology staff development that works. Teachers take advantage of professional development in technology and actively participate. Teachers extend learning opportunities beyond those offered.
Professional development is directly applicable to the classroom situation.
Provide monetary incentives to encourage teachers, such as paying for professional development activities and for conferences and workshops that address specific classroom issues. Pay teachers to act as mentors. Make teachers' base pay contingent upon technology professional development. Tie job security to technology professional development by adding technology competence to teacher evaluation, requiring technology-related professional development for contract renewal, or making technology professional development a requirement for recertification. Utilize nontraditional incentives such as providing laptop computers, technology equipment, software, and Internet access for classroom and personal use based upon achievement of specific technology goals.