Abstract

Teaching and training of the teachers has an official apprenticeship period before beginning the career, but becomes a solitary endeavor once the job is procured. The changing role of teachers and teacher educators have been extensively studied and analyzed. The current  focus is on the development of their professional competences, commitment and motivation for higher level performance. A major transformation is occurring due to development of new technology and its usage in teaching profession.

Professional development of teachers and teacher educators is a life long process. It includes formal as well as informal learning experiences. It is quite a novice concept and it is so revolutionary that it has been termed as new paradigm of education. It leads to the change in the society by developing holistic and civic minded people. There are certain peculiar characteristics of professional development of teachers and teacher educators. To augment efficacy of  their professional development , some guidelines with humanistic approach need to be taken care of for the teachers and teacher educators. Key competences are also required to be imbibed in these communities for professional development to be effective. The professional development of teachers and teacher educators no doubt has come a long way but lot needs to be done at the grassroot level. Different agencies need to come up for producing professionally developed teachers and teacher educators for the progress of any nation