- The Data Streme Project - 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.
- Teacher at Sea Program - The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration offers teachers the opportunity to spend one to three weeks working with research scientists at sea.
- Data Based Directions - Offering consultants to present workshops. Also, books for sale on assessment practices and database searches. Database search requires registration.
- Prime Presentations - By McGehe Consulting. Offering teacher workshops in mathematics, science, assessment and school improvement.
- West Central Four Professional Development Consortium - Resources for K-12 teachers, students administrators and technology coordinators.
- Waterford Teachers' Centre - 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.
- Passing Notes - 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.
- Teachers' Learning Center - Distance Learning in cooperation with Portland State University, graduate level education classes in education.
- Martha's Vineyard Summer Workshops - Graduate level workshops in teaching writing and reading, sponsored by Northeastern University. Two 2 week sessions in July. Master's degree in Writing option.
- Global Links - Global Educators Program - 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.
- Council For Professional Recognition - 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
- National Resource Center for Middle Grades/High School Education - 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.
- Knowles Science Teaching Foundation - Established to strengthen the quality of high school (grades 9-12) science and mathematics teaching in the United States. Programs, news, resources and contact details.
- NEA Expo - Details about past and future gatherings. Annual event.
- Teacher Advancement Program (TAP) - A Milken Family Foundation program addressing recruitment, training, induction, professional development, compensation, performance evaluation and career advancement for teachers.
- Worlds of the Renaissance - NEH Summer Institute - 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.
- Mark Wahl Training for Mathematics Teaching - Seminars in creative math methods for grades 3-9 that tap the multiple intelligences, learning styles and are compatible with NCTM Standards.
- Enhancement Courses - Self-directed, independent study courses for teachers and administrators, or any person whose professional and/or salary advancement is achieved with professional development credit.
- National Writing Project - Collaborative project for university and K-12 staff who want to improve writing instruction in American schools.
- Summer Conferences for Secondary School Teachers - One-week-long residential conferences, emphasizing the impact of technology on mathematics and science curricula. Hosted by Phillips Exeter Academy in Exeter, NH.
- CE Credits Online - Accredited courses for teachers and educators.
- Lecture Management - Offering keynote speakers addressing relevant topics such as education technology, teacher education, and student achievement.
- Taking Care of Teachers - Providing interactive stress management and team building workshops to educators
- Focus Educational Services, Inc. - TeachersOnly publications, instructional products and seminars, including the famous Silly Science.
- Behaviour Management in Education Foundation - Behaviour management skills training for teachers.Handle any classroom crisis or discipline problem with confidence. Plan class and schoolwide discipline programmes.
- Show Me Center - Providing information and resources to support selection and implementation of standards-based middle grades mathematics curricula.
- Stetson University Center at Celebration - Offering professional development and graduate courses for the practicing educator.
- Professional Development Laboratory - Supporting teachers in their quest for professional excellence. Providing classroom-based experiences enabling teachers to learn from one another. Based at New York University's School of Education.
- Loyola Marymount University Enhancement Courses - Non-classroom, self-directed, independent study courses for teachers and administrators for professional development credit.
- Bureau Of Education and Research - Sponsor of staff development training for professional educators in the United States and Canada. Offering seminars, videos and self-study resources.
- Jo and Jo Productions - Providing child-focused services and programs for teachers and schools.
- National Center for Conflict Resolution Education - Offering information on conflict resolution training, both on-site and conference style. Also listing other resources related to conflict resolution.
- J. Robert Hanson, Sons & Associates - Offering training in thoughtful education, the deliberate effort to integrate affect and cognition in teaching.
- UCLA Service Learning Clearninghouse Project - Information and resources focusing on faculty issues, K-H partnerships, assessment and evaluation, training and technical assistance, and service-learning research.
- NASA Ames Education Resources and Workshops - Descriptions and contact information many programs and learning opportunities for students, teachers, schools, and college faculty.
- Cornell Institute for Biology Teachers (CIBT) - 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.
- Texas A&M University PTRA Program for Rural Physics Teachers - 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.
- Cornell Center for Nanoscale Systems Institute for Physics Teachers (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 advanc
- Catholic School Leadership Program - 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 lead
- Effective Learning Resources - 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.
- SkyLight Professional Development - Provides continuing education and graduate programs for K-12 teachers and administrators with emphasis on multiple intelligences, brain based learning and literacy.
- The Smithsonian Office of Education - Works with teachers in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area and in several locations throughout the nation. Special events, for-credit courses, and long-term partnerships, teachers meet their teaching objectives using museum resources.
- Professional Development - Courses and opportunities for teachers at New York City's American Museum of Natural History.
- California Subject Matter Projects - 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.
- Ideas that Work: Mathematics Professional Development - Strategies, resources, curriculum
- National Council on Economic Education (NCEE) - A non-profit group dedicated to promoting economic education in K-12 schools.
- ACS Professional Development Opportunities - The American Chemical Society provides professional development opportunities for teachers at all levels, kindergarten through post-secondary.
- TAPPED IN Teacher Professional Development Institute - 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 discus
- Online Professional Development Seminar Toolboxes - Online texts and inquiry strategies out of which K-12 teachers can create seminars in American history and literature.
- Continuing Education for Teachers - 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.
- Education Schools Project - 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.
- National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE) - Works to help establish high quality teacher preparation through the process of professional accreditation of schools, colleges and departments of education.
- LessonLab, a Pearson Education Company - 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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