Professional Development

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Teachers Have New, Active Role in Professional Development Under New Law - Read more.

Design your own professional development activity for CEUs
Follow our step-by-step explanation, view some sample activities, and learn how to complete the proposal form to design a professional development activity that meets your learning needs!

Conferencing with Aggressive Parents
View this presentation that discusses why parents become aggressive with teachers, view video vignettes of teachers dealing with such parents, and get suggestions for how you can work more successfully with parents.

Teacher Reflection...what do you think?
View this presentation with audio to explore what typically lies behind a teacher's reflections on teaching, and ways to enhance the reflection process to have a greater impact on teaching and learning

Life After Best...getting involved in our associations
Once the BEST program is behind you, your growth as a teacher can come via many avenues. View and listen to this presentation to learn how to use your interests to get involved in your professional assocaitions and open doors to professional growth.

Putting the 'professional' in 'professional development'
Read about 4 factors that can contribute greatly to, or have a serious negative effect on, a district's professional development plan and process, and what your local can do to advocate for more effective practices.

Effective professional development planning
Using multiple learning formats in professional development
Building an accountability system for professional development
Creating an effective evaluation process for professional development

CEA/CEU Partner Program
Does your local have teachers that need reading and/or technology CEUs in order to renew their professional certificates? CEA can help. See the CEA/CEU Partner Program

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Professional Development information:

Association for Supervision & Curriculum Development (ASCD) – conferences, workshops, videos, online PD, & more

Eisenhower National Clearinghouse web links – professional resources - research information, materials for creating professional development presentations, online magazines and journals, and more

National Staff Development Council (NSDC) – workshops, conferences, books, general staff development information

Tech Times – technology training through the CT regional education service centers

On line professional development opportunities:

qAnnenberg Media / Learner.org – PD via video programs coordinated with web and print materials

qAssociation for Supervision & Curriculum Development (ASCD) – conferences, workshops, videos, online PD, & more

Classroom Management on line course with Harry & Rosemary Wong – based on their book “The first 100 days of teaching”

qConcept to Classroom - a series of free, self-paced workshops on a variety of topics; includes use of video clips, lesson plan formats, and questions for reflection

CT Distance Learning Consortium - a consortium of Connecticut colleges and universities offering on line college courses

qInternational Reading Asso. (IRA) – free downloadable podcasts on a variety of topics; includes resource list

NASA TV – short TV broadcasts on specific topics, grouped by student age level

National Council of Teachers of Math (NCTM) – 90-minute, on-line workshops that include activities for use in the classroom, and a follow-up session

qNational Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) – live and on-demand sessions, modest fee includes event and accompanying materials

qNational Humanities Center – a library of seminar ‘toolboxes,’ to help teachers use primary resources to study specific topics in American history

qNational Middle School Association (NMSA) – webinars pertaining to middle level education, some free; once purchased, can be used indefinitely

qNational Science Teachers Association (NSTA) – live, 90-minute web seminars covering a range of topics, by presenters from NASA, NOAA, FDA, etc.

Satellite Educational Resources Consortium (SERC)teleconferencing professional learning available to schools and districts, with internet support and print materials available

PBS Teacherline - facilitated professional development opportunities in all subject areas, technology, curriculum mapping, and instructional strategies, for teachers preK-12

Teacher-to-Teacher workshops - free on-line versions (includes video) of workshops sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education