Teacher-led professional development leads to innovation
Carly Baldwin, NBCTDecember 20, 2016
My professional journey actually started when I was born. My mom was a middle school math teacher for more than 30 years. She is a National Board certified teacher and one of the first Presidential Award of Excellence for Math and Science Teaching (PAEMST) winners. Many vacations were taken around math conferences and professional development opportunities. These car rides included finding and raising Monarch caterpillars and solving math word problems for fun. I just assumed that’s what teachers did; they taught their students and never stopped learning or improving their craft. So when I started teaching, I became…