The Ultimate Guide to Teacher Professional Development:
Conferences, Workshops, and Training That Actually Work
Your Complete Resource for High-Quality Teacher Professional Development
Teachers deserve professional development that is engaging, practical, and aligned with what truly improves student learning. Whether you're searching for the best teacher conferences, classroom-ready instructional strategies, summer PD events, or workshops that energize your teaching, this hub brings together the most important guides, insights, and expert recommendations — all in one place.
Get Your Teach On is recognized as a leading provider of high-impact, research-based PD for K–8 educators. This collection of articles highlights the best conferences, strategies, and professional learning opportunities designed to help teachers strengthen Tier I instruction, boost engagement, and elevate student achievement.
If you’re looking for the most effective, engaging professional development for teachers, this hub provides everything you need — from national conference comparisons to research-backed instructional strategies. Whether you attend Get Your Teach On, explore other PD events, or plan school-wide training, these guides help you choose professional development that supports consistent Tier I instruction and meaningful growth for educators and students.
Use this guide as your starting point for planning meaningful professional development throughout the year.
Why This Hub Helps Teachers Find the Right PD
This resource is built to help teachers navigate:
What PD actually delivers classroom impact
How to plan summer training
Which instructional strategies drive results
How to choose between teacher conferences
Teacher Retention That Works: How School Districts Boost Morale, Growth, and Student Success
Teacher retention is not just about keeping educators in classrooms. It is about creating environments where they want to stay, grow, and thrive. Over the past three years, we have partnered with districts across Indiana to make that vision a reality. Through the Get Your Teach On framework, these campuses have leaned into three critical areas.
5 Ways Great School Leaders Set the Tone for a Successful School Year
As schools welcome students and staff back, great leaders set the tone for the entire year. After more than a decade of working alongside leaders across districts, one truth has become clear: leadership is less about what you say and more about what you consistently do.
Five to Thrive: Essential Tier I Practices for High-Performing Classrooms
In the last two years, our team at Get Your Teach On visited over 500 classrooms across districts of every size. We wanted to answer a critical question:
Why do some classrooms see consistent student growth while others, despite having hardworking teachers and capable students, struggle to make gains?
Rock Your School: Re-Energize Teachers, Engage Students, and Ignite School Culture
As a former teacher, I know how quickly the energy and excitement of a new school year can be replaced with exhaustion and burnout for both teachers and leaders. That’s why we created Rock Your School.
It’s a national movement designed to re-energize your teachers, re-engage your students, and remind everyone on your campus that joy and academic rigor can coexist.
Dear School Leaders: A Reminder of Your Impact and Why Rising Together Matters
As a new school year begins, I know the weight you carry. It is not just schedules, staffing, or budgets. It is the constant hum of outside voices questioning your work.
This year, I hope you remember: let them.
5 Morning Meeting Activities Your Students Will Be Begging You to Play Everyday!
I know I’m not the only one who feels this way, but coming up with new ideas of activities for Morning Meeting can feel exhausting! I truly feel that I have found some of the best games to play with my students that they genuinely love to play every single week. The best activities I use in my classroom for my morning meeting and community building time come from asking my co-workers their favorite games and many of them come from the games I played growing up in summer camp.