Make Professional Development Matter! is a book that is aimed at helping every teacher, principal, superintendent or any other educator realize why professional development in their setting may not be having the impact that they desire. The author examines the relationship educators have with their personal lives and human nature to potentially improve professionally. This book provides a four-step process for building quality professional development plans, but does so through a combination of connections to established areas of research and also personal experiences through veteran educator Dr. Nick Sutton.