This is an overview of policy briefs oncontinuous professional development of teachers, from theealiest years onward.Studies focussed on the early yearsare: Effective Teachers and Performance Standards, whichlooks at how formal qualifications of teachers, and otherinformation frequently recorded on a database of teachers,seldom predict effectiveness in raising student achievement.Accreditation of teacher education institutions andprograms; Teacher Certification;Teacher Educators andInitial Teacher Education Programs; Teacher Recruitment andDeployment (paper forthcoming). Papers focussed on the yearsafter the initial training are: Induction Programs for NewlyTrained Teachers; Continuous Professional Development (CPD);Teacher Support Networks; Teacher Motivation: Incentives andWorking Conditions; Teacher Supervision and Monitoring(paper forthcoming); Teacher Collaboration (paperforthcoming); Professional Development Frameworks (paperforthcoming);Role of Unions/Professional AssociationstoSupport Teachers (paper forthcoming). Additonal topics are:HIV and AIDS and Teachers, and Specific Skill Developmentincluding use of technology and multi-grade instruction(papers forthcoming).