Professional Development and the Department of Education

The U.S. Department of Education's website has resources for current teachers to work on their professional development. Some resources include teacher to teacher initiatives, this is where teachers give ideas and strategies to each other. There are teacher organizations where teachers can learn how to become a better teacher or improve their teaching strategies. As I was looking through the Education Resource Organizations Directory there were none near Iowa and that is disappointing. If teachers are serious about working on professional development it would be worth traveling to the location of the organization.