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- 2001 Professional Development Study Tour of SE Asia - Intercultural Professional development study tour for public school teachers from Western Massachusetts.
home.attbi.com/~rayyoung1/index.html
- ACS Professional Development Opportunities - The American Chemical Society provides professional development opportunities for teachers at all levels, kindergarten through post-secondary.
www.acs.org/education/professional
- Behaviour Management in Education Foundation - Behaviour management skills training for teachers.Handle any classroom crisis or discipline problem with confidence. Plan class and schoolwide discipline programmes.
www.bmef.org
- Bureau Of Education and Research - Sponsor of staff development training for professional educators in the United States and Canada. Offering seminars, videos and self-study resources.
www.ber.org
- California Subject Matter Projects - A professional development community for teachers. Each subject area, such as science or history, has a project. Calendar of development opportunities, discussion forums, resource links, content standards for each project.
www.ucop.edu/csmp
- Catholic School Leadership Program - Professional programs at the graduate level which are capable of fostering critical reflection upon the ends governing the profession, of providing the knowledge and skills required for its practice, and of preparing students for principled and moral leadership in their professions.
www.udallas.edu/education/CSLP/index.html
- Center for Educational Leadership Services - Provides professional development services to K-12 teachers and administrators as an outreach arm of Kent State University.
www.cels.kent.edu
- Council For Professional Recognition - Promotes the Child Development Associate (CDA) National Credentialing Program, a major national (United States) movement to improve the quality of child care. The program is designed to assess and credential early care and education professionals based on performance.
www.cdacouncil.org
- Data Based Directions - Offering consultants to present workshops. Also, books for sale on assessment practices and database searches. Database search requires registration.
www.databdirect.com
- EconomicsAmerica - A non-profit group dedicated to promoting economic education in K-12 schools.
www.economicsamerica.org
- Enhancement Courses - Self-directed, independent study courses for teachers and administrators, or any person whose professional and/or salary advancement is achieved with professional development credit.
www.enhancementcourses.com
- Focus Educational Services, Inc. - TeachersOnly publications, instructional products and seminars, including the famous Silly Science.
www.TeachersOnly.com
- Global Links - Global Educators Program - Opportunity for teachers to gain teaching experience in a foreign country. After spending 3-4 weeks abroad the participants will receive 6 graduate credits from the University of St Thomas.
www.global-links.org
- Ideas that Work: Mathematics Professional Development - Strategies, resources, curriculum
www.enc.org/reform/ideas/133273/index.htm
- InspirAction - Certified on-line continuing education classes for teachers and counselors in the U.S. Certificates issued upon satisfactory completion.
www.inspiractionweb.com
- J. Robert Hanson, Sons & Associates - Offering training in thoughtful education, the deliberate effort to integrate affect and cognition in teaching.
www.thoughtfuleducation.com
- Jo and Jo Productions - Providing child-focused services and programs for teachers and schools.
www.joandjoproductions.com
- Kagan Professional Development - Professional development academies, workshops, and graduate courses with emphasis on "Coperative Learning" and "Multiple Intelligences" strategies.
KaganCoopLearn.com/Training/PDOverview.html
- Knowles Science Teaching Foundation - Established to strengthen the quality of high school (grades 9-12) science and mathematics teaching in the United States. Programs, news, resources and contact details.
www.kstf.org
- Lecture Management - Offering keynote speakers addressing relevant topics such as education technology, teacher education, student achievement and more.
www.lecturemanagement.com
- Loyola Marymount University Enhancement Courses - Non-classroom, self-directed, independent study courses for teachers and administrators for professional development credit.
www.enhancementcourses.edu
- Mark Wahl Training for Mathematics Teaching - Seminars in creative math methods for grades 3-9 that tap the multiple intelligences, learning styles and are compatible with NCTM Standards.
www.markwahl.com/inservice_training.htm
- Martha's Vineyard Summer Workshops - Graduate level workshops in teaching writing and reading, sponsored by Northeastern University. Two 2 week sessions in July. Master's degree in Writing option.
www.vineyardworkshops.neu.edu
- NASA Ames Education Resources and Workshops - Descriptions and contact information many programs and learning opportunities for students, teachers, schools, and college faculty.
education.arc.nasa.gov/pages/edresources.html
- National Center for Conflict Resolution Education - Offering information on conflict resolution training, both on-site and conference style. Also listing other resources related to conflict resolution.
www.nccre.org
- National Resource Center for Middle Grades/High School Education - Provides professional development opportunities for educators, distributes published resources on best practices and research for classroom application, and conducts program, school, and community evaluation studies.
www.coedu.usf.edu
- National Writing Project - Collaborative project for university and K-12 staff who want to improve writing instruction in American schools.
writingproject.org
- NEA Expo - Details about past and future gatherings. Annual event.
www.neaexpo.com
- Passing Notes - Personal reflections on the National Teacher Certification program from a current participant. Site features background, reform links, cost of program, and tips on how to successfully pass the final exams.
members.tripod.com/bcdean1
- PBS Scienceline - PBS offers a yearlong program of professional development for K-5 science teachers.
www.pbs.org/learn/scienceline/index.html
- Prime Presentations - By McGehe Consulting. Offering teacher workshops in mathematics, science, assessment and school improvement.
www.primepresentations.com
- Professional Development - Courses and opportunities for teachers at New York City's American Museum of Natural History.
www.amnh.org/education/profdevel.html
- Professional Development Laboratory - Supporting teachers in their quest for professional excellence. Providing classroom-based experiences enabling teachers to learn from one another. Based at New York University's School of Education.
www.nyu.edu/pdl
- Show Me Center - Providing information and resources to support selection and implementation of standards-based middle grades mathematics curricula.
showmecenter.missouri.edu
- SkyLight Professional Development - Provides continuing education and graduate programs for K-12 teachers and administrators with emphasis on multiple intelligences, brain based learning and literacy. Online courses and video courses available.
www.skylightedu.com
- Stetson University Center at Celebration - Offering professional development and graduate courses for the practicing educator.
www.stetson.edu/celebration
- Summer Conferences for Secondary School Teachers - One-week-long residential conferences, emphasizing the impact of technology on mathematics and science curricula. Hosted by Phillips Exeter Academy in Exeter, NH.
mathconf.exeter.edu
- Taking Care of Teachers - Providing interactive stress management and team building workshops to educators
members.aol.com/TCOTeachers
- TAPPED IN Teacher Professional Development Institute - A growing community of over 2800 K-16 teachers, staff, and researchers engaged in both formal professional development programs and informal collaborative activities. Members hold real-time discussions and classes and interact via mailing lists and discussion boards all in a single on-line venue.
www.tappedin.org
- Teacher Advancement Program (TAP) - A Milken Family Foundation program addressing recruitment, training, induction, professional development, compensation, performance evaluation and career advancement for teachers.
www.mff.org/tap
- Teacher at Sea Program - The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration offers teachers the opportunity to spend one to three weeks working with research scientists at sea.
www.tas.noaa.gov
- Teachers' Learning Center - Distance Learning in cooperation with Portland State University, graduate level education classes in education.
web.pdx.edu/~kovalr
- The Data Streme Project - The American Meteorological Society offers an on-line course to train teachers to use the Internet to as a resource to study the weather in the K-12 science classroom.
www.ametsoc.org/dstreme/extras/dsinfo.html
- The Smithsonian Office of Education - Professional development opportunities include regional workshops and summer workshops.
educate.si.edu
- The Southeast Center for Education in the Arts - Professional development in Discipline Based Art Education (DBAE), a combination of music, theatre, visual art and dance. Conducting professional development summer institutes and professional development workshops.
www.utc.edu/SCEA
- UCLA Service Learning Clearninghouse Project - Information and resources focusing on faculty issues, K-H partnerships, assessment and evaluation, training and technical assistance, and service-learning research.
www.gseis.ucla.edu/slc
- Waterford Teachers' Centre - Located in the South East of Ireland, an education support centre providing national and local inservices, as well as resources for teachers, students and parents.
www.wtc.ie
- West Central Four Professional Development Consortium - Resources for K-12 teachers, students administrators and technology coordinators.
www.wc4.org
- Worlds of the Renaissance - NEH Summer Institute - A national Summer institute about the Renaissance for thirty secondary school teachers in the humanities. Includes projects intended to serve as curriculum resources for other teachers.
www.svhe.pdx.edu/summerinstitute/index.html
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