The Importance of Professional Development

In a class I'm currently taking, we were asked to develop a one-minute elevator pitch for professional development. Here's what I came up with:

Google started in 1996, the iPhone came out in 2007. The world is changing faster than ever before. Kids these days is something every older generation says about youth but the gap between what kids these days are like and what kids were like when I was a boy is greater than ever before. In order to make sure teachers are best equipped to meet the learning needs of kids today, funds must be committed to keep teachers current in order to ensure our kids are best prepared to be successful contributors to our economy and our society. The future of our country depends on well-educated kids and that doesn't happen without high quality, relevant, regular professional development for teachers.

What do you think? What would your elevator pitch be?