Techniques such as peer coaching, mentoring, curriculum development, research, and leadership development are just a few of the many ways in which teachers grow as professionals to become better at what they do. School boards and administrators recognize the importance of a well-trained teaching staff who are using current methods in their teaching. They provide incentives such as graduate credits, pay increases, and other rewards for teachers to continue in their professional development. Technology can help teachers continue to learn throughout their careers by overcoming time and distance barriers to training opportunities. Telecommunications can facilitate teacher collaboration and sharing of planning resources.
Teachers can make use of multimedia technology to create more effective classroom presentations.
Desktop publishing can also help teachers create more effective print instructional materials. The decision-making process also can be facilitated for teachers through the use of technology in collecting, storing, and exchanging information. Distance learning can be used to learn and teach others and to interact on important research related topics. The education of our youth is the centerpiece of the expectations and plans of nearly every enterprise in society today. In the future we must develop graduates who have learned at levels well beyond those achieved by graduates of earlier times.