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What Works in Public Education

Ongoing Professional Development: What You Can Do

by Edutopia Staff

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