Educational Technology

Professional Development Resources

Content created by John Stanford and Doug Paluch for EDT 648, Spring 2003

Professional Development -


Professional development is training provided to teachers, administrators and paraprofessionals through conferences, workshops, peers, co-workers and outside sources in order to increase their effectiveness in reaching students. Professional development improves job-related knowledge, skills and attitudes helping teachers learn new roles and teaching strategies. If presented in a consistent fashion, over time, the program can have maximum effect on student achievement.


http://www.ncela.gwu.edu/miscpubs/eacwest/profdev/

Needs Assessments

 

Sample Needs Assessment - WMU Medical Science

Sample Needs Assessment - Hartford Public Schools

 
Budgeting for Staff Development

College-Wide Budget- WMU Health & Human Services/Medical Science Dept.(proposed)

District Wide Technology Budget- Hartford Public Schools 2000-2003

 

 

Planning/Follow-up

 

Planning/Follow-up and Support of Ed. Tech. Staff Development (CTL and ITC at WMU)

Assessment/Evaluation

 

Survey Instruments and Assessment Rubrics

Assessment and Evaluation of Ed Tech Staff Development Activities (WMU Medical Science)

 

Survey Suite (Free trial) Zoomerang (Free) DiscoverySchool  Web Quest
Online Activities

Online Professional Development - Suggestions for Success (article review)

The Benefits of Online Learning (article review)

 
  
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What Works in Staff Development

Professional Development Articles (staffdevelop.org)

North Central Regional Education Laboratory - Technology... Planners Handbook (ncrel.org/tplan/handbook/handbook.htm)

Staff Development and Change Process: Cut from The Same Cloth

Professional Development Programs - review (Contains links to basic, advanced and integration based training sites)

WMU Professional Development

Texas Center for Educational Technology (Professional Develoment Models)

ERIC - Education Resource Information Center

Program/Staff Development and Evaluation Resources (Univ of Kentucky)

Partnership for Training - Resources Database

Online Professional Development Opportunities (ISTE)

Teacher Universe - Web-based Skills and Competency Assessment

AT&T Learning Network (Online Prof Dev)

Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD)

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