THE Journal — Professional Development

News Briefs - Center for Education Services

(3/1/2004)

Web-Based Professional Development Program Coaches Teachers

(1/1/2004)

The Impact of Standards-Based Technology Professional Development

In an effort to meet local, state and federal demands for education reform, school leaders are scrambling to identify effective strategies for delivering and reporting on technology professional development and how it impacts school reform.
(1/1/2004)

Web-Based Professional Development Focuses on Science Teachers

(12/1/2003)

Videoconferencing Takes Cape Elizabeth Middle School on a Distance Learning Adventure

(11/1/2003)

Implementing a Mobile Lab in a Faculty of Education

Information and communications technology (ICT) pervades most aspects of contemporary civilization and will undoubtedly influence our near future to an even greater extent.
(10/1/2003)

The Reality of Anytime, Anywhere Learning

As the fifth largest school district in california, Santa Ana Unified School District faces the challenge of providing technology access to its more than 63,000 students and over 6,000 certificated and classified staff members.
(10/1/2003)

Intel Provides New Web-Based Resources for Educators

(9/1/2003)

Educator-Specific Templates

(9/1/2003)

Maintaining the Integrity of a Web-Based Music Course

To receive a Texas elementary teacher certification, all elementary education majors must demonstrate a basic understanding of music and perform minimal musical skills.
(8/1/2003)

Professional Development

(6/1/2003)

Preparing Technology-Competent Teachers

Nationally, a large number of graduates from colleges of education feel ill-prepared to integrate technology into their curriculum
(6/1/2003)

Removing Barriers to Professional Development

Professional development in education has been described as an organized effort to change teachers with the expected result of improving their teaching practice and student learning.
(6/1/2003)

Models of Professional Development

(6/1/2003)

The Realities of Web-Based Training

Web-based training (wbt) - the use of the World Wide Web for training purposes that can be delivered anytime, anywhere to anyone with access to an Internet-enabled computer - has become a term both loaded with possibilities and mired down in misconceptions.
(6/1/2003)

Standards-Based Curriculum Development

(5/1/2003)

Technology for Charter Schools Too: A Team-Based Training Model

Last summer, 100 minnesota teachers, administrators and technology coordinators from 15 schools - 11 of which were charter schools - confirmed their commitment to improving technology integration in K-12 education by attending the Teams for Technology (T4T) training program.
(4/1/2003)

Teacher Models of Technology Integration

(4/1/2003)

Certification: Your Return On Training Investments

(4/1/2003)

Redesigning Schools to Meet 21st Century Learning Needs

The conventional wisdom has been that we cannot find enough teachers to staff America's schools. But, in fact, the conventional wisdom is wrong.
(4/1/2003)

Education Technology Training

(3/1/2003)

Polk Co. Schools Rely on Florida-Specific Assessment Tool to Develop Individual Learning Paths

(12/1/2002)

Alliance Seeks to Develop IT Faculty Development

(9/1/2002)

Piloting, Polishing & Perfecting: Creating and Implementing a Technology Staff Development Model

Various approaches to training teachers in the use of classroom technology have been attempted in our central Texas school district.
(9/1/2002)

Bringing Induction to the Teacher: A Blended Learning Model

As we bring new teachers into the district, how do we optimize our time during induction week so that we can focus on our critical goals and not be sidetracked by so-called "administrivia"?
(9/1/2002)