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Smithsonian Center for Education and Museum Studies - http://smithsonianeducation.org/
Education resources and information, lesson plans, field trips, and interactive activities based on Smithsonian museum collections and research. |
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Online Professional Development Seminar Toolboxes - http://nationalhumanitiescenter.org/pds/pds.htm
Online texts and inquiry strategies out of which K-12 teachers can create seminars in American history and literature. |
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Council For Professional Recognition - http://www.cdacouncil.org/
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. |
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ACS Professional Development Opportunities - http://www.chemistry.org/portal/a/c/s/1/acsdisplay.html?DOC=education%5cprofessional%5cindex.html
The American Chemical Society provides professional development opportunities for teachers at all levels, kindergarten through post-secondary. |
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TAPPED IN Teacher Professional Development Institute - http://www.tappedin.org/
An online 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. |
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UCLA Service Learning Clearninghouse Project - http://www.gseis.ucla.edu/slc/
Information and resources focusing on faculty issues, K-H partnerships, assessment and evaluation, training and technical assistance, and service-learning research. |
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National Resource Center for Middle Grades/High School Education - http://www.coedu.usf.edu
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. |
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LessonLab, a Pearson Education Company - http://www.lessonlab.com/
Continuing education and graduate programs for K-12 teachers and administrators with an emphasis on multiple intelligences, brain based learning, and literacy. Online, video, and site-based courses are available. |
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Show Me Center - http://showmecenter.missouri.edu
Providing information and resources to support selection and implementation of standards-based middle grades mathematics curricula. |
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Professional Development - http://www.amnh.org/education/resources/index.php
Courses and opportunities for teachers at New York City's American Museum of Natural History. |
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Bureau Of Education and Research - http://www.ber.org
Sponsor of staff development training for professional educators in the United States and Canada. Offering seminars, videos and self-study resources. |
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Loyola Marymount University Enhancement Courses - http://www.enhancementcourses.edu
Non-classroom, self-directed, independent study courses for teachers and administrators for professional development credit. |
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Enhancement Courses - http://www.enhancementcourses.com/
Self-directed, independent study courses for teachers and administrators, or any person whose professional and/or salary advancement is achieved with professional development credit. |
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Stetson University Center at Celebration - http://www.stetson.edu/celebration/
Offering professional development and graduate courses for the practicing educator. |
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Cornell Institute for Biology Teachers (CIBT) - http://cibt.bio.cornell.edu/
Information about annual workshops designed to provide K-12 science teachers with practical teaching tools and a continuing relationship with Cornell and other program participants. |
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Global Links - Global Educators Program - http://www.global-links.org/
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. |
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The Data Streme Project - http://www.ametsoc.org/dstreme/extras/dsinfo.html
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. |
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Waterford Teachers' Centre - http://www.wtc.ie/
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. |
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Cornell Center for Nanoscale Systems Institute for Physics Teachers (CIPT) - http://www.cns.cornell.edu/cipt/
Professional development opportunity. Offers workshops during the school year and a two-week and one-week institute in the summer. Courses contain lectures, tours and hands-on learning experiences designed to update high school teachers on recent advances in physics. |
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Education Schools Project - http://www.edschools.org/
Provides a critical assessment of the ways in which the United States' 1,200 schools of education prepare--and should prepare--teachers, school administrators, and education researchers. |
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NEA Expo - http://www.neaexpo.com/
Details about past and future gatherings. Annual event. |
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Lecture Management - http://www.lecturemanagement.com/
Offering keynote speakers addressing relevant topics such as education technology, teacher education, and student achievement. |
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Martha's Vineyard Summer Workshops - http://www.vineyardworkshops.neu.edu/
Graduate level workshops in teaching writing and reading, sponsored by Northeastern University. Two 2 week sessions in July. Master's degree in Writing option. |
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Worlds of the Renaissance - NEH Summer Institute - http://www.svhe.pdx.edu/summerinstitute/index.html
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. |
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Teachers' Learning Center - http://web.pdx.edu/~kovalr/
Distance Learning in cooperation with Portland State University, graduate level education classes in education. |
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Data Based Directions - http://www.databdirect.com
Offering consultants to present workshops. Also, books for sale on assessment practices and database searches. Database search requires registration. |
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CE Credits Online - http://www.cecreditsonline.org/
Accredited courses for teachers and educators. |
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NASA Ames Education Resources and Workshops - http://education.arc.nasa.gov/pages/edresources.html
Descriptions and contact information many programs and learning opportunities for students, teachers, schools, and college faculty. |
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Behaviour Management in Education Foundation - http://www.bmef.org/
Behaviour management skills training for teachers.Handle any classroom crisis or discipline problem with confidence. Plan class and schoolwide discipline programmes. |
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Prime Presentations - http://www.primepresentations.com/
By McGehe Consulting. Offering teacher workshops in mathematics, science, assessment and school improvement. |
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Continuing Education for Teachers - http://edukator.homestead.com
Online professional education courses/workshops for K-8 classroom and special education teachers. Courses designed to comply with the No Child Left Behind Act and/or state standards. |
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Texas A&M University PTRA Program for Rural Physics Teachers - http://teacher.physics.tamu.edu/
Selected applicants will participate in a three-year program (2003-2006) consisting of annual summer workshops and two-day follow-up sessions each spring. Full details and application available on the site. |
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Hand on Heart - http://www.handonheart.co.uk/
UK. Early Years Foundation Stage training for professionals teaching children 0-5 years. Includes profile, information on the trainers and courses, video clips, testimonials, and enquiry form. |
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Effective Learning Resources - http://www.motivatestudents.com/
Three offerings: Motivating the Unmotivated, Practical Ways to Increase Writing Achievement, and Managing Your Special Ed Classrooms. Academic credit available. Live workshops, video classes, inservice training and consulting services. |
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Catholic School Leadership Program - http://www.udallas.edu/cslp/
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. |
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Mark Wahl Training for Mathematics Teaching - http://www.markwahl.com/inservice_training.htm
Seminars in creative math methods for grades 3-9 that tap the multiple intelligences, learning styles and are compatible with NCTM Standards. |
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Ideas that Work: Mathematics Professional Development - http://www.enc.org/professional/learn/ideas/math/
Strategies, resources, curriculum |
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Passing Notes - http://members.tripod.com/bcdean1/
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. |
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California Subject Matter Projects - http://csmp.ucop.edu/
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. |