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5 Simple Ways to Improve Teacher Professional Development

The CoolCatTeacher

Books, Videos, Courses, and Conferences. Teachers can find books, videos and courses to help them on an issue. An emerging professional development “economy” of competency based micro credentials has teachers taking a new type of course. Microcredits and Badges. It is free. Teachers self-organize into topics.

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Thinking About Redefining Professional Development

The Web20Classroom

The traditional forms of sit-and-get PD are giving way to MOOCs, webinars, Edcamps and flipped learning. Check out this blog post to learn more. Traditional PD models can be flipped too, where work is done before to learn basic skills via video or through course work. But what does all that mean?

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From EdCamps to Google, 11 Professional Development Offerings for Teachers This Summer

Edsurge

To help you stay sharp while getting that much-needed vitamin D, we have a gathered a list of professional development activities geared towards teachers, offered for free or at relatively low-cost. Talk with the Community Development Specialist at your local Microsoft Store to learn more.

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The 6 Truths Of Effective Educators

The Web20Classroom

6 Truths of Effective Teachers View Their Teaching As A Science And An Art- Most educators, early on in their career, have had one of those moments, at the end of a long successful day, realizing that they learned more in those 8 hours than in their previous 4 years of higher education. They are continuously seeking out professional learning.

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Virtual Mentorship for Emerging Leaders

The CoolCatTeacher

Of course all my mentees, the aspiring leaders have volunteered to do this, too, because they want to learn and they want to grow. It’s all happening outside of school… (laughs)…outside of my typical work day. I’m a special education teacher. I’m teaching, and I come home and I’m planning this. Vicki: Oh, it’s so exciting!

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Give Teachers Credit: They Know Learning Is Social

Edsurge

The future, and increasingly the present, of educator professional development is predicated upon insights and resources shared within professional learning communities. Of course, there is always a lag between first-mover excitement and these behaviors becoming the norm. Participate.

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Flipsnack: A fun way to make interactive online magazines #edtech

The CoolCatTeacher

FlexPath – only at Capella University – lets teachers work at their own pace to earn their MEd in a competency-based learning format. This subscription-based tuition model doesn’t limit the number of courses you can complete during each 12-week period, enrolling in up to two courses at once, for one flat tuition rate.

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