Professional Development
The Center for Teaching is committed to the ongoing professional development of faculty in its member schools. The Center sponsors professional development programs for faculty, as well as provides resources to assist in planning future learning opportunities. Below is a list of some resources to review. They are organized by discipline or by organization.
Mathematics
National Council for Teachers of Mathematics
E-Workshops in mathematics offered by NCTM by grade level.
The Professional Development Focus of the Year identifies resources from NCTM journals, publications, Web sites, E-Workshops, and sessions at the Annual Meeting and Regional Conferences that relate to a key theme from Principles and Standards for School Mathematics. Through the Focus of the Year, NCTM supports professional development by offering educators an effective way to become more knowledgeable about important ideas.
Science
National Science Teachers’ Association: http://www.nsta.org
Web Seminars: NSTA Web Seminars are 90-minute, live professional development experiences that use online learning technologies to allow participants to interact with nationally acclaimed experts, NSTA Press authors, and scientists, engineers, and education specialists from NSTA government partners. Click on link below for more information.
Check out the new NSTA Science Learning Center at: http://learningcenter.nsta.org/
English
National Council of Teachers of English: http://www.ncte.org
Online Professional Development at NCTE: Choose from a variety of research-based professional development opportunities ranging from Pathways' yearlong communities of practice to teaching strategies in ReadWriteThink and the Teaching Ideas Center.
Foreign Languages
The American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) Annual Convention and World Languages Expo brings together more than 5,000 teachers, administrators, method instructors, and students of foreign languages at all levels from across the world. The convention features over 600 educational sessions on such topics as: Assessment, Culture, Curriculum, Learner Variables, Literature, Materials, Methods/Techniques, Policy/Issues, Professional Development, Research, Specific Purposes, Standards, and Technology.
A list of professional development workshops can be found at http://www.actfl.org/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageid=3632
Social Studies
The National Council for the Social Studies is devoted to professional development of teachers of social sciences. Go to the following link for more information.
For a list of other professional development opportunities, see the following link: http://www.socialstudies.org/profdev/
National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS)
The professional development calendar on the NAIS website outlines other opportunities that are available throughout the year.
Charter School Movement
Here is a good website to get information about Charter Schools in the United States: http://www.uscharterschools.org/pub/uscs_docs/index.htm
National Association of Secondary School Principals
The website is: http://www.nassp.org
The NASSP has launched a new online tool for doing your own self-assessment for professional development. Check this out at:
Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD)
For information about their programs and resources, go to: http://www.ascd.org
Also, check out their web seminars for other professional development opportunities.
David Mallery’s seminars on teaching
David Mallery runs a series of seminars for teachers throughout the year. The title of each of them is somewhat explanatory; however, the link will take you directly to the site that gives you more information.
- Experienced Pro: http://www.davidseminars.com/experienced_pro/index.html
- About the Administrator’s Life: http://www.davidseminars.com/adminlife/index.html
- About the First Five Years: http://www.davidseminars.com/first_five_years/index.html
- Westtown: http://www.davidseminars.com/westtown/index.html
National Staff Development Council
Check out their website for good information about professional development opportunities: http://www.nsdc.org