real professional development that is clearly aligned to the district goals. T2 stated that
the “reality in the classroom does not always meet the theory that the administrators want
to see.” This was coupled with T2’s disagreement of the administration arbitrarily
making teachers do “busy work” on professional development days so that they can have
“proof that their teachers are improving.” The “busy work” was described as filling out
lots of paperwork that “no one checks on” such as completing goal setting plans and
action research plans in their classrooms. Teacher 1 also shared feelings about the
professional development not being clearly connected to district expectations. Teacher 1
stated: