Professional Development to help teachers reach a "totally different skill set"

For teachers to gain the “totally different skill set,” there needs to be a support system available for teachers.  With anything new, fear of failure is probably the biggest hurdle to overcome.  To enable teachers to try something different, they need to feel that there is someone to help them along the way.  Teachers and students need access to the tools and professionals that can help guide them to success.  So the professional development needed would need to be a playground with appropriate support so teachers can play and have some think time to really start to feel comfortable.  The PD needs to be ongoing and accessible online so teachers can get real time answers.  Also teachers will learn as they go and this a good model for students to see real world learning.