My wife Jane is a first grade teacher and she has taught me lessons that have earned her a lot of apples. As a teacher she must earn yearly professional development credits outside of work to maintain her certification. She must have a measureable project that she works on independently and is part of her annual professional assessment.
She must maintain a daily planner that each day states her lesson plans and learning objectives. She is subject to walk-in reviews of her plans, performance assessments, and two formal scheduled assessments each year.