each of the municipalities visited had their own ideas for the development of offerings for their teachers even if many were quite aware of the government s goals for the specialisation of teachers by the year and were encouraging andor incentivising school leaders to develop these competencies among their school staff additional earmarked funding from the central government provides one source of support for teacher development and a tool for the central level to steer professional development see above however stakeholders in schools and municipalities raised concerns that they lack support for the release of teachers in order for them to participate in learning opportunities