Introduction

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You can catch more flies with honey than vinegar. This idiom illustrates a basic principle about all humans, including educators. Administrators who supervise professional learning may have a multitude of resources available to offer teachers. But sometimes professional learning activities in and of themselves can be a bit … well … vinegar-y. Adding a little bit of honey, that little extra incentive, can go a long way. The Catalog feature in My Portfolio can be professional learning honey for your educators.

As a director of professional learning in your district, you have many resources available to you to assist educators in their efforts to improve their teaching practices. However, sometimes busy teachers do not take advantage of such resources often enough. By rewarding teachers for their hard work with credit towards recertification, re-licensure, or other credentials, teachers may receive the extra motivation necessary to take advantage of professional learning resources.