Professional
Development
Does professional development affect student achievement? Learn
about the benefits of professional development from these sites.
What Is Your Professional Development IQ?
http://www.nsdc.org/library/pdiq.html
This quiz offers an interesting take on the perceptions about professional
development that are held by both educators and the general public.
ASCD: Professional Development
http://www.ascd.org/cms/index.cfm?TheViewID=348
Visit this site for information on conferences, workshops, online training,
Action Tools, videos, and audio programs.
NCREL: Professional Development
http://www.ncrel.org/pd/index.html
This site is a great one-stop resource for information on professional development.
National Staff Development Council (NSDC)
http://www.nsdc.org
NSDC is dedicated to staff development. The site includes a wealth of interesting
articles, as well as the NSDC Standards for Staff Development.
Some Characteristics of Learners with Teaching Implications
http://www.rit.edu/~609www/ch/faculty/learner.htm
This page from the Rochester Institute of Technology highlights the main
differences between adult and youth learners.
Education Week Professional Issues
- www.edweek.org/context/topics/profdev.htm
Summary of current issues related to professional development, with links
to Ed Week articles.
Tried and True: Tested Ideas for Teaching and Learning
- www.ed.gov/pubs/triedandtrue/index.html
Programs and practices for inproving teaching and learning.
American Federation of Teachers Educational Issues
Focus on Professional Development - www.aft.org/edissues/teacherquality/prodev.htm
Links to articles that discuss characters of good professional
development programs.
Promising Practices - www.ed.gov/pubs/PromPractice/chapter6.html
Seven educational practices from various sites.
Teachers take charge of their Learning - www.nfie.org/takechar.htm
National Foundation for the Improvement of Education reports
on transforming professional development for success.
National Staff Development Council - www.nsdc.org
Effective Professional Development - www.ed.gov/inits/teachers/eisenhower
National Partnership for Excellence and Accountability
in Teaching - www.npeat.org