Professional Development

I am an admitted Twitter-aholic. There are so many amazing and informed professionals that share so much. My learning has expanded ten fold by this exposure. I heard on a podcast that professional development should become personal development. I love that idea. As the lone Instructional Technology Facilitator it is difficult to offer training's that are relevant to all teachers. Every teacher is at a different place in their technology use and I struggle with what to present to teachers. As a district we are moving to BYOD and Google this coming school year. I have offered sessions on both of these topics during the summer, but there is only so much one person can do. I am very concerned that I have not prepared the teachers enough. I need teachers to take charge of their own learning and therefore administrators to treat these teachers like the professionals they are. This district has a long standing habit of "Gotcha" and punitive measures. Teachers will only participate in training, or curriculum meetings if they are getting compensated. I heard Vicky Davis on a podcast recently that " to be in the top 10% you need to spend 1 hour a day reading in that subject", I wonder how many people in our district do that -- teachers, administrators, any one?