Teacher Leadership should be something that is at the forefront of our minds in education today.  Expanding professionalism will require districts across the state to look more critically at the needs of the individual rather than the masses.  The “one size fits all” professional development experiences must be a thing of the past, and districts must learn to meet the needs of the individual teachers.  Each teacher has specific needs that need to be catered to and cultivated.  A school may have thirty teachers and each of those teachers could realistically have specifically different needs that need to be met in order for them to grow professionally.  Being involved in professional development and organizations outside our own school and/or district in an essential component of growth in teacher leadership.  This in turn allows teachers to grow in their classrooms as well. In Kentucky we strive to make sure our students are growing through collaboration and innovation so we need to make the same efforts to ensure our teachers are offered the same opportunities as one cannot grow without the other.