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Professional development is learning to earn or maintain professional credentials such as academic degrees to formal coursework, conferences and informal learning opportunities situated in practice.

It has been described as intensive and collaborative, ideally incorporating an evaluative stage.

There are a variety of approaches to professional development, including consultation, coaching, communities of practice, lesson study, mentoring, reflective supervision and technical assistance.

A profession is a vocation founded upon specialized educational training, the purpose of which is to supply disinterested objective counsel and service to others, for a direct and definite compensation, wholly apart from expectation of other business gain.

The term is a truncation of the term "liberal profession", which is, in turn, an Anglicization of the French term "profession libérale".

Originally borrowed by English users in the 19th century, it has been re-borrowed by international users from the late 20th, though the (upper-middle) class overtones of the term do not seem to survive retranslation: "liberal professions" are, according to the European Union's Directive on Recognition of Professional Qualifications (2005/36/EC) "those practiced on the basis of relevant professional qualifications in a personal, responsible and professionally independent capacity by those providing intellectual and conceptual services in the interest of the client and the public".

Ethics or moral philosophy is a branch of philosophy that involves systematizing, defending, and recommending concepts of right and wrong conduct.

The term ethics derives from the Ancient Greek word ἠθικός ethikos, which is derived from the word ἦθος ethos (habit, "custom").

The branch of philosophy axiology comprises the sub-branches of ethics and aesthetics, each concerned with values.

Licensure means a restricted practice or a restriction on the use of an occupational title, requiring a license.

A license created under a "practice act" requires a license before performing a certain activity, such as driving a car on public roads.

A license created under a "title act" restricts the use of a given occupational title to licensees, but anyone can perform the activity itself under a less restricted title.

For example, in Oregon, anyone can practice counseling, but only licensees can call themselves a "Licensed Professional Counselors.".

California is the most populous state in the United States and the third most extensive by area.

Located on the western (Pacific Ocean) coast of the U.S., California is bordered by the other U.S. states of Oregon, Nevada, and Arizona and shares an international border with the Mexican state of Baja California.

The state capital is Sacramento.

Los Angeles is California's most populous city, and the country's second largest after New York City.

The Los Angeles Area and the San Francisco Bay Area are the nation's second- and fifth-most populous urban regions, respectively.

California also has the nation's most populous county, Los Angeles County, and its largest county by area, San Bernardino County.