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instructions for lots of games and ice breakers that could be helpful in PD

"Why wait for a formal workshop environment to start improving your teaching craft, when there are so many opportunities to build your network and learn new skills on your own? We've compiled a list of the best resources for do-it-yourself PD to get you started."

"We've created this guide to capture the extraordinary changes in PD tools and in the cycle of learning. We look here at tools that support how teachers engage with colleagues; that help teachers learn or find support for implementing fresh strategies and approaches; and that measure how that learning impacts practice in the classroom."

"A Minnesota district relies on video and job-embedded coaching to improve teachers' tech skills"

by Pattan and Gail Van Tatenhove - online PD

from PD 360

Apply to the 2014 PBS LearningMedia Digital Innovator Program! Selected educators will receive one year of PD including virtual training, exclusive resources and an all-expense paid trip to Washington, D.C.

In SST region 9 - responsible for supporting improvement efforts in approximately 40 districts in Stark, Wayne, and Holmes counties - SST personnel work closely with Stark County Educational Service Center (ESC) personnel to coplan and co-deliver professional development (PD) to practicing and aspiring principals

"These resources were created to help principals and teacher leaders develop their capacity to facilitate school-based collaborative professional learning focused on teaching and learning. The four units below cover key topics in leading professional learning tied to implementing content standards. "

"Learning Forward's Transforming Professional Learning to Prepare College- and Career-Ready Students: Implementing the Common Core is a multidimensional initiative focused on developing a comprehensive system of professional learning that spans the distance from the statehouse to the classroom. With an immediate focus on implementing Common Core State Standards and new assessments, the initiative provides resources and tools to assist states, districts, and schools in providing effective professional learning for current and future education reforms. "

Videos, Common Core Resources And Lesson Plans For Teachers:  "Teaching Channel is a video showcase -- on the Internet and TV -- of innovative and effective teaching practices in America's schools."

"white paper Technology, Coaching, and Community: Power Partners for Improved Professional Development in Primary and Secondary Education."

"Learning logs are a simple and straightforward way to help students integrate content, process, and personal feelings. Learning logs operate from the stance that students learn from writing rather than writing what they have learned"

"Preparatory video for first-time participants and/or hosts of a World Cafe conversation. Originally made to introduce faculty at Florida State College at Jacksonville to the underlying principles of the cafe process."

"The training materials cover the following areas of special educational needs (SEN) and special educational needs and disabilities (SEND): Severe learning difficulties (SLD) Profound and multiple learning difficulties (PMLD) Complex learning difficulties and disabilities (CLDD) They are presented in 16 modules within four subject groups and look into topics such as communication and interaction, the context of specialist teaching, insights from neuroscience, working with families, and the legislation around SEND."

This site is meant to be used as a resource that all of us as members of the Beaver Local Learning Community can use as a professional development tool.  Through the use of video, suggested resources, comments, and reflection this site will allow the district to have a common gathering space with common ideas as we move ahead through the journey of becoming a 21st Century school and moving into our new school in the not to distant future.  

""With a better presenter it might seem like you are taking more in, but it doesn't mean that anything has actually been learned - it doesn't mean there has been an 'Aha!' moment," Professor Mazur said. "The hard work has to be done by the learner - there's not much the instructor can do to make the neuro-connections necessary for learning.""

book summaries!

"Here, we will take a closer look at how to use instructional rounds to support teacher growth"