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Why Is Teacher Development Important?: Because Students Deserve the Best

... increased use of educational technologies, creation of professional-development schools, and innovative training programs aimed at career switchers ...

Article - - 7/29/2008

Teacher Development

... body:  Topic: Teacher Development ESSENTIALS The why, ... Guided Search: teacher preparation + professional development + mentoring + teacher compensation ...

7/7/2008

Welcome to The George Lucas Educational Foundation's Professional-Development Modules Home Page

... teaching modules were developed by education faculty and professional developers for their colleagues. They can be employed as extension ... and the Job   Teacher Supervision & Development ...

8/11/2008

Grant Information: Resources to Get You Started

... grants section with regularly updated grant, scholarship, professional development, and other funding opportunities for both educators and students. ...

8/6/2008

Treating Teachers as Professionals: The Value of Adequate Preparation Time

... gather in the teachers' room for ninety minutes of professional development -- a rare occurrence in schools despite the widespread call for ...

Article - - 8/5/2008

Collaborative Online Continuing Education: Professional Development Through Learning Communities

... same forces offer the opportunity for new models for the professional growth of teachers. Learning communities share a way of knowing, a ... curriculum. This corresponds with a view of professional development that moves beyond skills training and generic inservice delivery ...

Article - - 7/29/2008

Why Integrate Technology into the Curriculum?: The Reasons Are Many

... out of school experiences. This is the deal in curriculum development. Why Integrate Technology into the Curriculum? As a teacher ... As a teacher I have to attend workshops, trainings, professional development seminars, and other meetings. It is during these times ...

Article - - 7/3/2008

Ask Ellen: TLC Through PLCs

... It seems as if everybody in education is talking about professional learning communities. How do you define PLCs, and how important do ... Hord and her colleagues at the Southwest Educational Development Laboratory published a study that outlined the characteristics ...

Article - - 8/20/2008

Why Teach With Project Learning?: Providing Students With a Well-Rounded Classroom Experience

... Learning Module : While designed as a module for professional developers or teacher trainers, you can use it as a self-paced ... (K-12, Project Learning, Teacher Development, 081908) ...

Article - - 8/19/2008

Young Minds, Fast Times: The Twenty-First-Century Digital Learner

... going to be part of the first morning of a week-long staff development program for teachers in American-curriculum schools abroad as well ... be used to create independent learners. I participate in professional development on my own time and at my own expense- I either go on ...

Article - - 7/29/2008