Professional development - nurturing the teacher as learner: Tai Basurto at TEDxWellsStreetED

Tai Basurto considers herself a professional development junkie. Here, she shares why ongoing training is key to advancing teaching practice, how it has had a positive effect on her classroom, and why it is essential to widespread educational improvement.

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