The online nature of the program responds to many calls for PD that «fit (s) teachers» busy schedules, that draws upon powerful resources often not available locally, and that can provide real - time, ongoing, work - embedded support (that) has prompted the creation of
online teacher professional development programs» (Whitehouse, Breit, McCloskey, Ketelhut, & Dede, 2006, p. 13).
This article focuses on traditional «educational» online learning programs — such as university - level online courses or
online teacher professional development programs — versus short - courses or informal training or corporate - level training.
Module components are described to highlight
the online teacher professional development program structure and specific activities that potentially supported participants» growth.
Twenty - three third - through fifth - grade general education and special education teachers completed a yearlong
online teacher professional development program focused on improving MKT, instructional practices for all learners (particularly those with disabilities), and practitioner inquiry.
This study sought to identify components of an asynchronous
online teacher professional development program, Prime Online, that potentially affected participants» mathematical knowledge for teaching (MKT).
Not exact matches
As a way to support environmental education beyond Mass Audubon - led school
programs, we offer
professional development workshops for
teachers, free
online teaching units to use year - round, and other resources.
Washington also developed an
online training
program as part of its
professional development requirements for early childhood
teachers that includes an explanation of the brain's executive function and describes the effects of trauma on child
development.
Birthing from Within Advanced Mentor Retreat with Virginia Bobro, 2017 Doula Trainings International Doula Training with Jackie Davey, 2017 Creating a Culture of Breastfeeding in the NICU with BreastfeedLA, 2017 Diversity, Determinants, and Disparities in Maternal Mental Health, 2017 Hypnobirthing for Birth
Professionals with Ellie Shea, 2017 (certified 2017) Working with Diverse Populations in Maternal and Child Health with Shafia Monroe, 2017 Changing the Paradigm: Social and Historical Trauma, 2017 Seeking Safety with Treatment Innovations, 2017 Holding Space for Pregnancy Loss with Amy Wright Glenn, 2017 Working with Childhood Trauma with Echo Parenting, 2017 Breastfeeding Full Circle with Dr. Jack Newman, 2016 Art of Sacred Postpartum and Mother Roasting with Sara Harkness, 2016 (certified 2017) Birth Story Medicine Part I with Pam England, 2016 Supporting Perinatal Mental Health as a Doula with Sonia Nikore, 2016 Prenatal and Postpartum Nutrition with Elizabeth Kotek, 2016 Sacred Blood Mysteries
Online Class with Sacred Living, 2016 Birthing from Within Introductory Workshop with Virginia Bobro, 2016 Supporting Breastfeeding as a Doula with Kate Zachary, 2016 Homebirth Caesarean Workshop with Courtney Jarecki, 2016 Return to Zero Training for Supporting Fetal and Infant Loss with Kiley Hanish and Ivy Margulies, 2016 Acupressure for Pregnancy, Labor, Birth and Postpartum with Abigail Morgan, 2016 Becoming Dad Workshop with Darren Mattock, 2015 Diversity Roundtable for Birth Workers with Debra Langford, 2015 Babywearing for Doulas with Laura Brown, 2015 Co-leader, BabywearingLA, 2014 - 2016 DASC Director of Hospitality, 2014 - 2015 Co-leader, Silver Lake meeting of the International Caesarean Awareness Network, 2013 CAPPA Lactation Educator Training with Christy Jo Hendricks, 2013 (certified 2015, recertified 2018) Acupressure for Labor and Birth with Abigail Morgan, 2013 Essential Oils for Doulas with BluJay Hawk, 2013 Babywearing for Birthworkers with Laura Brown, 2013 Rebozo Techniques with Angela Leon, 2013 Massage Techniques for Doulas with Jenna Denning, 2013 Breeches, Twins and VBACs with Stuart Fischbein, 2013 DASC co-Director of
Development, 2012 - 2013 Co-founded Two Doulas Birth, 2012 Spinning Babies Training with Gail Tully, 2012 Featured as the Doula Expert in LA Parent Magazine, 2012 Advanced Doula Training with Penny Simkin, 2012 CAPPA Postpartum Doula Training with Darla Burns, 2012 (certified 2014, recertified 2017) Yoga Instructor, Yogavidala, Los Angeles, CA, 2011 - 2012 Billings Ovulation Method
Teacher Training, 2011 CAPPA Labor Doula Training with Angie Whatley, 2010 (certified 2011, recertified 2014, recertified 2017) CAPPA Childbirth Educator Training with Angie Whatley, 2010 (certified 2011, recertified 2014, recertified 2017) Neonatal Resuscitation
Program Workshop with Karen Strange, 2010 (certified 2010) Herbs and Homeopathics in the Care of Women and Infants, 2010 The Farm Midwifery Center Midwife Assistant Workshop with Ina May Gaskin, 2009 Birthing from Within Introductory Workshop with Pam England, 2009 Iyengar Yoga Introductory I Assessment passed, 2010 Yoga Instructor, Eastern Sun Yoga, Memphis, TN 2008 - 2011 Yoga Instructor, Evergreen Yoga Center, Memphis, TN, 2009 - 2011 Eastern Sun Yoga Iyengar
Teacher Training with Lou Hoyt, 2008 - 2011 Audubon Yoga Iyengar
Teacher Training with Karin O'Bannon, 2010 - 2011
Ensuring Success for All is an
online professional development program for
teachers and administrators in K - 12 settings.
All
teachers are certified in their specific discipline and have completed a VHS graduate - level
professional development program in
online teaching.
The Opportunity of Bilingualism is a new
online professional development program for
teachers, early childhood educators, literacy coaches, parents, and community - based
professionals.
Culturally Responsive Literature Instruction is an
online professional development program for K - 12
teachers, literacy coaches, and principals.
A Brown University study has examined the strategies used to foster collaboration and mathematical inquiry among elementary school
teachers in an
online professional -
development program.
College - Going Identity and Student Success is an
online professional development program for K - 12
teachers, school and college counselors, and non-profit college access
professionals.
Improving Math Instruction Through Feedback is an
online professional development program for K - 12 educators looking to improve instructional coaching for math
teachers.
Some current projects include: Cultures of Computing, an examination of how K - 12
teachers design learning environments to support novice programmers, focusing on
teachers» design intentions and how those intentions are enacted; ScratchEd, a model of
professional learning for educators who support computational literacy with the Scratch
programming language, involving the
development of a 25,000 - member
online community, a network of in - person events, and curricular materials; and Cultivating Computational Thinking, an investigation of the concepts, practices, and perspectives that young people develop through computational design activities.
Education Redesign is an
online professional development program for school leaders, education policymakers, K - 12
teachers, and those committed to helping all students achieve success.
Now, as more districts begin using
online professional development to help
teachers improve their skills, school administrators must be sure to avoid the same pitfalls, say experts who have watched the number and variety of cyber
programs rise in recent years.
Since we lack a plethora of content to distribute, we need to think about ways to create an effective
professional development program for
online teachers.
Many authors report promising practices: clinical training that shifts away from teaching about teaching and toward teaching how to teach; mentoring
programs that help
teachers become more self - directed and resourceful (p. 60,
online);
professional development that is innovative and self - propelled — and is making rock stars of outstanding new beginners.
The Prime
Online oTPD
program was developed as the result of a collaborative effort between three
teacher educators and researchers with expertise in special education, mathematics education, and
teacher professional development with a focus on
teacher inquiry.
She has worked as
Program Officer with Washington STEM, and prior to that spent over seven year in
online and blended learning in both the non-profit and public sectors, focused on
professional development of
teachers and the modification of state policy pertaining to alternative and
online learning with the Digital Learning Commons and Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction.
Principal Compass ™ will become part of Pearson's Compass Suite ™, which includes the award - winning
Teacher Compass Observe ™, an
online program for effectively managing classroom observations and guiding
teachers to personalized
professional development;
Teacher Compass PD ™, engaging
teachers in personalized, ongoing training, reflection, and collaboration; and Principal Compass ™.
Online and blended
programs for
teacher development can draw upon resources that are not available locally, provide just - in - time support, and offer chances for
teachers to connect with each other over time, building
professional learning communities that often help individual
teachers to reconsider their core beliefs about education (Dede, 2014).
Beginning in spring 2016 and continuing through the 2016 — 2017 school year, Catapult Learning partnered with Saint Joseph Catholic School to implement Focus on Achievement, an integrated
program of formative assessments,
professional development, and print and
online teacher resources that helped
teachers identify challenges and make instructional improvements to increase student achievement.
This
online community extends the K - 12
Teacher Alliance's work with schools around the country to provide outstanding
professional development and graduate
programming through high quality universities.
Education Connections is an
online professional development program for secondary
teachers of English learners developed by the Center for Applied Linguistics (CAL) and funded by the federal Investing in Innovation (i3) grant.
Teacher preparation
programs and district
professional development programs are revamping requirements to support
online instruction demands.
The cost includes a 2 hour
teacher professional development session, ongoing support and access to the
program via the Bgreat 4 Kids
online portal.
It includes: outreach and
online professional development for educators, a pre-service
program for trainee
teachers, internet safety presentations in metropolitan and regional centres, interactive learning
programs for young people, and an
online and telephone helpline.
Early childhood workforce registries are
online systems that include characteristics of early childhood workers and their
programs of employment.62 Workforce registries allow
teachers to track their progress toward their
professional goals; enable centers to verify
teacher participation in various
professional development and training opportunities; and inform state early care and education administrators about the workforce.
Bennelong Foundation is supporting the
development of a pilot
online learning
program to support
professional training for
teachers.