Professional Development
Educators must always hone their craft. Discover the many formal, informal, ongoing, and job-embedded professional-development programs keeping teachers at the top of their game.
How to Help Teachers Learn New Technology
Created by and for teachers, one school created an effective approach for technology professional development.807
PD That Helps Teachers Improve the Quality of Their Video Instruction
Tips for planning professional development that supports teachers’ growing skills in using video to enhance students’ learning.3.3k
Staff Meetings Get a Needed Makeover During the Pandemic
Educators across the country share their insights on how the pandemic has forced them to change staff meetings—for the better.1kLearning Walks: Structured Observation for Teachers
Brief visits to several classrooms give teachers a chance to reflect on a variety of practices.38.8k
A Mentoring Strategy for Preservice Teachers
Teacher candidates at the University of Wyoming Lab School co-teach with veterans to learn about planning, instruction, and assessment.14.3k
Using Video for Professional Development
When teachers film themselves in the classroom, it helps them reflect on and improve their teaching practice.11.2k15 Characteristics of a 21st-Century Teacher
A teacher reflects on our changing society and how change informs what teaching is like today.28.1k
Planning for Better Professional Development in an Uncertain Future
Teachers will be operating in a different world next year, and administrators are thinking now about how best to support them.2.3k
Travel Grants and Fellowships for Educators
Money is available to help fund teachers’ professional trips. Here are some resources to help you find and apply for grants and fellowships.14.4k
Why Don’t We Differentiate Professional Development?
PD could be more effective if we differentiated it by gauging teachers' readiness, utilizing their interests, involving them in the process, and providing continual assessment opportunities.18.1k
Student-Centered Learning: It Starts With the Teacher
Teachers encourage student-centered learning by allowing students to share in decisions, believing in their capacity to lead, and remembering how it feels to learn.20.9k
The Big Picture: Integrating SEL Across a District
The 168 schools in the Nashville district collaborate to bolster school culture and instruction with social and emotional learning.9.1k
Increasing Teachers’ Effectiveness—Without Causing Burnout
An elementary school principal explains how he prioritized professional development for teachers by embedding it in the master schedule.1.5k
No Teacher Is an Island
Working in small teams, high school teachers offer each other support and feedback for improving in their work.7.5k