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"Professional Development is a life-long learning process that involves different activities including individual progress, continuing education, inservice education, peer collaboration, study groups, and peer coaching or mentoring. The importance of professional development lays in the fact that it is closely related to the overall quality of education and students achievements. Teachers who stop learning and suffice themselves with the curriculum content soon turn into hard working students only a step above their actual students."

A professional article (and resource) with information about PLC, including what they are how and tips for successful implementation.

"Information for teachers and parents on teaching and assessing reading, writing, and literacy, and information on Timothy Shanahan's upcoming professional appearances and publications."

National Writing Project (NWP) is a site dedicated to digital writing. Educators can read articles, explore resources, and submit their own publications. The sub links from Google are: About - Since it is hard to filter information via internet, sites must be trusted. This is especially important for educators wanting to incorporate what they find on the internet into their lessons. NWP is a networking community that comes together to provide, "Professional development, develop resources, generate research, and act on knowledge to improve the teaching of writing and learning in schools and communities."

"What it is: 300 free, teacher-developed Common Core-aligned lessons for Basal reading series in grades 3-5. Why it matters: These lessons can be used immediately in the classroom and for professional development Who creates these materials? Hundreds of teachers worked collaboratively to develop these replacement materials, following deep training on the Common Core by Student Achievement Partners. Each lesson has been authored, edited, and reviewed by a team of teachers."

...documents some of the less embarrassing moments of an educator named Jac de Haan. Haan is self-described as a professional learner whose job is to model a willingness to explore, discover and sometimes fail. Haan's resources, which mostly include tech resources, are provided to support or challenge educational philosophy.

"How have schools successfully transformed their students' learning experiences by incorporating 21st Century Skills into teacher practice, curriculum, assessment, and professional development?"

Common CORE resources

Inspiration and advice for teachers, including how to integrate the arts and technology.