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Ideally, each teacher should have opportunities on as much
as an equal basis as practical. One explanation I can think
of for what you've described might be the nature of the
conferences and the teachers being sent. Often we have
funding for specific programs - migrant students, ESL,
afterschool programs and so on - some of which is
specifically designated for PD. Teachers who work within
those programs usually do go to more conferences, but they
are conferences specific to the programs in which they
teach (and less relevant to teachers not in those
programs). Another possibility is that some PD programs
involve multiple sessions throughout the year, so once an
individual teacher is signed up for it, that particular
teacher goes several days scattered throughout the year to
conferences which are all part of the same series. I don't
know if either of those might be the case in your
situation. Otherwise, just continue to let your principal
know you are interested, and your turn should come up!

On 3/19/17, Feeling Stifled wrote:
> I've posted this on the Teacher Chatboard but then
thought
> I'd get the administrator perspective here. Sorry for the
> repeat for those who look at both boards.
>
> How do principals decide which teachers get to go to away
> conferences? There are some teachers at my school who are
> on their 4th trip and others have only been on one or for
> some, none. Why are certain ones offered more
opportunities
> than others? They aren't necessarily the ones in
leadership
> positions either. Although, I don't think even the ones
in
> leadership positions should get all the opportunities. I
> told my principal I'm interested in going. He knows I
like
> to learn and soak up these kinds of things, yet for the
past
> 3 to 4 years, he hasn't sent me to any PD or any
> conferences. I'm wondering if I'm doing something wrong?
> Any ideas on why the disparity

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