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What is PD? Teacher Voices from the OECS. CORINE GEORGE - Dominica PD focuses on improving my leadership and developmental skills, which provides great benefits towards students’ learning and achievement in my classroom. KARREEN FRANCIS-GULSTON - Grenada With regard to education, professional development refers to the use of professional learning opportunities to improve the effectiveness of educators so as to foster student success and the achievement of educational standards. ARAH DAVID - Antigua/Barbuda PD provides a platform for us as teachers to develop both professionally and personally. As I engage in various types of PD, it shapes the way I think about my practice, and that aids me in adjusting new knowledge to building lifelong experiences. MARYLEEN AUGUSTE - St. Lucia Professional development is the wide range of learning experiences that teachers undertake individually or collectively to further enhance their professional practice for high teacher efficacy and improvement in student performance. KISHA REMIE – Dominica Professional development allows teachers to advance students academically by meeting the teacher’s own needs that are constantly changing. 2 LEARNING WALKS EdCamps