Ongoing Professional Development: What You Can Do

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Teachers, administrators, professional developers, and others interested in keeping up to date in educational theory and practice are encouraged to visit the following Web sites:

National Staff Development Council (www.nsdc.org)

National Education Association's Foundation for the Improvement of Education (www.nfie.org/resources.htm)

United States Department of Education (www.ed.gov/index.jhtml)

North Central Regional Educational Laboratory (www.ncrel.org/sdrs/areas/issues/educatrs/profdevl/pd200.htm)

From Now On: the Educational Technology Journal For an index of articles and resources on professional development (www.fno.org/fnoindex.html#Staff)

PBS Teacher Resource site (www.pbs.org/teachersource)

Pitsco Launch Staff Development Resources (www.pitsco.com/Resources/staffdev.html)

Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators (a categorized list of sites useful for enhancing both curriculum and professional growth) (www.school.discovery.com/schrockguide)

For additional resources, check out the Big List.

This article originally published on 2/22/2001

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