It is exciting to review the professional development opportunities I have experienced in my twenty-six year career. The most memorable resulted in the application of what I learned in the classroom and a positive effect on my students' performance. My teaching style began within the first few years by attending an Outcome Based Education(OBE) professional development. In comparison to present day teaching, OBE is a similar concept to Response to Intervention(RtI). With the outcome in mind, I teach a lesson, monitor and evaluate student understanding, re-teaching within the class period or as soon as possible. If 80% of students master the material with an 80 or better on the check for understanding, no remediation is necessary; however,
