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.