Staff Training, Professional Development, Budgeting and Assessment
| Staff Training/Professional Development: |
Adobe's professional development site: http://www.adobe.com/resources/education/training/ Association for Training and Development (ASTD) is the world's largest association dedicated to workplace learning and performance professionals in the following areas: multinational corporations, medium-sized and small businesses, government, academia, consulting firms, and product and service suppliers.http://www.astd.org/ Committee on Museum Professional Training (COMPT) - COMPT strives to assist museum professionals and pre-professionals in their career learning experiences, to address the continuous need to develop and enhance professional goals: http://education.nyu.edu/art/compt.html
http://staffdevelop.org/adult.html
The International Council of Museum curricula guidelines for museum professional development divided into five broad areas of competencies—general descriptions of knowledge, skills and abilities (KSA's)—needed to work effectively in today's museums: http://museumstudies.si.edu/ICOM-ICTOP/index.htm International Society for Technology in Education is a nonprofit professional organization for leaders and potential leaders in educational technology. Its focus is on K–12 education and teacher education. We provide our members with information, networking opportunities, and guidance as they face the challenge of incorporating computers, the Internet, and other new technologies into their schools. North Central Regional Educational Laboratory is a Professional Development framework designed to help school systems plan for, and evaluate its use of technology. Also visit the engauge area and the toolkit: http://www.ncrel.org/tech/pd.htm Smithsonian Museum’s Education and Training Centers, defines general, museology, management, public programming, and information and collections management and care competencies:http://www.smithsonianeducation.org/educators/professional_development/professional_development.html
The Journal: Professional Development Resources for Teachers: http://thejournal.com/the/topics/professional/ Learning Point Associates is a professional development source that provides the tools and research for K-12 education and teacher education. It offers special services for after school programs: http://www.learningpt.org |
| Assessment: |
American Association of Museums - Museum Assessment Program (MAP) is a confidential, consultative process designed to help museums understand how they compare to standards and best practices. http://www.aam-us.org/museumresources/map/index.cfm
Center for Performance Assessment - a center where teachers, curriculum specialists, and administrators design assessments based on the district and state curriculum and standards.http://www.makingstandardswork.com/assessment/index.htm Committee on Museum Administration and Finance (COMAF): http://aam-us.org Engauge - North Central Regional Educational Laboratory assessment framework designed to help school systems plan for, and evaluate its use of technology. Also visit the professional development area and the toolkit: http://www.ncrel.org/engauge/ Institute of Museum Services - Sample IMS Needs Assessment Survey: Museum Assessment Program (MAP): http://www.aam-us.org SouthEast Initiatives Regional Technology in Education Consortium: http://www.serve.org/seir-tec/_evaluation/stna.html TechLearning: Assessment and Testing Articles: http://www.techlearning.com/hot_topics/assessment.jhtml;jsessionid=4I45L5SMUPNLOQSNDLOSKHSCJUNN2JVN |
| Adult Learning and Online Staff Development: |
Lynda.com is a tutorial web site for all the latest and greatest software: www.lynda.com Online Professional Development, graduate credit available through Central Michigan University: http://www.myedconnect.com/ TechLearning is a site for technology educators. Great Webinars. Tutorialized.com, where everything is a tutorial: http://www.tutorialized.com/ |
| Current Technology and Budgeting: |
Center on Information Technology Accommodation (CITA): www.itpolicy.gsa.gov/cita Museum Computer Network (MCN): http://www.mcn.edu Museum Security Network (MSN): http://www.museum-security.org/ |
| After School Programs: |
Learning Point Associates is a professional development source that provides the tools and research for K-12 education and teacher education. It offers special services for after school programs: http://www.learningpt.org/
The YouthLearn Initiative at EDC, created by the Morino Institute. Assisting youth programs in making a difference in the lives and potential of young people: www.YouthLearn.org |
| Visual Learning: |
Document camera helps capture students' focus on learning. (July 1, 2005): TCEA speakers address photography, telephony. By Robert Brumfield, Assistant Editor, eSchool News (May1, 2006): TCEA speakers address photography, telephony. By Robert Brumfield, Assistant Editor, eSchool News (February 10, 2006): National Association of Professional Photo (NAPP): http://www.photoshopuser.com/ |
| Museum Associations: |
American Association of Museums (AAM): http://aam-us.org Association of College and University Museums and Galleries (ACUMG): http://www.acumg.org/ Association of Children’s Museums (ACM): http://www.childrensmuseums.org/ College Art Association (CAA): www.collegeart.org George Eastman House Museum: http://www.eastmanhouse.org/ Group for Education in Museums (GEM): http://www.gem.org.uk/ International Council of Museums (ICOM): http://www.icom.org Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS): http://www.imls.gov International Partnerships Among Museums (IPAM): http://www.aam-us.org Museum’s in the United States alphabetically: http://vlmp.museophile.org/usa.html Museum’s in the United States alphabetically: http://www.museumlink.com/ Museum Learning Collaborative (MLC): www.museumlearning.com/ National Endowment for the Arts (NEA): http://www.arts.gov Official Museum Directory (OMD): http://www.omd-online.com Smithsonian Institution (SI): http://www.si.edu Selected Resources for Developing Museology Curricula: http://museumstudies.si.edu/ICOM-ICTOP/sources.htm The J. Paul Getty: http://www.getty.edu/ The Tech Museum: http://www.thetech.org/ World Wide Web Virtual Library – Museums: http://icom.museum/vlmp/ |
| Online Museum Journals: |
| MER's outstanding contribution to the field is the publication of the only professional journal devoted to museum education, the Journal of Museum Education. http://www.mer-online.org/about/index.html |
| Technology Organizations: |
MACUL, Michigan Association for Computer Users in Learning eSchool News Online: TechLearning is a site for technology educators. Great Webinars. |
| Fun Tools and Web Sites: |
Art based curriculum guides: http://www.geeguides.com/ Best Practices of Technology Integration in Michigan. Great sample lesson plans incorporating technology: http://www.remc11.k12.mi.us/bstpract/ Bring your digital images to life with Photo Story 3, a free download. Great museum web vs. physical museum problems: http://www.asis.org/Bulletin/Jun-04/marty.html |
