Home | How It Works | Stats Login | Register         Case: What professional development topics interest you? If you are asked this question in a job interview for a teaching position: What are some things you should avoid when responding to this question? What might be some important points to stress that would get the interviewer's attention? How would you respond to this question? Solution: (Rates are posted for this solution!) In order to fully and accurately answer this question the interviewer must be aware of what professional learning opportunities are available. In northeast Georgia, Pioneer RESA conducts the majority of professional learning units available to teachers and vary greatly. It is important to stress professional development opportunities you have already completed and have a predetermined list of topics that you would benefit from. Additionally, teachers can separate themselves if they are able to interweave how the topics they are interested in will positively impact their current teaching practices through specific examples. Statistical research has shown that establishing emotional connections to learned content leads to an increase in depth of knowledge of the content.